Letter from Gasparo Bolognesi to... (1852)

NRA-L-000701 / 1852

Letter from Gasparo Bolognesi to Samuele Finzi d.o Magrini, 28 July 1852

Business letter concerning four bales of leather, weight, price and payment, with a revised reply draft.

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NRA-L-000701

NRA-L-000701 image 1 showing the address panel, postal impressions, seal remains and filing evidence in the Senigallia letter of 28 July1852. — **Image 1**Address side of the Senigallia letter of 28 July1852, with postal impressions and seal remains.

NRA-L-000701 image 2 showing the incoming letter and the recipient's revised reply draft in the Senigallia letter of 28 July1852. — **Image 2**Writing side of the Senigallia letter of 28 July1852, showing the incoming letter and the recipient's revised reply draft.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000701
Date: 1852-07-28
Original date: Senigallia li 28 Luglio 1852
Type: Business correspondence
Language: Italian / it
Sender: Gasparo Bolognesi
Recipient: Samuele Finzi d.o Magrini
Places: Senigallia / Ferrara
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Writing side of the Senigallia letter of 28 July 1852, showing the incoming letter and the recipient's revised reply draft; Address side of the Senigallia letter of 28 July 1852, with postal impressions and seal remains; 2 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000701.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Incoming letter — Image 2

Original transcript

Amat.mo Sig.r Samuele Finzi
Ferrara = Senigallia li 28 Luglio 1852
In questo punto ho ricevuto la sua grata risposta in data 25 corrente dove ho inteso il ristretto
prezzo di £16£50 il % peso Ferrarese che al mio peso deve aumentare il 4 per %
come Lei mi dice, quindi a tal prezzo e peso accetto la sua Vedita, che per la fine della Setti-
mana starò attendendo il ricevimento di n.o quattro balle sula di Cuojo [illeggibile] recar il
peso in corpo di £114:a125 per ogni Cuojo pagamento alla fine Genajo prossimo moneta
metalica Romana efft.a quindi ne darò il preciso suo Ordine al Coloni da Lei inteso e qui
con La solita Stima Lo riverisco sinceramente =
Gasparo Bolognesi
P.S. Mi rimettarà unitamente Fattura e Cambiale regolare onde accettarla.

Incoming letter — Image 2

English translation

Dear Mr Samuele Finzi
Ferrara — Senigallia, 28 July 1852.
At this moment I have received your welcome reply dated 25 July, in which I understood the reduced price of £16.50 per hundred Ferrarese weight. For my weight it must be increased by 4 percent, as you tell me. At that price and weight I therefore accept your sale. By the end of the week I shall await receipt of four bales of leather [illegible], with a weight of 114 to 125 pounds for each hide, payment at the end of next January in actual Roman metallic currency. I shall give your precise order to Coloni, whom you mentioned. With my customary esteem, I greet you sincerely.
Gasparo Bolognesi.
P.S. Send me the invoice and a regular bill of exchange together with them, so that I may accept it.

Recipient's reply draft below the letter — Image 2

Original transcript

Al Gr 28 Corr.te foste ben accorto al non tardare punto, [cancellato: dimora] approvando la mia
offerta delle N.o 4 Corami di mia Fabbrica il % al [aggiunta: illeggibile] Prezzo di Scudi Sedici e Mezzo
Rom. Metalici il [perdita di carta] Cento [aggiunta: Ancona] [cancellato: illeggibile]
[cancellato: ridotto a peso d'Ancona] facenti il Cento quatro da £ questo Nro
Ferrarese posto in [cancellato: barca] costà col comodo di un/6 corrispond.te [cancellato: illeggibile]
[cancellato: illeggibile] il pross.o Mese Gen.o [cancellato: illeggibile] per il quale
importo avete in seno Camb.e Vsa [cancellato: firma] di mia Cadenza e prima
di [illeggibile] che mi piacerà [cancellato: illeggibile] ritornarmi accetta a pronta risposta.
avete parim.te in seno Poliza del C.o Consolato [perdita di carta] non solo p le sud.te
N.o 4 ma bensì p le Sei [cancellato: illeggibile] inbarcate p Norchio[?] [cancellato: illeggibile]
dal [cancellato: Sig.r] Speditore dal Ponte, Due de quali [cancellato: illeggibile] [aggiunta: cioè li N.o 36.37] darete consegnate
al [aggiunta: precitato] Sig.r Salomon Calafi e Comp.i alli quali ho obbligato due Vtre Balle
Compreso li precisi Due Numeri [cancellato: illeggibile] Trenta Sei e Trentasette.
in conseguenza di che voi dovete ricevere le Nri 38.39.40.41
che egualm.te troverete a piedi [cancellato: illeggibile] Fattura [cancellato: illeggibile] formante la sua
Sud.a [illeggibile] meglio credere che in avvenire foste più discreto nelle pretese
ripetend. quanto vi dissi nel antecad.te mia che se il Genere non fosse [illeggibile]
in viaggio non lo avrei ceduto [perdita di carta] certo al [illeggibile] prezzo verso Vs minore di quanto
ho praticato coi più Speculatori [perdita di carta] che distinguano non solo la mia Fabbrica
ma anche la [cancellato: illeggibile] vendita delle Pelli del Nro Macelli da quelle [illeggibile].

Notes

The revised reply draft is kept separately, including legible cancellations. Physical tears and heavily overwritten words leave genuine gaps.
The incoming weight is per Cuojo (each hide), not per bale. The quantity is four bales. The reply changes the consular consignment to six bales, assigning Nos.36 and37 elsewhere and38–41 to this recipient.
The draft notation un/6 and the ensuing maturity notation remain unexplained; no fraction or month is supplied. Norchio is a tentative source name. Dal Ponte and Salomon Calafi are retained as source names without external identification.

Recipient's reply draft below the letter — Image 2

English translation

In reply to your welcome letter of the 28th of this month, you did well not to delay at all [cancelled: delay], approving my offer of four bales of leather of my manufacture, at [inserted: illegible] the price of sixteen and a half Roman metallic scudi per [paper loss] hundred [inserted: Ancona; cancelled: illegible].
[Cancelled: reduced to Ancona weight] making one hundred and four of our Ferrarese pounds, placed [cancelled: in a boat] there through a correspondent [illegible; cancelled: illegible]. [Cancelled: illegible] next January [cancelled: illegible]. For that amount you have enclosed a bill of exchange [cancelled: signature], falling due [illegible] at the beginning of [illegible]. I shall be pleased [cancelled: illegible] to have it returned accepted with your prompt reply.
You also have enclosed the Consulate bill [paper loss], covering both the aforesaid four bales and the six [cancelled: illegible] shipped for Norchio[?] [cancelled: illegible] by [cancelled: Mr] the forwarding agent dal Ponte. You will hand over two of these [cancelled: illegible; inserted: namely Nos. 36 and 37] to [inserted: the aforesaid] Mr Salomon Calafi and partners, to whom I have committed two of your bales, including precisely [cancelled: illegible] Nos. 36 and 37. Consequently, you must receive Nos. 38, 39, 40 and 41, which you will also find at the foot [cancelled: illegible] of the invoice [cancelled: illegible], making up its aforesaid [illegible].
I would prefer you to be more moderate in your demands in future. I repeat what I told you in my preceding letter: if the goods had not been [illegible] in transit, I would not have sold them [paper loss], certainly at a [illegible] lower price to you than the one at which I have dealt with the leading merchants [paper loss], who distinguish not only my manufacture but also [cancelled: illegible] the sale of skins from our slaughterhouses from [illegible].

Notes

The revised reply draft is kept separately, including legible cancellations. Physical tears and heavily overwritten words leave genuine gaps.
The incoming weight is per Cuojo (each hide), not per bale. The quantity is four bales. The reply changes the consular consignment to six bales, assigning Nos.36 and37 elsewhere and38–41 to this recipient.
The draft notation un/6 and the ensuing maturity notation remain unexplained; no fraction or month is supplied. Norchio is a tentative source name. Dal Ponte and Salomon Calafi are retained as source names without external identification.

Address panel — Image 1

Original transcript

Signore
Samuele Finzi d.o Magrini
Ferrara

Notes

The dark perpendicular text at the right is mirrored show-through of the reply draft on the reverse; it is not a second draft.

Address panel — Image 1

English translation

Mr
Samuele Finzi, called Magrini
Ferrara

Notes

The dark perpendicular text at the right is mirrored show-through of the reply draft on the reverse; it is not a second draft.

Discovery Terms

Finzi–Magrini Correspondence
Leather trade
Weights
Payments

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