Pietro Pesci to Samuele Finzi... (1861)

NRA-L-000720 / 1861

Pietro Pesci to Samuele Finzi Magrini, 30 April 1861

A business letter acknowledging a draft payable in Milan and promising notice of payment.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000720

NRA-L-000720 image 1 showing the folded address panel to Samuel Finzi called Magrini in Ferrara, Brescia postal evidence. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000720 image 2 showing the incoming Italian letter from Pietro Pesci in Brescia, with the handwritten signature and business text. — **Image 2**Letter text and signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000720
Date: 1861-04-30
Original date: Brescia 30 Aprile 1861
Type: Business letter
Language: Italian / it
Sender: Pietro Pesci
Recipient: Samuele B.o Finzi Magrini
Places: Brescia / Ferrara
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Incoming letter; Address panel and documentary annotations; 2 digital images.
Signature: Pesci Pietro
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000720.

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Transcript and English translation

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Letter heading — Image 2

Original transcript

Sig.r Samuele B.o Finzi Magrini
Ferrara

Letter heading — Image 2

English translation

Mr Samuele B.o Finzi Magrini
Ferrara

Incoming letter — Image 2

Original transcript

Brescia 30 Aprile 1861
In riscontro a favorita vostra 23 andante vi significo aver ricevuto il man-
dato per Milano di [Itag£?] 81.37 il quale l'ho già mandato al suo
Domiciglio per riscuoterne il danaro il quale appena sarà stato
pagato ve ne darò subito avviso.
Grata mi è l'occasione di riverirvi
Pesci Pietro

Notes

The short currency notation is retained as a tentative reading; the value 81.37 is clear, and no currency denomination or conversion is supplied.
The one blind business heading appears in reverse on the address side and is recorded once.

Incoming letter — Image 2

English translation

Brescia, 30 April 1861
In reply to your kind letter of the 23rd of this month, I inform you that I have received the draft payable in Milan for [...] 81.37. I have already forwarded it to its place of payment to collect the money. As soon as it has been paid, I shall let you know immediately.
I am pleased to have this opportunity to offer you my respects.
Pesci Pietro

Notes

The short currency notation is retained as a tentative reading; the value 81.37 is clear, and no currency denomination or conversion is supplied.
The one blind business heading appears in reverse on the address side and is recorded once.

Address panel — Image 1

Original transcript

Sig.r Samuele B.o Finzi Magrini
Ferrara

Address panel — Image 1

English translation

Mr Samuele B.o Finzi Magrini
Ferrara

Discovery Terms

Finzi–Magrini Correspondence
Commerce

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