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LEOPOLD I; EMPEROR.Vellum Document Signed,“Leopold,” patent of nobility
for Wolfgang Brahamer of Bromberg, in German. Calligraphic headings in gilt, with full-
page coat of arms painting. 11 pages, folio; lacking cover and seal.
Vienna, 22 July 1667
[1,000/2,000]
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LEOPOLD I; EMPEROR. Letter
Signed, “LeopoldI,” to “the knights and
nobles of the Sechsorth in Franconia,” in
German, accepting a charitable payment
of 20,000 gulden, requesting that they
write off the court chancellery bill from
last winter quarter, and assuring them that
their freedoms and rights will remain
undiminished into the indefinite future. 2
pages, folio, with integral address leaf; cello
tape repairs along center vertical fold with
minor loss to text, faint scattered foxing,
seal mostly intact.
Vienna, 7 November 1699
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“
. . . In light of the circumstances you described,
we do not intend to press for a greater cash con-
tribution at this time, in the confidence that in
addition to remitting the above sum, you will
also write off the bill to our court chancellery
from the last winter quarter, out of faithfully
obedient devotion. . . .”
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