Gius. Gallicioli to Samuele Finzi... (1854)

NRA-L-000717 / 1854

Gius. Gallicioli to Samuele Finzi called Magrini, 19 October 1854

Gius. Gallicioli credits £70.30 for a shipment of tartar, including four pounds still owing from an earlier shipment, and remits two bills with a written total of £75.33. The recipient’s reply draft acknowledges the credit and gives a separate written bill total of £75.30, to be credited upon payment.

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NRA-L-000717

NRA-L-000717 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 draft.

NRA-L-000717 image 2 showing the incoming Italian business letter from Bologna, with the manuscript text and signature. — **Image 2**Letter text and signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000717
Date: 1854-10-19
Original date: Bologna 19 Ottob. 1854
Type: Business letter with recipient reply draft
Language: Italian / it
Sender: Gius. Gallicioli
Recipient: Samuele B.o Finti d.o Magrini
Places: Bologna / Ferrara
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Incoming letter; Address panel and documentary annotations; 2 digital images.
Signature: Gius. Gallicioli
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000717.

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Transcript and English translation

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Letter heading — Image 2

Original transcript

Sig.r Samuele B.o Finzi d.o Magrini
Ferrara

Letter heading — Image 2

English translation

Mr Samuele B.o Finzi, called Magrini
Ferrara

Incoming letter — Image 2

Original transcript

Bologna 19 Ottob. 1854
Siete accreditato per £70.30 Importo
Del Sacco grumone di Tartaro spedito-
mi col Vetturale [Beurra?] secondo avvi-
satemi nella per. vs/13 Cte compreso
le 4 ℔ che avanzavo dell'antecedente
vs. Spedizione
Unito vi Rimmetto
£38.36. a car. S.r Gaetano Grossi
" 36.97 — " " Aless. Pitta } [notation unclear]
£75.33: Metallici, che vi compiacerete
porli alla ns partita credito
Di che pregando pronto ris. Sono
Vs Riverito
Gius. Gallicioli

Notes

Grumone is read as written. Lump tartar is a contextual rendering; a specific trade grade has not been identified.
The £ symbol represents the manuscript currency glyph; it does not identify pounds sterling or a modern denomination.
One blind business heading is visible on this side and in reverse through the address side; it is recorded once.

Incoming letter — Image 2

English translation

Bologna, 19 October 1854
You are credited with £70.30, the value of the sack of lump tartar sent to me by the carrier [Beurra?], as you notified me in your letter of the 13th of this month, including the 4 pounds still owing to me from your preceding shipment.
Enclosed I remit two bills:
£38.36, drawn on Mr Gaetano Grossi;
£36.97, drawn on Aless. Pitta } [...].
The total is £75.33 in coin, which you will kindly place to the credit of our account.
I would appreciate a prompt reply.
Yours respectfully,
Gius. Gallicioli

Notes

Grumone is read as written. Lump tartar is a contextual rendering; a specific trade grade has not been identified.
The £ symbol represents the manuscript currency glyph; it does not identify pounds sterling or a modern denomination.
One blind business heading is visible on this side and in reverse through the address side; it is recorded once.

Address panel — Image 1

Original transcript

Sig.r Samuele B.o Finti d.o Magrini
Ferrara

Address panel — Image 1

English translation

Mr Samuele B.o Finti, called Magrini
Ferrara

Recipient reply draft — Image 1

Original transcript

A Grata vs.d 19 c.to Sta bene il Credito m'indicate Di £70:30 Eff [short abbreviation unclear] Della
prima Spediz.e. In Seno alla Sua mi trovai Due Effetti [deleted: illegible passage] Scadibili
alla fine p.o componente la Somma Di £75:30 Eff che [deleted: illegible phrase]
al buon fine ne avrete Credito, e Sempre Disposto a vs. Comandi

Notes

The delivery address spells the surname Finti; the separate letter heading spells it Finzi. Both manuscript forms are retained.
The reply draft writes 75:30, while the incoming letter separately writes a total of 75.33. Neither figure has been corrected to match the other.
The draft maturity abbreviation p.o is rendered contextually as the end of next month. The word Mese is not written, and no exact maturity date is supplied.

Recipient reply draft — Image 1

English translation

In reply to your kind letter of the 19th of this month, the credit you indicate, £70.30 in cash [...] for the first shipment, is correct. Enclosed in your letter I found two bills [deleted: ...], payable at the end of next month and making up £75.30 in cash, which [deleted: ...] will be credited to you once the bills are paid. I remain at your service.

Notes

The delivery address spells the surname Finti; the separate letter heading spells it Finzi. Both manuscript forms are retained.
The reply draft writes 75:30, while the incoming letter separately writes a total of 75.33. Neither figure has been corrected to match the other.
The draft maturity abbreviation p.o is rendered contextually as the end of next month. The word Mese is not written, and no exact maturity date is supplied.

Discovery Terms

Finzi–Magrini Correspondence
Commerce

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