Letter from Unidentified... (1840)

NRA-L-000569 / 1840

Letter from Unidentified correspondent to J. M. Frachon, 1840-12-25

An unidentified correspondent asks J. M. Frachon to pay a money order for their brother Vincent and debit it to the writer's account.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000569

NRA-L-000569 image 1 showing a folded address panel to a Frachon correspondent with postal marks, routing notes, seals, folds and retained annotations. — **Image 1**Address panel, postal evidence and retained annotations.

NRA-L-000569 image 2 showing a handwritten French letter with dateline, manuscript text, closing, signature, later notes, folds and paper edges. — **Image 2**Letter text and closing.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000569
Date: 1840-12-25
Original date: Nisme ce 25 Xbre 1840
Type: Family correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Unidentified correspondent
Recipient: J. M. Frachon
Places: Nîmes / Annonay
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Documentary page 1; Documentary page 2; 2 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000569.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Address panel

Original transcript

À Mons.
Monsieur J. M. Frachon
à Annonay
Ardèche

Address panel

English translation

To Mons.
Monsieur J. M. Frachon
at Annonay
Ardèche

Documentary page 2

Original transcript

nisme ce 25 xbre 1840
mon cher ami Je Compte sur ton
obligeance a payer un mandat de
trente trois francs soixante Centimes
que je vien denvoyer sur toi a notre
frère Vincent. Tu voudra bien en
debiter mon Compte.
mes amities a tous
je vous embrasse
tous
[signature or monogram unreadable]

Documentary page 2

English translation

Nîmes, this 25th of December 1840
My dear friend, I count on your kindness to pay a money order of thirty-three francs and sixty centimes that I have just sent drawn on you to our brother Vincent. You will kindly debit it to my account.
My regards to everyone.
I embrace you all.
[signature or monogram unreadable]

Discovery Terms

Financial transactions
Money order
Frachon Family Correspondence

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