Molotov

By the grace of God, the most excellent and great sovereign prince Pyotr Alekseevich the ruler of all the Russias: of Moscow, of Kiev, of Vladimir, of Novgorod, Tsar of Kazan, Tsar of Astrakhan and Tsar of Siberia, sovereign of Pskov, great prince of Smolensk, Tversk, Yugorsk, Permsky, Vyatsky, Bulgarsky and others, sovereign and great prince of Novgorod Nizovsky lands, Chernigovsky, of Ryazan, of Rostov, Yaroslavl, Belozersky, Udorsky, Kondiisky and the sovereign of all the northern lands, and the sovereign of the Iverian lands, of the Kartlian and Georgian Kings, of the Kabardin lands, of the Circassian and Mountain princes and many other states and lands western and eastern here and there and the successor and sovereign and ruler.

Dearest Brother-Monarch Peter,

We Carolus hope that you are well, and that your children are healthy.

It has come to our attention that you have a penchant for gathering antiquities and curiosities, and that such a collection is being assembled in that little town of yours which as been built upon Swedish land, using Swedish labour. Saint Petersburg, or some such.

Allow us to make a small contribution to the collection, so that future generations may have a trinket or two to remember our great war by, beyond merely captured regimental colours and broken swords.

Yours until death do us part, Carolus. Stralsund, May 1st, 1715.