Letter from J. F. to Jn Mᵉ Frachon... (1838)

NRA-L-000495 / 1838

Letter from J. F. to Jn Mᵉ Frachon, 23 October 1838

J. F. asks about the price of alum delivered to Voiron and repeats a request for tea. The writer sends family greetings and reports a grape harvest of about twenty-six or twenty-seven hectolitres while fearing that the wine will be poor.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000495

NRA-L-000495 image 1 showing a folded address panel to a Frachon correspondent with circular postal marks, routing notations and visible folds. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000495 image 2 showing a handwritten French letter continuation with closing, signature, folds and paper edges. — **Image 2**Letter text and closing.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000495
Date: 1838-10-23
Type: Family correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: J. F.
Recipient: Jn Mᵉ Frachon
Places: Voiron / Annonay
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel and postal evidence; Letter text — Page 1; 2 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000495.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Address panel

Original transcript

A Monsieur
Jn Mᵉ Frachon
à Annonay

Address panel

English translation

To Monsieur
Jn Mᵉ Frachon
at Annonay

Letter text — Page 1

Original transcript

fais moi le plaisir de me dire de[?]suite si vous avés
du alun et à quel prix vous me le cederés rendu a
voiron, je dis rendu parce que quand vous louez la voiture,
elle coûte à meilleur marché que moi
je t'avais demandé une petite provision de thé pour
notre usage nous n'en avons point depuis longtems, fais
moi l'amitié de m'en envoyer
dis mes amitiés a ta femme que j'em
brasse que tous les mien, embrasse aussi E...[?]
le nouveau venu, tout a toi
[signature]

j'ai fais mes vendange j'aurai 26 a 27 hectolitre
de vin a un hectolitre près tu vois que je serai
plus riche que toi quoique avec 20 fois moins de vigne
nous avons eté bien pauvre en grain et le vin
ne sera pas bon du moins je le crains

Letter text — Page 1

English translation

do me the favor of telling me right away if you have
alum and at what price you will yield it to me delivered to
Voiron, I say delivered because when you hire the carriage, it costs less than it costs me
I had asked you for a small supply of tea for
our use we haven't had any for a long time, do
me the kindness of sending me some
give my regards to your wife whom I em
brace as well as all mine, embrace also E...[?]
the newcomer, completely yours
[signature]

I have done my grape harvest I will have 26 to 27 hectoliters
of wine give or take a hectoliter you see that I will be
richer than you although with 20 times fewer vines
we have been very poor in grain and the wine
will not be good at least I fear it

Discovery Terms

Family correspondence
Alum trade
Tea
Grape harvest
Wine production
Agriculture
Frachon Family Correspondence

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