Letter : [n.p.], to the Pope [Innocent XI], 1683 Aug. 15.

Record ID: 
195089
Accession number: 
MA 4549
Author: 
John III Sobieski, King of Poland, 1629-1696.
Credit: 
Gift; Mr. John F. Fleming; 1987.
Description: 
1 item (1 p.) ; 24 cm
Notes: 

Contemporary copy of an important letter possibly made for an Italian archive.
Once believed to be addressed to Cardinal Orsini, but addressed to "His Holiness," not "His Eminence" throughout.

Summary: 

Saying that he is about to "set out on this Holy War to restore the ancient Liberty of besieged Vienna" and thanking the Pope for his benediction. He will join his troops with those of the Emperor on the banks of the Danube.