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Letter from the merchant Engelhard Bernhard in Nürnberg to a merchant in Lviv

The letter contains a merchant’s account listing two quantity-and-price entries. The recorded amounts are 17 × 23 = 391 and 36 × 19 = 684; the underlined total is 1075 (the currency is abbreviated and the reading is uncertain). The goods’ names cannot be read confidently enough to identify them. The sender also refers to earlier correspondence and the settling of an account or delivery; the remaining text is difficult to read. The heading gives Nürnberg, 9 July 1690; the address directs the letter to a merchant in Lemberg.

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Translation / modern text

The letter contains a merchant’s account with two entries: 17 units at 23 (391 in total) and 36 at 19 (684 in total), giving a recorded sum of 1075. The goods’ names are illegible. The sender also refers to correspondence and the settlement of an account or delivery. The date line indicates Nürnberg, 9 July 1690; the signature probably reads Engelhard(t) Bernhard.

Original wording — transcription

[PDF s. 2, notatka u góry:] … von … Nürnberg den 9. Julij 1690 [miejscowość odczytana niepewnie]. Hochgebohrner Herr. [Fragmentaryczny odczyt:] … Euer … Schreiben …; … [dalsza wzmianka o korespondencji oraz rachunku/dostawie; wiele słów nieczytelnych]. [Widoczne pozycje/kwoty, odczyt niepewny:] 17 … a 23 …; 36 … a 19 …; … [sumy na marginesie: 391, 684, razem 1075]. [Końcowe zdania częściowo nieczytelne.] [Podpis:] Engelhard(t) Bernhard [odczyt częściowy]. [PDF s. 3, zapis adresowy na złożonym liście:] An Herrn … Kaufmann … zu Lemberg [odczyt częściowy; część adresu uszkodzona/nieczytelna].

Reading notes

The inventory card on PDF p. 1 describes a letter from the merchant Engelhard Bernhard in Nürnberg to a merchant in Lviv and gives the unit’s starting date as 7 June 1690. This is cataloguing information; the date in the letter itself on PDF p. 2 is read as 9 July 1690. PDF p. 3 is the address side of the same folded letter. The place and surname spellings are based on handwriting that is not fully legible. A second reading of p. 2 confirms two accounting entries and a total of 1075 (391 + 684); the goods’ names are not clear enough to identify. The earlier general reference to merchant matters should not be treated as a full translation.
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