To my conflicted friend Toris,
Catherine, the fiend, enlisted Prussian support, and invaded me under the pretext of "defending my ancient liberties". I will write this wih a heavy heart. We are no longer the same state. Ivan and Gilbert abrogated the Constitution, carried out a second partition of me in 1793, and placed the remainder of my country under occupation by Ivan's troops. I write this now with great tension in my mind. At this very moment the Russians are-
F. Łukasiewicz, 17-
