Filippo Stiassi to Samuele Finzi... (1858)

NRA-L-000727 / 1858

Filippo Stiassi to Samuele Finzi called Magrini, 1858-09-10

Letter reporting a leather shipment and charging £20.62 in itemized expenses, with a separate numerical annotation.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000727

NRA-L-000727 image 1 showing the manuscript address to Samuel Finzi called Magrini in Ferrara, postal marks and docketing. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000727 image 2 showing the incoming Italian commercial letter and handwritten signature. — **Image 2**Letter text and signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000727
Date: 1858-09-10
Original date: Bologna 10 7bre 1858
Type: Business letter
Language: Italian / it
Sender: Filippo Stiassi
Recipient: Saml Bened.to Finzi d.to Magrini
Places: Bologna / Ferrara
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Incoming letter and documentary annotations; Address panel and documentary annotations; 2 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000727.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Incoming letter — Image 2

Original transcript

[Embossed letterhead: FILIPPO STIASSI / BOLOGNA]
Sig.r S. B. Finzi d.to Magrini
Ferrara
Bologna 10 7bre 1858
In relazione alla preg. del 6 C.te Sin
da jeri mediante il [R.do P.?] [Caglionini?]
vi spedì l'altra Balla Vachetta Tosche
l'espedizione del S.r Gio Batta [DallaNuce?]
di Livorno ed avete debito di
£20.62 p mie spese come fatto in nota
e qui sempre per servirvi
Con Rispetto
Filippo Stiassi
e Granti

Incoming letter — Image 2

English translation

[Embossed letterhead: FILIPPO STIASSI / BOLOGNA]
Mr S. B. Finzi, called Magrini
Ferrara
Bologna, 10 September 1858
In reply to your valued letter of the 6th of this month, yesterday I sent you the other bale of Tuscan cowhide leather through [R.do P.?] [Caglionini?], from the shipment of Mr Gio Batta [DallaNuce?] of Livorno. You owe £20.62 for my expenses, as listed below. I remain at your service.
Respectfully
Filippo Stiassi
and Granti

Expenses — Image 2

Original transcript

N2 [unit mark unclear] 660 una Balla Vachetta Tosche
Spese
Dazio d'Entr. e Carta Bollata — £19.02
Facchini, [Fab.ri?] e Bollatori — .65
[Mesaro?], diritti Dogan. — .45
Provig.ni, Spediz.ni [Digià?] — .50
£20.62

Expenses — Image 2

English translation

N2 [...] 660, one bale of Tuscan cowhide leather
Expenses
Import duty and stamped paper — £19.02
Porters, [Fab.ri?] and stampers — .65
[Mesaro?], customs fees — .45
Commission, shipping [Digià?] — .50
£20.62

Later annotation — Image 2

Original transcript

Notes

The separate numeral stands at the upper right, apart from the incoming letter. The lower half contains the complete expense account; its figures are transcribed as written, without a currency or weight conversion.
R.do P. and the carrier surname remain tentative. Gio Batta is readable, but the following surname is uncertain, with DallaNuce and DallaLuce as possible readings. These names and Granti are documentary forms without identification.
Tosche appears after Vachetta in both the letter and account and is rendered as Tuscan. The account retains uncertain Fab.ri, Mesaro and Digià locally, without assigning unproved occupations or identities.
£ preserves the manuscript currency glyph without identifying pounds sterling or a modern denomination.

Later annotation — Image 2

English translation

Notes

The separate numeral stands at the upper right, apart from the incoming letter. The lower half contains the complete expense account; its figures are transcribed as written, without a currency or weight conversion.
R.do P. and the carrier surname remain tentative. Gio Batta is readable, but the following surname is uncertain, with DallaNuce and DallaLuce as possible readings. These names and Granti are documentary forms without identification.
Tosche appears after Vachetta in both the letter and account and is rendered as Tuscan. The account retains uncertain Fab.ri, Mesaro and Digià locally, without assigning unproved occupations or identities.
£ preserves the manuscript currency glyph without identifying pounds sterling or a modern denomination.

Address panel — Image 1

Original transcript

Sig.r
Saml Bened.to Finzi d.to Magrini
Ferrara

Address panel — Image 1

English translation

Mr
Saml Bened.to Finzi, called Magrini
Ferrara

Discovery Terms

Finzi–Magrini Correspondence

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