Gasparo Bolognesi to Samuele Finzi (1851)

NRA-L-000683 / 1851

Gasparo Bolognesi to Samuele Finzi, 1851-08-13

A business letter seeking an amicable settlement of a disagreement over the weight of two bales; a draft reply acknowledges an accepted bill of exchange.

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NRA-L-000683

NRA-L-000683 image 1 showing folded address side with manuscript direction to Ferrara, postal marks, docketing and seal trace. — **Image 1**Folded address side with manuscript direction to Ferrara, postal marks, docketing and seal trace.

NRA-L-000683 image 2 showing main handwritten letter with the recipient’s darker draft reply below. — **Image 2**Main handwritten letter with the recipient’s darker draft reply below.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000683
Date: 1851-08-13
Original date: Senigallia li 13 Agosto 1851
Type: Business letter with recipient draft reply
Language: Italian / it
Sender: Gasparo Bolognesi
Recipient: Samuele Finzi d.o Magrini Ferrara
Places: Senigallia / Ferrara
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Documentary side 2; Documentary side 1; 2 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000683.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Incoming letter — Image 2

Original transcript

Stimat.o Sig.r Samuele Finzi
Ferrara                         Senigallia li 13 Agosto1851.

Onde terminare ogni nostro intralcio in buona amicizia sulle due Balle
Suolo[?] da Lei comprato quí annesso troverà l'agiunto da me regolarm.te accet-
tato per la somma di [segno monetario] [spazio bianco] metallici, che cosí io perderò il peso di [℔?]17. come
a giusta nostra convenzione da Lei mi abonerà 1:50 della sua Fattura, e mi creda
che questo è stato un calo nel genere, calo e giusto, non potendo conoscere d'onde nasce,
che glielo giuro sul'onor mio, e voglio credere che ne rifletterà sul tutto giustamente.
Del tutto me ne renderà inteso, e con distinta Stima Lo riverisco
Gasparo Bolognesi

Incoming letter — Image 2

English translation

Esteemed Mr Samuele Finzi
Ferrara                         Senigallia, 13 August 1851.

To settle all our difficulties amicably over the two bales of [sole leather?] you bought here, you will find the enclosed document duly accepted by me for the sum of [currency sign] [blank] in metallic currency. Thus I shall bear the loss in weight of 17 [pounds?]. Under our agreement you will credit me with 1.50 on your invoice. Believe me, this was a loss in the goods, a justified loss whose cause I cannot determine. I swear this to you on my honour, and I wish to believe that you will reflect fairly on the whole matter.
Please let me know about all this. With my esteem, I send you my respects.
Gasparo Bolognesi

Recipient's draft reply — Image 2

Original transcript

Nel riscontro della Vs13 Corr. =
= [Col postale?] [del?] passato ad avviso ricev.to della mia Trata ritornatami
munita della Vs accetaz. [segno monetario]90 scadibile li31 Gennajo
Da quale avrete Credito Valore il buon fine in pareggio delle
M/m Corami speditavi in attese de nuovi Vs Comandi C C

Notes

The darker text below the signed letter is a separate draft reply. The amount after the currency sign in the incoming letter is left blank.
The darker text below the signed letter is a separate draft reply. The incoming letter leaves its amount blank; it has not been supplied from the draft. The currency signs before this blank and the draft amount 90 are unresolved. No separate unit is written before the invoice credit 1:50. C C is an abbreviated closing.

Recipient's draft reply — Image 2

English translation

In reply to yours of the 13th of this month =
= [By the post?] [of?] the past [unread], I acknowledge receipt of my bill of exchange returned to me bearing your acceptance for [currency sign] 90, falling due on 31 January.
You will receive credit for it upon successful payment, in settlement of my leather goods sent to you. Awaiting your further orders, C C.

Notes

The darker text below the signed letter is a separate draft reply. The amount after the currency sign in the incoming letter is left blank.
The darker text below the signed letter is a separate draft reply. The incoming letter leaves its amount blank; it has not been supplied from the draft. The currency signs before this blank and the draft amount 90 are unresolved. No separate unit is written before the invoice credit 1:50. C C is an abbreviated closing.

Address panel — Image 1

Original transcript

Signore
Samuele Finzi d.o Magrini
Ferrara

Address panel — Image 1

English translation

Mr
Samuele Finzi, known as Magrini
Ferrara

Discovery Terms

Finzi–Magrini Correspondence

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