NRA-L-000725 / 1859
Camillo Montanari to Samuele Finzi called Magrini, 1859-04-07
Business letter requesting a payment of about £30 to 40 to Giuseppe Forlani del Ponte and reporting on fresh skins. A recipient reply draft dated 11 April records £40 and instructions for milling a consignment into flour.
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NRA-L-000725
Transcript and English translation
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Incoming letter — Image 2
Original transcript
[Embossed letterhead: CAMILLO MONTANARI / BOLOGNA]
Sig.r S. B. Finzi detto Magrini
Ferrara
Bologna 7 Aprile 1859
Vi confermo la mia 16. Marzo p.p. e vi prego a non la=
sciarmi privo dei V. pregiati comandi. Dovendo
fare dei fondi al Sig. Giuseppe Forlani del Ponte, vi pre=
gherei a volergli far tenere £30 a 40 circa p mio conto
ritirandomene ricevuta, e dandomenene avviso p accreditarme[ne?].
Sempre le solite ciarle p le pelli fresche, ma nulla
d'effettivo e se in seguito accadrà qualche cosa importante
mi farò un Dovere di rendervene informato.
Disposto a V. comandi con stima vi saluto
Camillo Montanari
Incoming letter — Image 2
English translation
[Embossed letterhead: CAMILLO MONTANARI / BOLOGNA]
Mr S. B. Finzi, called Magrini
Ferrara
Bologna, 7 April 1859
I confirm my letter of 16 March last and ask you not to leave me without your valued orders. As I need to remit funds to Mr Giuseppe Forlani del Ponte, please arrange for him to receive about £30 to 40 on my account, obtaining a receipt for me and letting me know so that I can credit [it?]. There is still the usual talk about fresh skins, but nothing definite. If anything important happens, I shall make it my duty to inform you. I remain ready to fulfil your orders and send you my respectful greetings.
Camillo Montanari
Recipient reply draft — Image 2
Original transcript
li 11 Aprile
Come [inserito sopra: m'ordinate] Da Sua d. [7?] C.te non mancherò portare [inserito sopra: £40] al Sig
Giuseppe Forlani che Vi farete riconoscere per
aversarmene Credito. Premendovi Di vedere
in Farina [S.chi?] 6 [Saloneco?] per conoscerne La qualità
ve li spedisco pel Barco Del Peso Di 1583 [Pi?]
Ferraresi vi prego farla Macinare [cancellato: word unclear] separata=
mente per ritornarmeli in Farina.
Tengo partita Della Med.a in qualità scieltissima
Della quale ve ne spedirò [Mis.o?] 12 a 15 pel Mezzo detto
Anche Da noi li [Macellami?] [taccano?] e p [sembre?] che
non vi sia [cancellato: word unclear] [cancellato: word unclear] nelli Compratore La Smania
Che vi era nello scorso Mese, vedremo Cosa
succederà
Notes
The recipient draft is dated 11 April without a written year. The inserted m’ordinate belongs after Come, and the inserted £40 supplies the amount in the first sentence; neither is a separate heading. The proposed commodity designation Saloneco and the quantity abbreviations S.chi, Pi and Mis.o remain uncertain. No commodity origin, modern weight conversion or identified shipping service is supplied. Ferraresi is retained as the source unit qualifier. The final draft sentence contains uncertain Macellami, taccano and a short phrase before che. The proposed English are quiet and seems remain bracketed; the buyer reference and Smania of last month are readable. Three illegible cancellations are preserved. The incoming remittance instruction reads p accreditarme[ne?]. The final pronoun is tentative; the purpose is an account credit, without supplying an unstated account holder. £ reproduces the manuscript currency glyph, without identifying a modern denomination or pounds sterling.
Recipient reply draft — Image 2
English translation
11 April
As you instruct in your letter of the [7th?] of this month, I shall deliver £40 to Mr Giuseppe Forlani, which you will credit to my account. To assess its quality as flour, I am sending you 6 [S.chi?] of [Saloneco?] by the boat, weighing 1583 [Pi?] Ferraresi. Please have it milled [deleted: ...] separately and returned to me as flour.
I have a consignment of the same goods in the finest quality, of which I shall send you 12 to 15 [Mis.o?] by the same means.
Here too, the [Macellami?] [are quiet?], and it [seems?] that the buyers no longer have [deleted: ...] [deleted: ...] the frenzy of last month. We shall see what happens.
Notes
The recipient draft is dated 11 April without a written year. The inserted m’ordinate belongs after Come, and the inserted £40 supplies the amount in the first sentence; neither is a separate heading. The proposed commodity designation Saloneco and the quantity abbreviations S.chi, Pi and Mis.o remain uncertain. No commodity origin, modern weight conversion or identified shipping service is supplied. Ferraresi is retained as the source unit qualifier. The final draft sentence contains uncertain Macellami, taccano and a short phrase before che. The proposed English are quiet and seems remain bracketed; the buyer reference and Smania of last month are readable. Three illegible cancellations are preserved. The incoming remittance instruction reads p accreditarme[ne?]. The final pronoun is tentative; the purpose is an account credit, without supplying an unstated account holder. £ reproduces the manuscript currency glyph, without identifying a modern denomination or pounds sterling.
Address panel — Image 1
Original transcript
Sig.r S. B.º Finzi detto Magrini
Ferrara
Address panel — Image 1
English translation
Mr S. B.º Finzi, called Magrini
Ferrara
Discovery Terms
- Finzi–Magrini Correspondence