Administrative notice from femme-mon... (1829)

NRA-L-000007 / 1829

Administrative notice from femme-mon roix / Madame Monroiy to Monsieur le Maire de Marseille, 1829-06-24

From Paris, Madame Monroiy asks the mayor of Marseille to help locate the hairdresser Monsieur Meunier and obtain news of her pregnant daughter, who travelled to join him with a twenty-nine-month-old child and has not written for two months.

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NRA-L-000007

NRA-L-000007 image 1 showing the address panel, postal marks and exterior annotations of Madame Monroiy's 1829 letter to the Mayor of Marseille. — **Image 1**Address panel, postal marks and exterior annotations.

NRA-L-000007 image 2 showing the first page of Madame Monroiy's letter from Paris, dated 24 June 1829. — **Image 2**Letter text - Page 1.

NRA-L-000007 image 3 showing the second page and supplementary address of Madame Monroiy's 1829 letter. — **Image 3**Letter text - Page 2 and supplementary address.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000007
Date: 1829-06-24
Original date: Paris ce 24 juin 1829
Type: Administrative notice
Language: French / fr
Sender: Madame Monroiy
Recipient: Mairie de Marseille / Mayor of Marseille
Places: Paris, France / Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Extent: 3 web-resolution images; address/exterior side and two pages of letter text
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000007.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Address Panel

Original transcript

À Monsieur
Monsieur le Maire de Marseille
Marseille
(Bouches du Rhône)

Address Panel

English translation

To Monsieur
Monsieur the Mayor of Marseille
Marseille
(Bouches-du-Rhône)

Letter Text - Page 1

Original transcript

[pre?] Paris ce 24 juin 1829
Reçue le 30 juin                        Le 1er juillet ecrit
CN 322/1                                a Mr Silvestre
[illegible]
Monsieur      Respondut le 4 juillet
Je vous écritt pour vous priés cis c'estet une effet de votre
bonté de vouloire bien me donner des nouvelles de Monsieur
meunier qui est coiffeur dans votre endroitt voila un mois
passé que je lui est écritt et ils ne m'a pas encorre fait de
reponte a [blot] ma lettre ce qui me mett dans une grande
inquetude veus que je le priés de me donner des nouvelles de ma
fille qui est partis pour aller le rejoindre elle est partis avec
une petite fille de 29 mois et elle est enciente elle atendas
de joure en joure le moments d'acoucher de puis deux mois qu'ils
est partis je ne revoitt aucune nouvelles nis de l'un nis de
l'autre ainsi Monsieur je vous prie en grace de me faire
reponte le plus tot possible de telle maniere que ce soit vous
[abbligeres?] abbligeres Monsieur une mère qui est dans une grande
inquetude veus que c'est lui qui la prié en grace d'aller le
retrouvé vous ne sauriés croire la reconnoissance que je vous
en aures.
J'ai l'onheur d'étre avec
Je vais vous mettre mon adresse   respect et consideration votre
Madame mon roiy rue des petits    très humble et obeissante servante
st Jean No 4 au gros caillou      femme-mon roix C.l.s.p

Letter Text - Page 1

English translation

Paris this 24 June 1829
Later official record
CN 322/1
[Received 30 June. 1 July written to Mr Silvestre. Responded 4 July.]
[illegible]
Monsieur,
I write to you to ask you if it is an act of your kindness to be willing to give me news of Monsieur meunier who is a hairdresser in your area. It has been over a month since I wrote to him and he has not yet replied to [blot] my letter, which puts me in great anxiety seeing that I asked him to give me news of my daughter who left to go join him. She left with a little girl of 29 months and she is pregnant; she expects from day to day the moment of giving birth.
In the two months since they left I receive no news neither of the one nor of the other. Thus, Monsieur, I beg you earnestly to reply to me as soon as possible in whatever manner it may be. You will [oblige?] oblige, Monsieur, a mother who is in great anxiety seeing that it is he who begged her earnestly to go and find him. You would not believe the gratitude that I will have for you.
I have the honour to be with respect and consideration your very humble and obedient servant,
wife mon roix C.l.s.p

Notes

Uncertain readings: Italicized bracketed text marks unresolved, obscured, or editorially supplied readings, including [pre?], [illegible], [blot], and [abbligeres?].

Letter Text - Page 2

Original transcript

Madame mon roiy Rue des petits st Jean
No 4 au gros caillou a paris.
Monsieur cis iestes une effet de faire paroître Monsieur
d'assiy pour avoire les renseignement de Monsieur meunier
voila la dresse de Monsieur d'assiy rue beau veau No 6.

Letter Text - Page 2

English translation

I am going to give you my address:
Madame mon roiy,
rue des petits st Jean No 4,
at gros caillou,
Paris.
Monsieur if it is possible to summon Monsieur d'assiy to have information about Monsieur meunier here is the address of Monsieur d'assiy rue beau veau No 6.
Exterior official instruction
Ask Monsieur Silvestre to summon Monsieur d'Assy [...]

Notes

Terms: Faire paroître is translated as to summon in this administrative context. Gros-Caillou is retained as the historical Paris place-name. The closing abbreviation C.l.s.p. remains unresolved and is preserved without expansion.

Discovery Terms

Historical correspondence
Private collection
Administrative notice
French language

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