Pasquale Minardi to Samuele B.o Finzi... (1854)

NRA-L-000736 / 1854

Pasquale Minardi to Samuele B.o Finzi D.o Magrini, Bologna, 1854-06-29

Letter concerning flour samples, their quality and the current harvest.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000736

NRA-L-000736 image 1 showing the folded delivery address to Samuele B.o Finzi D.o Magrini in Ferrara, postal marks and a handwritten filing docket. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000736 image 2 showing a letter from Pasquale Minardi, dated 1854-06-29 in Bologna, with its original handwritten heading and signature. — **Image 2**Letter text and signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000736
Date: 1854-06-29
Original date: Bologna 29 Giugno 1854
Type: Business letter
Language: Italian / it
Sender: Pasquale Minardi
Recipient: Samuele B.o Finzi D.o Magrini
Places: Bologna / Ferrara
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Documentary page 1; Documentary page 2; 2 digital images.
Signature: Pasquale Minardi
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000736.

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Transcript and English translation

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Address panel — Image 1

Original transcript

Signor
Samuele B.o Finzi D.o Magrini
Ferrara

Address panel — Image 1

English translation

Mr
Samuele B.o Finzi, called Magrini
Ferrara

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

Letter text — Image 2

Original transcript

Bologna
29 Giugno 1854
Dalla grad.a V.a 27 corr. sento [vi va?] i due sacchi [sorgo?] ma-
cinata che vi mandai per campione. Sento che la sua qualità
non vi garba e sento che la ritenete di vecchio raccolto.
Ciò non è perché non solo avea esaurito in precedenza il
mio magazzino di vecchia ma fui costretto provvederne da'
amici per giungere al nuovo raccolto; se la trovate [di grosso?]
[... ?] e con pezzo di muffa, per la prima vi dico che provie-
ne dall'esser troppo [giovane?] [cancellato: parola illeggibile] e per la seconda conven-
go che possa essere per quella ricevuta essendo qui il suo buon
[prezzo?] farina di [sorga?] in grana. La farina di [sorga?]
vi farò [posso?] darvi un fondamento di fare in quest'anno un
monte di qualità buona quanto quella del passato se non
migliore, a questo [anzi?] di mandarvi col primo incontro
due sacchi a vostra norma, [dopo?] il che son certo che mi
onorerete di pregiati vostri comandi. Con istima vi riverisco
Pasquale Minardi

Letter text — Image 2

English translation

Bologna
29 June 1854
From your kind letter of the 27th of this month, I learn [the verb concerning receipt is unclear] of the two sacks of ground [sorghum?] that I sent you as a sample. I hear that you do not like its quality and that you consider it to be from the old harvest. This is not so: not only had I previously exhausted my stock of the old crop, but I had to obtain some from friends to last until the new harvest. If you find it [the first complaint is unclear] and with a piece of mould, I tell you that the first comes from its being too [young?; a word is deleted]. As for the second, I agree that it may be so in what you received [the following clause concerning its price and sorghum in grain is unclear]. As for the [sorghum?] flour, [the connecting words are unclear] I can give you grounds to expect a quantity this year of a quality as good as last year's, if not better. [The words introducing the dispatch are unclear] to send you two sacks at the first opportunity for your guidance, after which I am sure that you will favour me with your valued orders. With esteem, I remain respectfully yours.
Pasquale Minardi

Discovery Terms

Finzi–Magrini Correspondence

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