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132/1/679 · 679-001

Letter from Lviv merchant Salomon to an unidentified recipient

A difficult-to-read commercial letter survives, containing a request addressed to “Mci Pana Dobrodzieja” and references to a matter requiring further action. The inventory card attributes the letter to Salomon, a Lviv merchant; the recipient and substance are difficult to establish from the manuscript. The date, 5 December 1695, comes from the inventory card, since no secure dateline can be read on the surviving letter page.

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Translation / modern text

The letter takes the form of a request to “Mci Pana Dobrodzieja”, but its main substance is difficult to read. The inventory card describes the writer as Salomon, a Lviv merchant; the surname and recipient are uncertain. I give 5 December 1695 from the inventory card, not from a dateline read in the letter.

Original wording — transcription

[Nagłówek, s. 2:] Mci Panu Dobrodziejowi. [s. 2:] […] prośbę do WMM Pana […] […] […] [tekst w większości nieczytelny]. […] […] [fragmenty niepewne]. [Zakończenie/podpis:] […] Salomon? [odczyt niepewny]. [s. 3, adresówka:] Jaśnie Wielmożnym Mci Panom […] [adres i nazwiska nieczytelne].

Reading notes

Page 1 is an inventory card, not a separate document. Page 2 contains one letter; p. 3 is the outer side with the address/notes, not a separate record. The date 5 December 1695 comes from the inventory card; no secure dateline was read in the letter. The card identifies the writer as Salomon, a Lviv merchant; further recipient and place details are tentative.

Scope of the edition: Working very partial transcription; the substance, recipient, and signature are uncertain.

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