Translation / modern text
The commercial letter of 4 August 1687 to Robert Forbes discusses shipments, their condition, and accounting. The sender mentions several packages bound for a place in Hungary, a lot associated with Thomas Kielika, and weight, quality, and costs. Place names and accounting details are partly illegible.
Original wording — transcription
[PDF s. 30, nagłówek:] [—], den 4 Augusti a° 1687.
[Formuła do Roberta Forbesa; początek częściowo nieczytelny.]
... [opis towarów i przesyłek; widoczne wzmianki o trzech skrzyniach/opakowaniach oraz o transporcie do Os[—] w Węgrzech; odczyt miejsca niepewny].
[Wzmianka o Thomasie Kielice/Kielice, belach oraz oznaczeniach A–B; szczegóły niepewne.]
[Opis jakości, ciężaru i rozliczenia przesyłki; fragmenty czytelne, lecz wiele słów i kwot niepewnych.]
[PDF s. 31, ciąg dalszy:] ... [dalsze obliczenia i uzgodnienia w sprawie towarów, dostawy i kosztów; odczyt częściowy].
[Podpis:] Ferdinand Engelhardt [odczyt prawdopodobny].
Reading notes
PDF p. 30 begins the letter dated 4 August 1687; p. 31 continues it and contains the signature. The Hungarian place name may read “Oschitz” or similar and has not been normalized. Thomas Kielika/Kielike also needs verification.
Other letters in this unit
- Partially read letter of 4 August 1685
- Partially read commercial letter of 16 August 1685
- Letter from Ferdinand Engelhardt to Arthur Forbes regarding an order for Hungarian textiles
- Letter from Ferdinand Engelhardt to Arthur Forbes regarding settlements and delivery of goods
- Letter from Ferdinand Engelhardt to Arthur Forbes regarding Andreas Boyd's debt
- Commercial letter of 4 February 1686 about the shipment of two bales
- Partial list of goods and amounts, undated
- Specification of goods dated 14 February 1686
- Specification of goods dated 15 February 1686
- Specification of goods dated 21 February 1686
- Partly read letter and commercial account for Robert and Arthur Forbes, 22 February 1686
- Statement of goods and values dated 1 August 1687
- Statement for Thomas Kielika’s shipment, 2 August 1687
- Commercial letter to Robert Forbes, 4 August 1687
- Statement for Thomas Kielika’s shipment, 21 August 1687
- Commercial letter to Robert Forbes, 5 February 1691
- Commercial letter to Robert Forbes, 7 February 1692
- Letter about a goods shipment, 11 February 1692
- Letter and list of costs, 14 February 1692
- Commercial letter about a shipment and the quality of goods, 13 March 1692
- Commercial letter to Robert Forbes dated 20 March 1692
- Commercial letter to Robert Forbes dated 27 March 1692
- Commercial letter to Robert Forbes dated 8 May 1692
- Second commercial letter to Robert Forbes dated 8 May 1692
- Copy of a letter to Robert Forbes dated 21 March 1692
- Undated list of quantities and values of goods
- First copy of a short document dated 2 May 1692
- Second copy of a short document dated 2 May 1692
- Commercial letter to Robert Forbes dated 8 May 1692