Pappabeni firm to Samuel Finzi called... (1851)

NRA-L-000707 / 1851

Pappabeni firm to Samuel Finzi called Magrini, 19 August 1851

Business letter acknowledging a leather shipment and returning four accepted bills, with a heavily revised recipient reply draft concerning payment and leather prices.

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NRA-L-000707

NRA-L-000707 image 1 showing the address panel, postal evidence and contemporary docket. — **Image 1**The address panel, postal evidence and contemporary docket.

NRA-L-000707 image 2 showing the incoming business letter, with a recipient reply draft. — **Image 2**The incoming business letter, with a recipient reply draft.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000707
Date: 1851-08-19
Original date: Ancona 19 Agosto 1851
Type: Business letter with recipient reply draft
Language: Italian / it
Sender: Pappabeni firm
Recipient: Samuel B. Finzi Detto Magrini
Places: Ancona / Ferrara
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Incoming letter side; Address side; 2 digital images.
Signature: Pappabeni F.li
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000707.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Incoming letter — Image 2

Original transcript

Sig Samuel B.o Finzi d.o Magrini
Ferrara
Ancona 19 Agosto 1851
La caris.ma sua 13 Corrente ci accusa lo Sped.o a mezzo
del Pad Domenico Ghezzo delle mazze 200 Corame venduteci in
Bale 17 Riscontriamo la relativa polizza nonchè la fattura
ascendente in Nap. 897.08 per la qual somma a pareggio
del particolar vi ritorniamo munite di ns Accettazione e Domi-
cilio le acclusivi 4 vs Tratte [illeggibile] dal 13 Corr.e a
6 mesi data al vs ordine di
Nap. 300.—
” 259.67
” 200.—
” 137.41
di cui favorirete accordarci ricevuta e credito
ben inteso che alla Scadenza sarà in ns facoltà di pagare
in francesche o altra moneta d'argento in Corso
Non dubitiamo di trovare la roba di Soddisfazione
onde non darci motivo a repliche
Tanto vi dobbiamo, ed in attesa di analogo vs
riscontro vi Salutiamo con distinta Stima
Pappabeni F.li

Incoming letter — Image 2

English translation

Mr Samuel B.o Finzi, called Magrini
Ferrara
Ancona, 19 August 1851.
Your very kind letter of the 13th of this month informs us of the shipment, through Captain Domenico Ghezzo, of the 200 mazze of leather sold to us in seventeen bales. We acknowledge the corresponding bill of lading and the invoice amounting to Nap. 897.08. To settle the account for this sum, we return the enclosed four bills of yours bearing our acceptance and place of payment, [illegible], dated the 13th of this month, payable six months after date to your order:
Nap. 300.—
259.67
200.—
137.41
Kindly acknowledge receipt and give us credit, it being understood that at maturity we may pay in French coins or other silver money in circulation.
We do not doubt that we shall find the goods satisfactory, so as to give us no occasion for further objections.
This is what we have to tell you. Awaiting your reply, we greet you with particular esteem.
Pappabeni F.li

Recipient reply draft - dark ink below the incoming letter — Image 2

Original transcript

In Seno alla Car.a vs. mi [cancellato: rimetete] [aggiunta: ritornate] le mie 4 Tratte
componente [cancellato: illeggibile] Nap.i [497.08?] [cancellato: munite] [aggiunta: onorate] della vs accettaz.a a 6 m. Data
delli 13 Cor.te [cancellato: che riflette] in Scadenza Serviranno [aggiunta: di] Saldo della [illeggibile]
Corami Speditovi col C.o Ghezzo non dubitando punto del vs. agradim.to
in qualità come nel [cancellato: risultato] Se volete credere alla [aggiunta: mia] amicizia
[cancellato: Sincero] che vi assicuro dell'indispensabile aumento del Genere
[aggiunta: [illeggibile] l'aumento Delle [illeggibile] Romagne]
non p capriccio o Speculaz. [illeggibile] [cancellato: illeggibile] ma p Decisa penuria
di Pelli p la meschina Macellaz.o [cancellato: p Macellari] [aggiunta: il [illeggibile]] alli [incompiuto]

Notes

Nap. and Nap.i are retained as written without identifying or converting the currency. Mazze is retained as the trade unit; the manuscript separately specifies seventeen bales.
The adjective following Tratte is not securely read; the former Spadognate is not asserted. F.li is retained as a signature abbreviation without choosing sons or brothers.
The recipient draft contains readable cancellations and insertions as well as unresolved interlinear wording. The draft amount remains uncertain at its first digit; it is not changed to match the incoming invoice. The final sentence ends unfinished.

Recipient reply draft - dark ink below the incoming letter — Image 2

English translation

With your kind letter you [cancelled: send me] [inserted: return to me] my four bills amounting [cancelled: illegible] to Nap.i [497.08?], [cancelled: bearing] [inserted: honoured with] your acceptance, payable six months after date, dated the 13th of this month [cancelled: which concerns]. At maturity they will serve [inserted: as] settlement of [illegible] the leather sent to you with Captain Ghezzo. I do not doubt at all that you will be satisfied with its quality, as with the [cancelled: result]. If you will believe in [inserted: my] friendship, [cancelled: Sincere] I assure you of the unavoidable increase in the price of these goods.
[Inserted: illegible; the increase; illegible; Romagna.]
This is owing to no whim or speculation, [illegible] [cancelled: illegible], but to a definite scarcity of hides because of the meagre slaughtering [cancelled: by the butchers] [inserted: the illegible] [unfinished ending].

Notes

Nap. and Nap.i are retained as written without identifying or converting the currency. Mazze is retained as the trade unit; the manuscript separately specifies seventeen bales.
The adjective following Tratte is not securely read; the former Spadognate is not asserted. F.li is retained as a signature abbreviation without choosing sons or brothers.
The recipient draft contains readable cancellations and insertions as well as unresolved interlinear wording. The draft amount remains uncertain at its first digit; it is not changed to match the incoming invoice. The final sentence ends unfinished.

Address panel — Image 1

Original transcript

Sig Samuel B. Finzi Detto Magrini
Ferrara

Address panel — Image 1

English translation

Mr Samuel B. Finzi, called Magrini
Ferrara

Discovery Terms

Finzi–Magrini Correspondence
Leather trade
Bills of exchange

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