The Baker's Crafts 1702 Johann Georg, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (1677-1712). Letter of Intent in the U.S. "Johann Georg". German manuscript on parchment. 6 pages, of which 6 are described. With calligraphic headers. Stitched, with marbled paper envelope (this stained and with edge damage). Gr. folio. With attached large lacquer seal on gold-coloured cord in a wax bowl (average 14 cm; the wax edges with demolition points). Castle Neu-Augustusburg in Weißenfels 9.XI.1702. Confirmation of the guild letter for the Freyburger Weißbäcker-Innung. 7 detailed articles set out the rights and duties of the bakers and journeymen: "I. Whoever wants to become master of the Handwerck of the WeißBecker in Freyburg bey, shall have his own hat or rent before the first his citizen ...". Regular deposits are required in the cash register, from the son of a Master 4, from strangers 8 groschen. - II. "So one of a master Wittbe or daughter shall nimb and become master ...". - III. "If one of the other beym quarters, which shall be never-mealed on the Sunday: or Feyertag, but the following day shall be held ..." - IV. "Which master the Week-baking up and annimating, the banck should provide enough with good semmels, small and large brodt bey of the Rath's punishment ..." - V. "So also a master alhier would submit himself to bake pepper cakes, and he could not bake such, so he should buy such bey his fellow masters and not bey a Frembden ...". - VI. "On the other hand, no villager-becker within the mile, Pepper-cakes, cakes and pretzels or what white-baking is, sell still to house ...". - VII. "Should the handshake of the white-beckers alhier to Freyburg Every year in the local Fürstl. Amps 30 gr. mcl: the 15 gr. given before the #d. ginger as a Schuz money, pay ...". - Number of places dusted; Traces of use. - Valuable source of cultural and economic history; the red lacquer seal well preserved.