Declaration of Wulf Pietruszka against Heszel Majorowicz regarding the failure to resign from the office of the scribe

Wulf Pietruszka, Hrubieszów elder and delegate to the regional council of all communities in the Bełz voivodeship and Chełm region, declares against the previous scribe of the Chełm Jews’ council, Heszel Majorowicz, whom he accuses of holding the office of the Chełm-Bełz scribe for 10 years against the principle of alternation. He also protests againts the sum of 70 zlotys, which the communities of the Bełz voivodeship pay annually to the communities of the Zamość Entailed Estate.
Archive: The State Archive in Lublin
Fond: Horodlo castle court files (Księgi grodzkie horodelskie)
Reference Number: APL, Horodelskie RMO 48, s. 1023, 1024
Language: Latin
Creation Date: 03.05.1743
Place of origin: Horodło
Geographical names: Horodło, Hrubieszow (Hrubieszów)
Notes:
Published: Żydowski samorząd ziemski w Koronie (XVII -XVIII wiek). Źródła, wstęp i oprac. A. Kaźmierczyk, P. Zarubin, Księgarnia Akademicka, Kraków 2019, pp. 502-503.