Letter from Delisle to a notary about...

NRA-L-000680

Letter from Delisle to a notary about property sales

Delisle asks a notary to send title deeds for the sale of a jointly owned house and to arrange an official copy of a farm-sale deed for delivery to a military intendant in Rouen.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000680

NRA-L-000680 image 1 showing a folded address to a notary with a blue wax-seal remnant. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000680 image 2 showing a French letter with a prominent handwritten signature, text side 1. — **Image 2**Letter text - Page 1.

NRA-L-000680 image 3 showing a French letter with a prominent handwritten signature, text side 2. — **Image 3**Letter text - Page 2.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000680
Date: Fontainebleau Ce 9 février 182[4/8?]
Original date: Fontainebleau Ce 9 février 182[4/8?]
Type: Notarial correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Delisle (initials unresolved)
Recipient: M. [Tabure?], notary
Places: Fontainebleau / Neufchâtel-en-Bray
Extent: 3 documentary sides: Letter page 1; Letter page 2; Address side; 3 digital images.
Signature: Delisle
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000680.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Letter page 1

Original transcript

Fontainebleau Ce 9 février
182[4/8?].

Monsieur

Par ma précédente je vous priais d'Envoyer
à mon Notaire à Versailles mes Titres de
propriété lesquels lui sont Indispensables pour
faire la Vente de la Maison que j'ai en Commun
avec les heritiers du 1er Mari de deffunte mon
Epouse ; je suis persuadé que vous aurez eu
Cette Complaisance, Veuillez m'en Instruire de
suite.

Je profite de Cette occasion pour vous prier
de me faire faire de suite l'expédition de la
Vente de la ferme & de l'adresser aussitôt
à Mr Prevost Intendant Militaire
à Rouen, avec [Intimation?] de ne la

Notes

Editorial notes:
The final numeral of the dateline is open and flourished: both 4 and 8 remain plausible on the writer's ink alone. The later upside-down P001 pencil notation is too weak to decide it. The last phrase continues directly on P003. The noun before 'de ne la' remains uncertain.

Letter page 1

English translation

Fontainebleau, 9 February 182[4/8?].

Sir,

In my previous letter I asked you to send my title deeds to my notary at Versailles; he needs them in order to arrange the sale of the house that I own jointly with the heirs of my late wife's first husband. I trust that you have been kind enough to do so; please let me know at once.

I also ask you to have the official copy of the sale of the farm prepared at once and sent without delay to Mr Prevost, a military intendant in Rouen, with [an instruction?] not to hand it over

Notes

Editorial notes:
The final numeral of the dateline is open and flourished: both 4 and 8 remain plausible on the writer's ink alone. The later upside-down P001 pencil notation is too weak to decide it. The last phrase continues directly on P003. The noun before 'de ne la' remains uncertain.

Letter page 2

Original transcript

remettre qu'a moi Delisle, ou à Mr
Le fevre porteur d'une Lettre de creance
au près de Mr Prevost.
Si L'acquereur de la ferme, qui me doit
cette expédition, refusoit d'En payer le
Cout, Je vous en tiendrais Compte au
prochain voyage que je Compte faire
en votre ville, ou vous en ferai passer le
montant.
J'ai L'honneur D'être
Monsieur
Votre très humble serviteur
[Jh?] Delisle

Notes

Editorial notes:
The signature's surname Delisle is clear; the initials are not. Lefevre/Le fevre is a documentary name form, not an externally verified identity. 'Lettre de creance' is translated cautiously as a letter of credence or authorization; a financial letter of credit is not established.

Letter page 2

English translation

only to me, Delisle, or to Mr Lefevre, who carries a letter of credence or authorization concerning Mr Prevost. If the purchaser of the farm, who owes me this official copy, refuses to pay its cost, I shall settle it with you on the next journey I intend to make to your town, or send you the amount. I have the honour to be, Sir, your very humble servant, [initials unclear] Delisle.

Notes

Editorial notes:
The signature's surname Delisle is clear; the initials are not. Lefevre/Le fevre is a documentary name form, not an externally verified identity. 'Lettre de creance' is translated cautiously as a letter of credence or authorization; a financial letter of credit is not established.

Address panel

Original transcript

A Monsieur
Monsieur [Tabure?] Notaire
à Neufchatel en Bray
à Neuf Chatel
Par Rouen

Notes

Editorial notes:
The repeated 'à Neuf Chatel' is visibly written as a separate address line and must be preserved. The notary's surname remains genuinely uncertain; no authority identity is asserted. Postal and later marks are not part of the address.

Address panel

English translation

To Monsieur
Monsieur [Tabure?], notary
at Neufchâtel-en-Bray
at Neufchâtel
via Rouen

Notes

Editorial notes:
The repeated 'à Neuf Chatel' is visibly written as a separate address line and must be preserved. The notary's surname remains genuinely uncertain; no authority identity is asserted. Postal and later marks are not part of the address.

Discovery Terms

Notarial correspondence
Property sales
Inheritance

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