Neacșu’s Letter (1521)

Neacșu’s Letter is the oldest surviving document available in Old Romanian.

Sent by Lupu Neacșu, a merchant from Câmpulung, Wallachia (now Romania), the letter warns Johannes Benker, the mayor of Brassó (now Brașov, Romania), of the imminent attack of the Ottoman Empire on Wallachia and Transylvania.