NRA-L-000722 / 1856
Giuseppe Vignoli to Samuele Finzi called Magrini, 1856-12-03
Business letter accompanying a small parcel and requesting an entry of 29.63 in the account. The account below lists green hides and paid carriage; separate later numerical annotations are preserved.
Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000722
Transcript and English translation
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Incoming letter — Image 2
Original transcript
[Embossed letterhead: GIUSEPPE VIGNOLI / FORLI]
Sig. Samuel Finzi D.º Magrini
Lodato
Forlì 3 Xbre 1856
Col Solito Vettorale [Govallini?] vi o' fatto l'invio d'un
colletto come al appiedi conto che [segnerete?] a dovere p' [tenermi?]
credito di £29.63. Nella qual atteso vi sal.
Vignoli
Incoming letter — Image 2
English translation
[Embossed letterhead: GIUSEPPE VIGNOLI / FORLI]
Mr Samuel Finzi, called Magrini
Esteemed Sir
Forlì, 3 December 1856
With the usual carrier [...], I have sent you a small parcel, as listed in the account below. The account is to be entered [...] with a credit of £29.63 [...]. Awaiting this, I send you my greetings.
Vignoli
Account — Image 2
Original transcript
℔.68 Coja verde N73½ — s.40 — £29.40
porto pagato — .23
£29.63
Account — Image 2
English translation
68 pounds of green hides, N73½ — s.40 — £29.40
Carriage paid — .23
£29.63
Later annotation — Image 2
Original transcript
Trovati [℔?]70 [initials unclear]
Later annotation — Image 2
English translation
Found [...]70 [...]
Numerical annotation — Image 2
Original transcript
73¼
27 : 20
Notes
Coja verde is rendered as green hides, preserving the source spelling in Italian. The first quantity is ℔68; the separate N73½ and s.40 notations are retained without assigning unstated units or deriving quantities from the total. Two words in the account-entry instruction remain illegible. The translation follows the visible conto, a dovere, credito and amount 29.63; it does not assert payment or settlement. The carrier name also remains uncertain. The darker Trovati annotation and the lower calculation are separate later marks. A 5-like or unit glyph before 70 is uncertain and is not silently counted as a hundreds digit. £ reproduces the manuscript currency glyph; no pound sterling denomination or modern conversion is asserted.
Numerical annotation — Image 2
English translation
73¼
27 : 20
Notes
Coja verde is rendered as green hides, preserving the source spelling in Italian. The first quantity is ℔68; the separate N73½ and s.40 notations are retained without assigning unstated units or deriving quantities from the total. Two words in the account-entry instruction remain illegible. The translation follows the visible conto, a dovere, credito and amount 29.63; it does not assert payment or settlement. The carrier name also remains uncertain. The darker Trovati annotation and the lower calculation are separate later marks. A 5-like or unit glyph before 70 is uncertain and is not silently counted as a hundreds digit. £ reproduces the manuscript currency glyph; no pound sterling denomination or modern conversion is asserted.
Address panel — Image 1
Original transcript
Sig.º
Samuel Bened.to Finzi d.º Mag.
Ferrara
Address panel — Image 1
English translation
Mr
Samuel Bened.to Finzi, called Magrini
Ferrara
Discovery Terms
- Finzi–Magrini Correspondence