Stockholm, National Archives, E 4588, Leijonhufvudska samlingen, vol. 2. Axel Stensson Leijonhufvud’s register Cataloguer Ville Walta Finnish Literature Society (SKS) Codices Fennici Creative Commons BY 4.0 Stockholm National Archives E 4588 Leijonhufvudska samlingen, vol. 2. Axel Stensson Leijonhufvud’s register 1599, Finland Fragment of a register of Count Axel Stensson Leijonhufvud’s outgoing letters from May to June 1599.

[995] Till Anders Olsån. (Dated on 16 October 1599) Wy wele edher Anders Olsån her in ... [1005] ... (a letter to underlings) den 24 octobris anno 99.

 Paper 6 folios 21 33 Text area varies. The leaves have been paginated in ink from 995 to 1006, which shows they were part of a larger collection. The fragment consists of two singletons and a binio-quire. One unruled column with a varying number of lines.

One hand writing a steady cursive.

Apart from stylized majuscules, no decoration.

No covers. Sewn throught the centerfolds. The folder, in which the register is found, contains a wide variety of other documents (correspondence (originals and copies), accounts, etc.) concerning Axel Stensson and other members of the Leijonhufvud family.

Axel Stensson Leijonhufvud was the steward of Finland 1587–1590. This manuscript is a fragment of a register containing information on his correspondence from the year 1599.

Another copybook fragment containing Axel Stensson Leijonhufvud's correspondence is found in Stockholm, National Archives, Strödda historiska handlingar, Handlingar ang. förhållandena i Finland 1593–1599.

The fragment belongs to a collection of documents relating to the Leijonhufvud family.

How it came to the National Archives of Sweden is unknown.

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