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Activa II. Currente 2 Privat Personen im Fürstenthum Schaumburg-Lippe B. im Amte Bückeburg Acta Activa in specie 1841-1845 ein dem Colon Krückeberg No 10 in Berenbusch aus Kammerkasse dargeliehenes Capital von 2 rthl Courant betre. B32.	Activa II. Current (series) 2 Private persons in the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe B. in the Amt of Bückeburg Files Active matters in specie (in the specific matter) 1841–1845 a capital sum lent from the Chamber Treasury to the Colon Krückeberg, No. 10 in Berenbusch, amounting to 200 Reichsthaler (current coin), re. (concerning). B. 32.

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Activa
II. Currente
2 Privat Personen
im Fürstenthum Schaumburg-Lippe
B. im Amte Bückeburg

              Acta
            Activa


                     in specie
 1841-1845       ein dem Colon Krückeberg
                 No 10 in Berenbusch aus
                 Kammerkasse dargeliehenes
                 Capital von 2 rthl Courant
                 betre.




B32.

Activa
II. Current (series)
2 Private persons
in the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe
B. in the Amt of Bückeburg

                   Files
                Active matters

                  in specie (in the specific matter)
1841–1845     a capital sum lent from the Chamber Treasury
              to the Colon Krückeberg,
              No. 10 in Berenbusch,
              amounting to 200 Reichsthaler (current coin),
              re. (concerning).




B. 32.

Glossary of Terms

Activa: Cover/category label meaning active matters (pending business). Often paired with a repertory (e.g., Activa — Rep. II).
B.: Registry series/class letter (“B. im Amte Bückeburg”; “B. 32.” = shelf/sequence mark). Not a word; it’s the filing letter.
Acta Activa: Literally “active files” — the bundle contains pending/working papers, not a closed docket.
in specie: Latin filing rubric: “in the specific matter [of] …”; introduces the subject line that follows. (Spelling is specie, not speice.)
Kammerkasse: The Chamber Treasury, i.e., the Rentkammer’s finance office (source/route of loans, receipts, etc.). Period spelling also “Cammer-Casse”.
200 rthl. Courant: 200 Reichsthaler in current coin.
Notes: rthl. = Reichsthaler; you also see rt, Rthlr.; Courant means face-value specie (not bank money). Specie means money in coin—physical coins made of precious metal (historically silver or gold), as opposed to paper notes, book credit, or IOUs.
betr. (betreffend): regarding / concerning / re. Common cover/index shorthand closing the subject line.