Translation / modern text
Koller sends Forbes an account of payments, mentioning Simon Wojtowicz, Thomas Taylor, and several sums. Not all entries or the final total are fully legible. The letter is dated in Thorn on 21 August 1684.
Original wording — transcription
Anno 1684, d. 21. Aug. in Thorn.
[…] Simon Wojtowicz […] Thomas Taylor […] […] 18 […] bekommen […] […] 550 […]
Die Summa betraget […] 581,10 […]
Darauf habe […] abgezogen […]
[Podpis:] Jacob Koller.
[Adres na odwrocie tej samej karty:] Herrn Peter Forbes in Dantzig […] [dalszy adres nieczytelny].
Reading notes
Page 1 is an inventory card describing correspondence from the merchant Köhler in Thorn to Peter Forbes in Danzig. The date 21 August 1684 is read from the letter itself on page 2. Page 3 is the address on the verso of the same sheet, not a separate item. The author’s name is based on the signature “Jacob Koller”.