Vignoli to Samuel Finzi d.o Magrini... (1858)

NRA-L-000696 / 1858

Vignoli to Samuel Finzi d.o Magrini, 12 March 1858

Business letter concerning a shipment of bazzane, its charge and carriage, with the recipient's note and calculations.

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NRA-L-000696

NRA-L-000696 image 1 showing the address panel, postal impressions, seal remains and filing evidence in the Forli letter of 12 March1858. — **Image 1**Address side of the Forli letter of 12 March1858, with postal impressions and seal remains.

NRA-L-000696 image 2 showing the incoming letter, a short recipient note and calculations in the Forli letter of 12 March1858. — **Image 2**Writing side of the Forli letter of 12 March1858, showing the incoming letter, a short recipient note and calculations.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000696
Date: 1858-03-12
Original date: Forlì 12. Marzo 1858.
Type: Business correspondence
Language: Italian / it
Sender: Ditta Vignoli
Recipient: Samuel Finzi d.o Magrini
Places: Forlì / Ferrara
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Writing side of the Forli letter of 12 March 1858, showing the incoming letter, a short recipient note and calculations; Address side of the Forli letter of 12 March 1858, with postal impressions and seal remains; 2 digital images.
Signature: p la Ditta Vignoli / Vignoli.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000696.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Letter heading — Image 2

Original transcript

Sig Samuel B.o finzi d.o Magrini
Ferrara

Letter heading — Image 2

English translation

Mr Samuel B.o Finzi called Magrini
Ferrara

Incoming letter — Image 2

Original transcript

Forlì 12. Marzo 1858.
A mezzo del Vett.e Pietro Gramburini vi ho Spedite
le doppo notate bazzane a scorza che vi procure-
rete a dovere accreditandomi di loro importo
in £ 19.24.— E qui p Servirvi in capre e capretti
vi Saluto dist
N.o 100. Bazza a scorza £ 19.% a [illeggibile] 24 £ 19.—
p porto pagato                         „ —24.
                                      £ 19.24.—
p la Ditta Vignoli
Vignoli.

Incoming letter — Image 2

English translation

Forlì, 12 March 1858.
Through the carrier Pietro Gramburini I have sent you the bark-tanned bazzane listed below. Please attend to them as required and credit me with their amount of £19.24. Here, at your service for goat and kid skins, I greet you respectfully.
No. 100 bark-tanned bazzane, £19.% at [illegible] 24: £19.—
Paid carriage: 0.24
£19.24.—
For the firm Vignoli
Vignoli.

Recipient's reply draft below the letter — Image 2

Original transcript

li 14 d.o
Colla Gra d.o 12 C.te m’avvisate Sped.o di N.o 100 Bazzane
in vece N.o [cancellato: illeggibile] [aggiunta: 90] che farò ritirare per accreditarvene
pregando non farmi tratta mentre farò a rimetterle
p Bologna

Notes

Bazzane is retained as the leather-trade term; a scorza is rendered as bark-tanned. The compressed tariff notation after £19.% remains unresolved and is not converted.
The reply draft contrasts the announced quantity 100 with the expected 90 and requests a remittance instead of a bill. Separate arithmetic is transcribed as visible, without recomputing totals.

Recipient's reply draft below the letter — Image 2

English translation

The 14th of the same month.
In your kind letter of the 12th of this month you inform me of the dispatch of No. 100 bazzane instead of No. [cancelled: illegible] [inserted: 90], which I shall have collected and credit to you. Please do not draw a bill on me, as I shall remit to you through Bologna.

Notes

Bazzane is retained as the leather-trade term; a scorza is rendered as bark-tanned. The compressed tariff notation after £19.% remains unresolved and is not converted.
The reply draft contrasts the announced quantity 100 with the expected 90 and requests a remittance instead of a bill. Separate arithmetic is transcribed as visible, without recomputing totals.

Address panel — Image 1

Original transcript

Sig
Samuel B.o finzi d.o Magrini
Ferrara

Notes

The docket says Bologna; the incoming dateline says Forlì. They are transcribed separately. Faint mirrored writing around the address is show-through.

Address panel — Image 1

English translation

Mr
Samuel B.o Finzi called Magrini
Ferrara

Notes

The docket says Bologna; the incoming dateline says Forlì. They are transcribed separately. Faint mirrored writing around the address is show-through.

Discovery Terms

Finzi–Magrini Correspondence
Leather trade
Accounts
Carriage

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