Translation / modern text
A letter from Kraków to the mayor and councillors of Lviv. The writer recalls their earlier assistance in a matter involving a goldsmith and a debtor, mentions actions by the magistracy, and asks for continued support and for the matter to be advanced. Details of the proceedings and the reading of the writer’s name are partly uncertain. Dated 12 January 1760.
Original wording — transcription
[Nagłówek łaciński:] „Praenobilis ac Spectabilis Domine, Domine Patrone observandissime”.
[Tekst:] „Przypominam się łasce y pamięci WMPana Dobrodzieja, który mi [...] w sprawie jego z złotnikiem y dłużnikiem [...] w Krakowie. [...] Doszła mnie tu wiadomość, że [...] magistratus WMPanów [...] posłali [...] procuratorem [...]”. Nadawca prosi adresata o dalszą pomoc/życzliwość; część zdań i szczegółów postępowania jest niepewna.
[Datownik:] „Cracoviae d. 12 January 1760”.
[Podpis:] „Valentinus Zielenski” [odczyt nazwiska niepewny].
[PDF s. 3, adres łaciński:] „Praenobilibus ac Spectabilibus Dominis, Dominis Proconsuli, Consulibus totius Magistratus Urbis Metropolis Leopoliensis, Dominis Patronis observandissimis. Leopoli.”
Reading notes
Page 1 is an inventory cover; its date was not used. The letter is on p. 2, with the dateline “Cracoviae d. 12 January 1760”; p. 3 is a folded address sheet to the municipal authorities of Lviv. The text legibly mentions a goldsmith, a debtor, the magistracy, and a request for help, but their precise relationships are uncertain. The signature is tentatively read as Valentinus Zielenski.