Cesare Monari to Samuel B.o Finzi D.o... (1860)

NRA-L-000747 / 1860

Cesare Monari to Samuel B.o Finzi D.o Magrini, Bologna, 1860-10-22

Business letter concerning the availability, weights and prices of several kinds of leather.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000747

NRA-L-000747 image 1 showing the address to Samuel B.o Finzi D.o Magrini in Ferrara, postal marks and the separate filing note. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence — Cesare Monari, 1860-10-22.

NRA-L-000747 image 2 showing Cesare Monari’s handwritten business letter, dated 1860-10-22, including the damaged lower edge and marginal closing. — **Image 2**Letter text and signature — Cesare Monari, 1860-10-22.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000747
Date: 1860-10-22
Original date: Bologna 22 Ott 1860.
Type: Business letter
Language: Italian / it
Sender: Cesare Monari
Recipient: Samuel B.o Finzi D.o Magrini
Places: Bologna / Ferrara
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Address and postal evidence; Letter text; 2 digital images.
Signature: Cesare Monari
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000747.

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Transcript and English translation

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Address panel — Image 1

Original transcript

Sig.r
Samuel B.o Finzi D.o Magrini
Fab.re di Pellami
Ferrara.

Address panel — Image 1

English translation

Mr
Samuel B.o Finzi, called Magrini
Leather manufacturer
Ferrara.

Letter text — Image 2

Original transcript

CESARE MONARI
NEGOZIANTE DI PELLAMI
PRESSO IL CAFFE DA S. PIETRO
BOLOGNA

Letter text — Image 2

English translation

CESARE MONARI
LEATHER MERCHANT
NEAR THE CAFFÈ DA S. PIETRO
BOLOGNA

Letter heading — Image 2

Original transcript

Sig.r Samuel B.o Finzi D.
Magrini = Ferrara

Letter heading — Image 2

English translation

Mr Samuel B.o Finzi, called Magrini — Ferrara.

Incoming letter — Image 2

Original transcript

Bologna 22 Ott 1860.
Rispondo le 3. care vostre lettere, l'ultima
di ieri, e se non vi ò risposto [Subbito?] è sta-
to per mancanza di quanto mi chiedete, e
così volevo avere qualche cosa da dirvi, come
ora tengo; vi potrò [esibire?] in otto giorni
10. o 20. Pezzi di Corame nero di Pelle nost-
rano da [weight mark] 20. alle 22. la 1/a e questo non
posso cedervelo a meno di [currency mark] 25.50 A f: come
l'ultimo, in quanto all'altro a vitello da
da 20. e 22. la 1/a e questo non posso a meno
di [currency mark] 26 A f. alla senza cucione, ma
quello da [weight mark] 28. alle 30. al momento sono
sprovisto essendo stato un Sig.re di Ascoli
che à preso tutto ciò che ò trovato a [currency mark] 26.
A f. per altre senza fondo e manuba fina,
tengo una partita Nazionali belli d'Imola
a [currency mark] 33.50 A f. ne ò [weight mark] 50 di Francia e
quali costano [currency mark] 31.40 A [mark] dei primi ne
posso disporre 100: Questo è quanto posso
Dirvi, in attesa di [text lost with paper] la solita =
[Left margin] Stima vi riverisco; Cesare Monari

Incoming letter — Image 2

English translation

Bologna, 22 October 1860.
I am replying to your three kind letters, the latest of yesterday. If I did not reply [at once?], it was because I lacked what you were asking for; I wanted to have something to tell you, as I now do. In eight days I shall be able to [offer?] you 10 or 20 pieces of black leather made from domestic hides, from [weight mark] 20 to 22, the first [grade?; abbreviation uncertain]. I cannot let you have this for less than [currency mark] 25.50 A f. [abbreviation], like the last lot. As for the other calf leather, from 20 to 22, the first [grade?], I cannot let this go for less than [currency mark] 26 A f., [alla senza cucione: wording uncertain]. At present I am out of the kind from [weight mark] 28 to 30, as a gentleman from Ascoli has taken everything I found at [currency mark] 26 A f. [Further leather description uncertain: senza fondo e manuba fina.] I have a lot of fine domestic leather from Imola at [currency mark] 33.50 A f.; I also have [weight mark] 50 of French leather, which costs [currency mark] 31.40 A [mark]. Of the former I can supply 100. This is all I can tell you, while awaiting [text lost with paper], the usual [closing continues in the left margin].
[Left margin] With esteem I offer my respects; Cesare Monari.

Discovery Terms

Finzi–Magrini Correspondence
Leather trade

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