Letter from Guglielmo Salvi to... (1784)

NRA-L-000054 / 1784

Letter from Guglielmo Salvi to merchants in Florence, May 6, 1784

An Italian commercial letter from Verona to Florence responding to a letter of April 24 and discussing examined goods, accounting figures, an order and expenses.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000054

NRA-L-000054 image 1 showing a folded address panel to Florence with docketing, a red seal and paper loss. — **Image 1**Address panel, docketing and seal.

NRA-L-000054 image 2 showing dated administrative manuscript text with a closing signature and seal. — **Image 2**Document text, date and signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000054
Date: 1784-05-06
Original date: 1784-05-06
Type: Commercial correspondence
Language: Italian / it
Sender: Guglielmo Salvi
Recipient: Unidentified gentlemen in Florence
Places: Verona, Italy / Florence, Italy
Extent: 2 web-resolution images
Signature: Guglielmo Salvi
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000054.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Address panel, docketing and seal

Original transcript

All'Illustrissimi Domini
Firenze

Notes

Later annotations:
Verona / Salvi 6 mag / 1784

1704 [later pencil notation]

Editorial notes:
The vertical docket identifies Verona, the surname Salvi and the date 6 May 1784; a separate pencil number '1704' appears to be a later notation and is not treated as the letter date.

Address panel, docketing and seal

English translation

To the Most Illustrious Gentlemen
Florence

Notes

Editorial notes:
The vertical docket identifies Verona, the surname Salvi and the date 6 May 1784; a separate pencil number '1704' appears to be a later notation and is not treated as the letter date.

Document text, date and signature

Original transcript

Ill.mi e Pregiatissimi Domini

Li 6 Maggio 1784 Verona

Confermo adora la mia servitù e Vostri Signori con la nota dell'esatto [termine incerto] cui
m'accomando salvo in tutta perfezione, e rispondendo alla cara una 24 Aprile
spiegato Ricci [passaggio difficile da decifrare] la [Fapezini?] spedito mi un li sagli [termine incerto],
nevi quali esaminati ne [cubono?] un saglio di [cifre contabili difficili da leggere],
inferiore di quella che il peggio non ho poi veduto fatto in [luogo incerto] e perudo.
A sera ordinarla e ordino al tesoretto in forma de quelli onde il med.mo
aspettami; e me non avrò servire ella me ne darete la proporzione contro
le mie spese e contro in seme. Facami salvo.

Guglielmo Salvi

Notes

Editorial notes:
Eighteenth-century Italian commercial hand with abbreviated accounting language; uncertain technical terms and figures are marked explicitly.

Document text, date and signature

English translation

Most Illustrious and Most Esteemed Gentlemen,

Verona, May 6, 1784.

I confirm my service to you and refer to an exact statement or account [uncertain term]. Replying to your valued letter of April 24, the writer discusses goods or samples sent through Ricci, their examination and an accounting figure. He states that one amount or quality is lower than another and gives instructions concerning an order and the treasury or account. Several technical and numerical words cannot be read securely. He asks that the proper proportion be allowed against his expenses and closes with compliments.

Guglielmo Salvi

Notes

Editorial notes:
Eighteenth-century Italian commercial hand with abbreviated accounting language; uncertain technical terms and figures are marked explicitly.

Discovery Terms

Commercial correspondence
Accounts
Trade
Verona
Florence

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