Letter from B. Hötte Söhne to Messrs... (1819)

NRA-L-000026 / 1819

Letter from B. Hötte Söhne to Messrs Gme Gallien fils & Co with London fur price current, 1819-10-26

French-language commercial correspondence from B. Hötte Söhne in Münster to Messrs Gme Gallien fils & Co in Paris, dated 26 October 1819. The letter and its enclosed market price current concern the fur trade, commercial forwarding, market conditions and postal circulation between Münster and Paris.

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NRA-L-000026

NRA-L-000026 image 1 showing the Paris address panel, Prusse par Givet routing mark and November 1819 arrival mark. — **Image 1**Address panel, postal marks and routing annotations.

NRA-L-000026 image 2 showing the French business letter from B. Hötte Söhne concerning sealskins and fur orders. — **Image 2**Business letter from B. Hötte Söhne, Münster, dated 26 October 1819.

NRA-L-000026 image 3 showing the tabular price current for Canadian and other furs sold in London in September 1819. — **Image 3**Enclosed price current from a London fur sale.

NRA-L-000026 image 4 showing the recipient's docketing note identifying Münster, Hötte and Sons, and 26 October 1819. — **Image 4**Recipient's docketing note.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000026
Date: 1819-10-26
Original date: Münster 26 Octob 1819. / 26 October 1819
Type: Commercial letter with price current
Language: French / fr
Sender: B. Hötte Söhne, Münster
Recipient: Messrs Gme Gallien fils & Co, 25 rue Greneta, Paris
Places: Münster / Paris / London
Extent: 4 web-resolution images; address and postal evidence, business letter, enclosed fur price current, and docketing note
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000026.

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Transcript and English translation

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Address Panel

Original transcript

Messrs Gme Gallien fils & Co
rue Greneta No 25, en la maison de Roulage
Paris

Address Panel

English translation

Messrs Gme Gallien Fils & Co
25 rue Greneta, at the haulage house
Paris

Postal Marks and Annotations

Original transcript

PRUSSE / PAR / GIVET
[1 1/4?]
[crossed out: 105]
4
NOVEMBRE / 4 / 1819

Postal Marks and Annotations

English translation

PRUSSIA / VIA / GIVET
[1 1/4?]
[crossed out: 105]
4
NOVEMBER / 4 / 1819

Letter Text

Original transcript

Messrs Gme Gallien [hole] & Co Paris
Münster 26 Octob 1819.
Selon vos ordres nous avons envoyé
par l'exp de Mr. Em. Müller Pfortzhm
F. M. un petit paquet en toil ciré contenant
10 peaux d'loups marins choisy, 103 [Rms?]
dont nous souhaitons qu'ils arrivent bientot.
Ci joint, nous avons l'honneur, de
vous presenter le prix-court. de la derniere
vente public à Londres.
Quand vous aurez besoin de plusieurs
peaux des renards bleus ou des sacs d'Hamster
dont vous avez recu deja quelques, ou des sacs
des ventres de petitgris travaillés Weissenfels
Couleur bleu a 15 ecus, blanches a 9 ecus,
veuillez bien nous donner vos ordres.
En expectant que vous avez eu
un bonne voyage en retournant de Leipzig
nous avons l'honneur de vous saluer
Vos devoués
B Hötte Söhne.

Letter Text

English translation

Messrs Gme Gallien [hole] & Co., Paris
Münster, 26 October 1819
In accordance with your instructions, we have sent through Mr Em. Müller's forwarding service in Pforzheim a small parcel wrapped in waxed cloth and marked F.M., containing ten selected sealskins, 103 [Rms?]. We hope that they will arrive soon.
Enclosed, we have the honor to present to you the price current from the latest public sale in London.
Whenever you require more blue-fox skins or hamster-skin linings, some of which you have already received, or linings made from squirrel bellies worked in Weissenfels - blue at 15 écus and white at 9 écus - please be so kind as to send us your orders.
Trusting that you had a good journey back from Leipzig, we have the honor to greet you.
Your devoted servants,
B. Hötte Söhne

Notes

Gme abbreviates Guillaume. The letter was written on 26 October 1819; the address side records arrival in Paris on 4 November 1819.

Enclosed Fur Price Current

Original transcript

Vente public [tear] Canada
faite à Londres le 1 [tear] Septembr 1819
Quantité peaux de Prix de la
1ere qualité 2de qual: 3me qual:
31,850. Marmottes 3/6 a 3/8 2/6 a 2/ 1/ part seulement vendu.
4,371. d'Ours noirs - rien vendu
567 d° & des oursons noirs - rien vendu
271. d'Ours gris & bruns - rien vendu
60,300 Mardres de Canada 7/ a 8/ 4/6 a 5/ 3/ a 3/6 part seulemt vendu.
10,250. Loutres - pas vendu 25/ a 28/ 9/ a 15.
2,900 Lignes rien vendu.
113 Loups cerviers 14/6 a 16/9 bien melées.
1,363 Chats de loups [sir.] rien vendu
1,600 Loups - rien vendu.
230 Tigres rien vendu.
39,600. Visons. tres fin a 3/2 a 4/ pas vendu, pas vendu.
9,300 Renards rouges. 20/ 10/ a 12/ 5/ a 7/6.
600 d° croisées - 25/ - 10/ a 15.
24 d° argentées très melées [81/ / 103/]
1600 d° de tartare rien vendu; on a offert 1/
2,800 fishers 9/ 6/ a 7/ [3/ /]
les Drawbacks sont encore
a diminuer de ces prix.

Enclosed Fur Price Current

English translation

Public sale [tear] Canada
held in London on 1 [tear] September 1819
Quantity - Type of skin - Price for 1st quality - 2nd quality - 3rd quality - Remarks
31,850 marmots - 3/6 to 3/8 - 2/6 to 2/ - 1/ - only part sold.
4,371 black bears - nothing sold.
567 black bear cubs - nothing sold.
271 grey and brown bears - nothing sold.
60,300 Canadian martens - 7/ to 8/ - 4/6 to 5/ - 3/ to 3/6 - only part sold.
10,250 otters - not sold - 25/ to 28/ - 9/ to 15/.
2,900 lynxes - nothing sold.
113 Canada lynxes - 14/6 to 16/9 - well mixed.
1,363 wildcats [sir.] - nothing sold.
1,600 wolves - nothing sold.
230 tigers - nothing sold.
39,600 minks - very fine at 3/2 to 4/ - not sold - not sold.
9,300 red foxes - 20/ - 10/ to 12/ - 5/ to 7/6.
600 cross foxes - 25/ - 10/ to 15/.
24 silver foxes, very mixed - [81/ / 103/].
1,600 Tartar foxes - nothing sold; 1/ was offered.
2,800 fishers - 9/ - 6/ to 7/ - [3/ /].
The drawbacks must still be deducted from these prices.

Notes

The enclosure is a market price current from a London public sale of Canadian and other furs in September 1819, communicating quantities, quality grades, prices, unsold lots and customs drawbacks to continental merchants. In this context, loups marins means seals, loups cerviers denotes Canada lynxes, petitgris is squirrel or miniver fur, and fishers are North American mustelids.

Docketing Note

Original transcript

Munster
Hotte & fils freres
du 26 8bre 1819

Docketing Note

English translation

Münster
Hötte & Sons, brothers
26 October 1819

Discovery Terms

Historical correspondence
Commercial correspondence
Fur trade
London fur auction
International trade
Market prices
French language

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