Letter from Rosaes ceba to Don Rafael... (1806)

NRA-L-000004 / 1806

Letter from Rosaes ceba to Don Rafael Policarpo Sanz

Spanish letter dated 13 April 1806 from Martimuñoz, sent via Arebalo to Olmedo, mentioning local deaths, burial, an embargo involving priests, and household goods.

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NRA-L-000004

NRA-L-000004 image 1 showing the address to Don Rafael Policarpo Sanz, via Arebalo, in Olmedo. — **Image 1**Address Panel.

NRA-L-000004 image 2 showing the letter text dated 13 April 1806 from Martimuñoz. — **Image 2**Letter Text - Page 1.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000004
Date: 1806-04-13
Original date: Martimuñoz y Abril á 13 de 1806.
Type: Letter
Language: Spanish / es
Sender: Rosaes ceba
Recipient: Rafael Policarpo Sanz
Places: Martimuñoz / Arebalo / Olmedo
Extent: 2 web-resolution images; address side and letter text
Signature: Rosaes ceba
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000004.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Address Panel

Original transcript

A D.n + Rafael poli
car po sanz q.e Dios g.de
Por Arebalo
en olmedo

Address Panel

English translation

To Don + Rafael Policarpo Sanz, whom God keep
Via Arebalo
in Olmedo

Letter Text - Page 1

Original transcript

y corr.da en 15 de d.o
Martimuñoz y Abril á 13 de 1806.
Mi S.or D.n Rafael M.e alegrare de la
salud de us te des todos lamia es guena
aun q.e aqui en este pueblo todos los dias ay in
tiero sabaan las niñas q.e a mu erto la ma
nuela dela abacera y el sas tre y esto lo
sirbe para de cirle v m: q.e anbenido
a dar la [cala traba?] del enbargo de los eñores
quras y [crossed out: leicieron] en el arca grande y en
la sitha poltrona de la cocina le ycieron el
juebes nos eofrece otra cosa mas Memorias
de D.n Maria para todos y mias las Recibi
[blot]Raan us te des Con salud de todos y Man
[blot]den us te des Asubecina q.e de corazon los
estima auste des y bezdesca Rosaes ceba
muchas memorias para todas las
ñoras mias y de mi Mariquit[a]

Letter Text - Page 1

English translation

Later manuscript record
[Answered on the 15th of the same month.]
Martín Muñoz, 13 April 1806.
My Lord Don Rafael,
I will be glad of the health of you all; mine is good, although here in this town every day there is a burial. The girls will know that Manuela from the woman grocer's and the tailor have died, and this serves to tell Your Grace that they have come to execute the attachment ordered by the lord priests, and on the large chest and on the upholstered easy chair in the kitchen they executed it on Thursday.
Nothing else offers itself. Regards from Doña María for everyone, and mine. You will receive them with the health of everyone, and command your neighbour who esteems you all from the heart and blesses you,
Rosaes ceba
Many regards to all my ladies, and from my Mariquita.

Discovery Terms

Spanish correspondence
local deaths
burial
embargo
writ of attachment
priests
household goods
Martimuñoz
Olmedo

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