Letter from Barbiey to François... (1832)

NRA-L-000075 / 1832

Letter from Barbiey to François Derinay, dated from postal evidence to May 11, 1832

Barbiey writes to his brother about debts, mortgages and repayment, the possible rental of part of his brewery for an arms factory, and the severe effects of cholera on family, business and local lives.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000075

NRA-L-000075 image 1 showing a folded address panel with postal marks and handwritten calculations. — **Image 1**Address panel, postal evidence and calculations.

NRA-L-000075 image 2 showing the opening page of a French personal letter. — **Image 2**Letter text - Page 1.

NRA-L-000075 image 3 showing the continuation and signed closing of the French personal letter. — **Image 3**Letter text - Page 2 and signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000075
Date: 1832-05-11
Type: Family correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Barbiey
Recipient: François Derinay
Places: Saint-Denis, Seine, France / Paris, France
Extent: 3 documentary sides: Address panel, postal evidence and calculations; Letter text - Page 1; Letter text - Page 2 and signature; 3 digital images.
Signature: Barbiey
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000075.

Rights & reuse

Reuse is welcome. Publicly available images may be reused for non-commercial purposes with attribution, and automated machine use is permitted with provenance. Commercial republication requires prior written permission.

Full rights & reuse terms

Publicly available images, transcriptions, translations, metadata and descriptions may be copied, shared, reproduced and republished, in whole or in part, for non-commercial purposes, provided that Neruda Archives is clearly credited and the relevant item identifier and stable URL are preserved. This permission includes non-commercial scholarly, educational, editorial, exhibition, website and social-media use. Automated machine use, including crawling, indexing, text and data mining, retrieval, embeddings and AI training by commercial and non-commercial systems, is permitted, provided provenance is retained where technically feasible and the item identifier and stable URL are preserved in source records or associated documentation. Commercial publication, commercial reproduction, resale, advertising use, paid access to a database or dataset and bulk redistribution of images require prior written permission. For the avoidance of doubt, permission is not required merely because an AI system or its operator is commercial. The images displayed and downloadable on this page are public access copies, and the permissions above apply to those files. Access to non-public source scans (preservation masters) or files specially prepared for print, where available, requires prior written agreement. Attribution may not be removed or replaced by false or misleading attribution.

Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Address panel

Original transcript

A Monsieur
francois Derinay
Rue Richelieu No 48
A Paris

Notes

Postal evidence:
The date 11 May 1832 is supplied by the Saint-Denis-sur-Seine postmark; the letter has no manuscript dateline.

Address panel

English translation

To Mister
francois Derinay
Rue Richelieu No 48
In Paris

Notes

Postal evidence:
The date 11 May 1832 is supplied by the Saint-Denis-sur-Seine postmark; the letter has no manuscript dateline.

Letter text - Page 1

Original transcript

Mon frere
Je fait reponce a ta lettre au quelle
tu me parle de nos affaire a tu vers
nous pouron bien nous arrenge Je desirerée
bien n'avoir affaire qua toit ci cela
t'en tarenge tu me formerai une somme
de 2000 francs avec ce que je te doit
au quelle jirai avec toute mes pieces
a Paris et nous traiterion ensemble.
Je né aucune ipoteque que celle
du pere hervin pour au quelle je doit
le nourire et sur le batiment de la brasserie
c'ette de Elisabeth comme toit
et si tu veut nous pouron termine cela
et je n'aurai affaire qua toi tu me
donneras 8 année pour payer en 2 payement
Je pence bien que durent cette epocque
Je serai de barassé de toute mes rentier
Mon pere est bien malade et madame larnois
n'enpeupluss, tant qua notre famille nous nous
portons tres bien virginie a eut le veritable
Coléras, une des premieres et elle vas bien elle
na pas encore sortie j'ai etée a la Rapée
et a l'entrepot des jour ici pour vendre des cerceau
et je ne pas ete ches toi vue que je revenoit

Notes

Editorial notes:
The text 'et si tu veut... en 2 payement' is crossed out with a large X, and 'nulle et non avenue / cotte onzieme' is written vertically over it.

Letter text - Page 1

English translation

My brother
I am replying to your letter in which you speak to me of our affairs; we will be able to come to a good arrangement. I would very much like to deal only with you, if that suits you.
You will make up a sum of 2,000 francs for me with what I owe you, with which I will go to Paris with all my documents and we will settle the matter together.
I have no mortgage other than Father Hervin's, for which I must feed him, and the one on the brewery building, that of Elisabeth, which is like yours null and void.
[Crossed out:]
And if you wish, we can finish this and I will only deal with you. You will give me 8 years to pay in 2 instalments. I think indeed that during this time I will be rid of all my annuitants.
My father is very ill and Madame Larnois can carry on no longer. As for our family, we are doing very well. Virginie had the real cholera, one of the first, and she is doing well; she has not gone out yet.
I was at La Rapée and at the warehouse some days ago to sell hoops, and I did not go to your place seeing that I was returning.

Notes

Editorial notes:
The text 'et si tu veut... en 2 payement' is crossed out with a large X, and 'nulle et non avenue / cotte onzieme' is written vertically over it.

Letter text - Page 2 and signature

Original transcript

et la maladie nous affait bien du tor pour
la bierre, il est venue un homme qui veus
louer une partie de ma brasserie pour y faire
une fabrique d'armes il est tres posible que
nous nous arrenjion je pence en louer aumoin
pour 400 francs et ne rien de faire de ma
brasserie j'ai fait Couvrire tout le coté du jardin
en ardoise, - vous saver que baptiste veut du
vin dans sa maison il loge des ouvrier
du prince Comme tout les obbergiste moi j'en loge
3 j'en aurai pluss ci javais de la place.
et ci ce que je t'ecrit peu ta renge fait moi
Reponce de suite tu pouras me donne quelle
que billet ci ce la ta renge.
Des Compliment de notre part a tout
la famille et nous nous porton toucus bien
Je te salue ton frere Barbiey

A l'inttent que je t'ecrit l'homme
de la Rose noel vien de mourire
du Coléras en 6 heure de temps
il se nomme anjuste marchie a terre

Letter text - Page 2 and signature

English translation

And the illness has done us much harm regarding the beer. A man came who wants to rent a part of my brewery to set up an arms factory there. It is very possible that we will come to an arrangement. I think I will rent it for at least 400 francs and dismantle nothing from my brewery.
I had the whole side facing the garden covered in slate. You know that Baptiste wants wine in his house; he lodges the prince's workers like all the innkeepers. I lodge 3 of them and I would have more if I had the room.
And if what I write to you suits you, reply to me immediately. You could give me some bills if that suits you.
Compliments from us to all the family, and we are all doing well.
I salute you, your brother
Barbiey
At the instant that I am writing to you, the man from Rose-Noël has just died of cholera in the space of six hours. His name is Auguste [following words are illegible].

Discovery Terms

Family correspondence
Cholera
Brewery
Debt
Property
Saint-Denis
Paris

Transcriptions and English translations are provided as working scholarly aids, not as replacements for the images of the original documents. Some readings may remain uncertain, especially where handwriting, spelling, damage, abbreviations, names or places are difficult.

Some transcriptions and translations may be prepared with the assistance of AI tools and reviewed by Neruda Archives before publication. Better readings, corrections and alternative translations are welcome when they are supported by the manuscript image, context or reliable sources.

When suggesting a correction, please include the item ID, the relevant line or image area, the proposed reading or translation, and the evidence for it.

Suggest a better reading or correction

Relevant line or image area Proposed reading or translation Evidence or reason

Your name Your email

Your name and email are optional. Personal data is used only to assess, document and, where possible, respond to this correction. See the Privacy Notice.