NRA-L-000695 / 1855
Vignoli to Sam. B.to Finzi detto Magrini, 1855-04-19
Vignoli sends a package of skins with an account totaling36.37, encloses a kid-skin sample and states that he has about ten pairs available. He asks for the quantity and approximate weight of a further consignment.
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NRA-L-000695
Transcript and English translation
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Letter heading — Image 2
Original transcript
Sig. 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
Forlì 19 Aprile 1855
Col solito Vetturale [Giannellini?] vi ò spedito un collo
contenente li appiedi segnati pellami che v'annotate a dove-
re p[er] darmi credito di [currency sign] 36.37 e in detto [breve?] unito un Sg°[?]
di Caprettini onde ne vediate la qualità, posseggo da 10 pª
di dette. Frattanto in attesa d'un cenno di risulta vi saluto
dist.to
Vignoli
P. S. Aspetto li montoni
ingrassati ditemi il quantitativo
ed all'incirca il peso.
Incoming letter — Image 2
English translation
Forlì, 19 April 1855
By the usual carrier, [Giannellini?], I have sent you a package containing the skins listed below. Please enter them duly in your accounts and credit me with 36.37 [currency]. In it [unread] a sample[?] of kid skins is enclosed so that you can see their quality; I have about ten pairs of them. Meanwhile, awaiting a word about the result, I respectfully greet you.
Vignoli
P.S. I am waiting for the greased sheepskins[?]; tell me their quantity and approximate weight.
Consignment account — Image 2
Original transcript
N° 12. Caprettini ℔ 10 [unit] 42 — [currency sign] 4.20
48. Capre nere ℔ 71.0 [unit] 36 — „ 25.77
20. Pelli di [V...a?] [unit] 32 — „ 6.40
[currency sign] 36.37
Notes
The postscript belongs to the incoming letter; the lower arithmetic is a separate annotation and has not been reconciled to the consignment account. P001 faint reverse text is show-through, not a second reply. The sample abbreviation Sg° remains uncertain. The following native wording posseggo da10pª supports a stock of about ten pairs. The third account skin kind remains locally unclear; Vacca is a competing reading, not a certain species. Montoni ingrassati is translated contextually as greased sheepskins[?]; the literal animal sense would be fattened rams. The historical consignment identity remains uncertain. Currency signs and rate units are retained without modern conversion; ℔ is rendered lb.
Consignment account — Image 2
English translation
No. 12 kid skins, 10 lb, at 42 [currency] — 4.20 [currency]
48 black goat skins, 71.0 lb, at 36 [currency] — 25.77
20 [unread] skins, at 32 [currency] — 6.40
Total 36.37 [currency]
Notes
The postscript belongs to the incoming letter; the lower arithmetic is a separate annotation and has not been reconciled to the consignment account. P001 faint reverse text is show-through, not a second reply. The sample abbreviation Sg° remains uncertain. The following native wording posseggo da10pª supports a stock of about ten pairs. The third account skin kind remains locally unclear; Vacca is a competing reading, not a certain species. Montoni ingrassati is translated contextually as greased sheepskins[?]; the literal animal sense would be fattened rams. The historical consignment identity remains uncertain. Currency signs and rate units are retained without modern conversion; ℔ is rendered lb.
Address panel — Image 1
Original transcript
Sig.
Sam. B.to Finzi detto Magrini
Ferrara
Address panel — Image 1
English translation
Mr
Sam. B.to Finzi, known as Magrini
Ferrara
Discovery Terms
- Finzi–Magrini Correspondence