Supplication of Józef Weszel, director of archives and library in Nieśwież, to Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł alias „Rybeńko”

Abstract

The article describes difficulties and problem in working in a noble family archives encountered by archivists employed in the archives of the Radzwiłł family in Nieśwież during the first half of the 18th century. Advantages and disadvantages of work of Nieśwież’s archivists employed by Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł alias „Rybeńko” (1702–1762), voivode of Vilnius and Grand Hetman of Lithuania, are described mostly by their correspondence. A summary of these problems was a six-point supplication from October 23, 1743 by the director of archives and library in Nieśwież Józef Weszel, aimed at his employer; the supplication is published as an annex tothis article.

Keywords

• józef weszel
• archiwum i biblioteka w nieświeżu
• archiwum radziwiłłów w nieświeżu
• archiwiści nieświescy
• archiwista magnacki