NRA-L-000688 / 1851
Pasquale Minardi to Samuel B. Finzi D. Magrini, 1851-08-19
Pasquale Minardi reports sending ten sacks of ground bark and asks to be credited according to the account below. The total is 22.22.2 in metallic currency, with a separate receipt annotation and calculation below.
Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000688
Transcript and English translation
working scholarly aid
Letter heading — Image 2
Original transcript
Sig.r Samuel B° Finzi D. Magrini
Ferrara
Letter heading — Image 2
English translation
Mr Samuel B° Finzi D. Magrini
Ferrara
Incoming letter — Image 2
Original transcript
Bologna
19 Agosto 1851
Tenendo fermo il pagamento di [n?] in relazione a quello il ½ del
[... Vost.?] Vi ho spedito i 10 sacchi di scorza macinata della
nuova qualità per i quali vi [prego?] accreditarmi come piè aggiungo;
e sempre disposto a servirvi cordialmente vi riverisco.
N° 10 Sacchi scorza macinata ℔ 2860 a 7.70 %
p[er] incassatura di medesimi
[In right account column]
22.02.2
—.20.—
22.22.2
in tutto metallici
Pasquale Minardi
Notes
The short receipt annotation beneath the signature and the lower-left calculation are separate from the incoming letter. Its partly unclear wording does not justify the former translation you have a credit. The opening contracted reference, including the half notation, remains unresolved. The closing account line reads in tutto metallici, total in metallic currency, rather than a humble salutation. The original weight mark ℔, rate 7.70 per hundred and compound account amounts are retained; no modern weight conversion or currency subdivision is imposed. The B° and D. in the addressee’s name are left unexpanded.
Incoming letter — Image 2
English translation
Bologna, 19 August 1851
Keeping payment unchanged [unread], in relation to that half of [unread], I have sent you the ten sacks of ground bark of the new quality, for which [please?] credit me as set out below.
Always ready to serve you, I respectfully salute you.
No. 10 sacks of ground bark, ℔2,860 at 7.70 per hundred.
For packing the same.
[Account column]
22.02.2
—.20.—
22.22.2
Total in metallic currency.
Pasquale Minardi
Notes
The short receipt annotation beneath the signature and the lower-left calculation are separate from the incoming letter. Its partly unclear wording does not justify the former translation you have a credit. The opening contracted reference, including the half notation, remains unresolved. The closing account line reads in tutto metallici, total in metallic currency, rather than a humble salutation. The original weight mark ℔, rate 7.70 per hundred and compound account amounts are retained; no modern weight conversion or currency subdivision is imposed. The B° and D. in the addressee’s name are left unexpanded.
Address panel — Image 1
Original transcript
Signor
Samuel B° Finzi D. Magrini
Ferrara
Notes
The faint reverse text and arithmetic are mirrored show-through of P002, rather than separate own-side calculations.
Address panel — Image 1
English translation
Mr
Samuel B° Finzi D. Magrini
Ferrara
Notes
The faint reverse text and arithmetic are mirrored show-through of P002, rather than separate own-side calculations.
Discovery Terms
- Finzi–Magrini Correspondence