Protective universal of King Jan Kazimierz to Crown Jews

King Jan Kazimierz Vasa informs that due to the calming of the situation in the country he has issued universals encouraging Jews who fled to Silesia and Brandenburg because of war to come back and settle again. He forbids starosts and municipal councils to collect overdue rental fees and taxes for the time of the Jews’ absence.

Archive: The State Archive in Poznan (APP)
Fond: Castle court files of Gniezno
Reference Number: APP, Gnieźnieńskie Gr. 141, s. 319rv
Language: Polish
Creation Date: 11.06.1659
Place of origin: Warszawa
Geographical names: Gniezno, Warsaw (Warszawa)
Notes:

Tyt.: Oblata litterarum universalium SRM. Do oblaty w aktach grodzkich gnieźnieńskich podali 28 VI 1659 Samuel Słoma i Jakub Żydzi
gnieźnieńscy.

Publihsed: Żydowski samorząd ziemski w Koronie (XVII -XVIII wiek). Źródła, wstęp i oprac. A. Kaźmierczyk, P. Zarubin, Księgarnia Akademicka, Kraków 2019, pp. 90, 91.