They bid on two documents from 1691/92, concerning the family from Bessel in Petershagen and the family from Ledebur in Königsbrück (Melle).

1.) Receipt from the widow councilor von Bessel, née. Gruffin(?), dated Petershagen, the 19th. January 1691, who received 100 thalers in interest from Captain von "Öhnhausen" (=von Oeynhausen). With a marginal note “100 for the Mr. Ledebuhr".

The recipient is Johann Ernst Heinrich von Oeynhausen (1653-1722), later Brandenburg colonel sergeant in the Du Hamel Cuirassier Regiment, owner of the von Oeynhausensche Hof in the village center of Hille (today: Reimlers Hof).

2.) Sheet with two copies of letters addressed to the Chamber Council or Hofrat von Bessel in Petershagen addressed:

a) Letter Königsbrück (Melle), 19. November 1692, by H. Ledebur, di well Heinrich Adolf von Ledebur (d. 1725), owner of Königsbrück Castle in Melle. He was married to Magdalena Dorothea von Ledeburg, née. from Nagel to Wallenbrück (d. 1750).

Affects backward people “Interest on imaginary capital”; He would like to make copies of the bonds in question.

b) Letter from theology student Conrad Alb. Rodemeister, currently a servant in Königsbrück, dated Königsbrück, 20. December 1692.

Concerns the sending of the copied bonds on behalf of Mr. von Ledebur.

Note:The von Besselsche Hof (today: youth, conference and guest house Palais Bessel'scher Hof) in Petershagen passed to the von Bessel family in 1573 and was transferred to the Chancellor Johann von Bessel in 1609; in the 19th In the 19th century it came to the Griesebach family. The von Bessel family was an important noble family. She represented from the middle of the 16th century. Century to the 19th In the 19th century, the prince-bishops of Minden, the electors of Brandenburg and the kings of Prussia were high government officials.

Condition:Paper browned and stained, heavily creased, with creases and edge damage. The receipt is water-stained and has a tear. bPlease also note the pictures!

Internal note: KST Leitzalt 23-01