Cesare Monari to Samuel Finzi called... (1858)

NRA-L-000714 / 1858

Cesare Monari to Samuel Finzi called Magrini, 30 May 1858

Undated business letter concerning payments of £27.55, local hides in bales of about 140 pounds at £31 per hundred, and partially bated leather in 160-pound bales at £27.50 per hundred, with two recipient reply drafts dated 4 June.

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NRA-L-000714

NRA-L-000714 image 1 showing the folded address panel to Samuel Finzi called Magrini in Ferrara, Bologna postal evidence, and recipient reply drafts. — **Image 1**Address panel, postal evidence and recipient reply drafts.

NRA-L-000714 image 2 showing the incoming Italian letter from Cesare Monari in Bologna, with the handwritten signature and business text. — **Image 2**Letter text and signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000714
Date: 1858-05-30
Original date: 30 Mag.o 1858
Type: Business letter with recipient reply drafts
Language: Italian / it
Sender: Cesare Monari
Recipient: Samuel B.o Finzi D. Magrini
Places: Bologna / Ferrara
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Incoming letter; Address panel and documentary annotations; 2 digital images.
Signature: Cesare Monari
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000714.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Letter heading — Image 2

Original transcript

Sig. Samuel B.o Finzi D. Magrini
Ferrara.

Letter heading — Image 2

English translation

Mr Samuel B.o Finzi, called Magrini
Ferrara.

Incoming letter — Image 2

Original transcript

Alle favorite V.e 25. e 28. corrente, su la
prima, subito che il Sig. Pietro Mondi
verà a pagarmi li £ 27.55 vi darò avviso, vi
consegnai la vostra al Galleppi, e non man-
cherò di darvi credito nel vostro conto: su quella
di ieri del [Brondaz?] così greve non ne tengo,
ne avrei una sol Balla di ℔ 140. circa di Pelle
nostrane Bellissime a soli £ 31. il %, tengo
dell'altro Corame a ½ purga di ℔ 160. la
Balla a soli £ 27.50 il %, tutte pelle
nostrane.
In atteso di vostri comandi, con tutta stima
vi riverisco
Cesare Monari
P.S.
Se mi desideraste del leggiero ora ve lo cedo
a soli £ 31. il % come il sudetto
[signature flourish]

Notes

The incoming letter has no dateline. Its date is inferred from the dispatch mark and filing date; the draft reply dates are separate evidence.
½ purga refers to a partial stage of leather bating. The source does not define its exact degree. £ reproduces the currency glyph; ℔ marks pounds of weight. % is rendered per hundred without assigning a further unit or converting prices.
The word under the oval stamp after di ieri del remains uncertain; Brondaz and the alternative date reading 29 c.te have been compared with the native strokes.

Incoming letter — Image 2

English translation

I am replying to your kind letters of the 25th and 28th of this month. Concerning the first, I shall let you know as soon as Mr Pietro Mondi comes to pay me £27.55. I delivered your letter to Galleppi, and I shall be sure to credit your account.

As to yesterday’s letter concerning [...], I have none so heavy. I could offer just one bale of very fine local hides, weighing about 140 pounds, at only £31 per hundred. I also have partially bated leather in bales of 160 pounds, at only £27.50 per hundred; these too are all local hides.

I await your orders and offer my respects with the greatest esteem.
Cesare Monari

P.S. If you would like light leather from me, I can now let you have it at only £31 per hundred, like that mentioned above.
[signature flourish]

Notes

The incoming letter has no dateline. Its date is inferred from the dispatch mark and filing date; the draft reply dates are separate evidence.
½ purga refers to a partial stage of leather bating. The source does not define its exact degree. £ reproduces the currency glyph; ℔ marks pounds of weight. % is rendered per hundred without assigning a further unit or converting prices.
The word under the oval stamp after di ieri del remains uncertain; Brondaz and the alternative date reading 29 c.te have been compared with the native strokes.

Address panel — Image 1

Original transcript

Sig.
Samuel B.o Finzi D. Magrini
Ferrara.

Address panel — Image 1

English translation

Mr
Samuel B.o Finzi, called Magrini
Ferrara.

Recipient reply draft - lower panel, inverted — Image 1

Original transcript

Sig.r Cesare Monaro li 4 Giug.o
A Grata vs.d senza Datta. [Potendomi?] Concedere il suo [Piedric?] Del
Peso ℔ 140 la Balla a £ 30 me ne Spedirete Una Sol Balla facendomi
una Buona Scelta [deleted: short word] all'Uguale Unite Mezzi 4 Monti Gialli
Magri Due Nattorale Di Bella preparazion anche Di questi Buoni.
[rimanere?] [fidi?] [deleted: short word] Del Sig.r Monti tanto vi pagò li £ 27:55 Di cui ne
attendo Credito; come Delli £ 24 Pagatovi il Sig.r Galleppi.

Recipient reply draft - lower panel, inverted — Image 1

English translation

Mr Cesare Monaro, 4 June

In reply to your kind undated letter: [If you can?] let me have your [...] weighing 140 pounds per bale at £30, please send me just one bale, making a good selection [deleted: short word]. Likewise, include four halves of thin yellow sheepskin leather and two natural sheepskins, finely prepared; these too should be good ones.

[...] [deleted: short word] As for Mr Monti, he paid you £27:55, for which I await credit, as also for the £24 paid to you by Mr Galleppi.

Recipient reply draft - upper panel, inverted — Image 1

Original transcript

Forlì Sig.r Gius.e Vignoli li 4 Giug.o
Con mia [p.p.?] le fo [Comm.ne?] [D.o?] Capre al 50 come la presente
le fo avanzato la Somma [abbreviation unclear] a £ 36 per ℔ 100 Bazzane

Notes

Both recipient drafts are dated 4 June; neither states a year. The lower draft addresses Monaro, while the incoming signature and business mark read Monari.
Several contractions in the drafts remain uncertain. Monti is read as the sheepskin commodity in this leather order; Magri is rendered as thin, without assigning a particular greasing process.

Recipient reply draft - upper panel, inverted — Image 1

English translation

Forlì, Mr Gius.e Vignoli, 4 June

In my [...] I place an order for [...] goatskins at 50, as in this letter. I advance the sum [...] for half-tanned sheepskins at £36 per 100 pounds.

Notes

Both recipient drafts are dated 4 June; neither states a year. The lower draft addresses Monaro, while the incoming signature and business mark read Monari.
Several contractions in the drafts remain uncertain. Monti is read as the sheepskin commodity in this leather order; Magri is rendered as thin, without assigning a particular greasing process.

Discovery Terms

Finzi–Magrini Correspondence
Leather trade

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