Letter from Frachon Dugas to Jn Mᵉ... (1840)

NRA-L-000791 / 1840

Letter from Frachon Dugas to Jn Mᵉ Frachon, 1840-04-10

A letter from Voiron concerning arrangements for a family visit and local business news.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000791

NRA-L-000791 image 1 showing the handwritten delivery address to Frachon at Annonay, folds and postal marks. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000791 image 2 showing the French letter from Voiron with a handwritten April heading and family news, including the closing lines or signature. — **Image 2**Letter text and signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000791
Date: 1840-04-10
Original date: Voiron le 10 avril 1840
Type: Family correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Frachon Dugas
Recipient: Jn Mᵉ Frachon
Places: Voiron / Annonay
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Documentary page 1; Documentary page 2; 2 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000791.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Address panel — Image 1

Original transcript

A Monsieur
Jn Mᵉ Frachon
a Annonay

Address panel — Image 1

English translation

To Monsieur
Jn Mᵉ Frachon
in Annonay

Letter text — Image 2

Original transcript

Voiron le 10 avril 1840

J'ai ta Lettre du . Je te Remercie de tes bonnes disposition
a me faire visite, nous esperons enfin vous embrasser mardi ou
Mercredi apres Paque C'est a dire le 21 ou le 22. ecrit moi vite
Le Jour ou Il faut t'envoyer une voiture qu'il faut
que je fasse Partir la veille.
J'espere que tu ameneras charles nous aurions bien
du Plaisir a le voir
quel temps qu'il fasse une fois le Jour fixé Il faut
Partir, Il y a si Longtemps qu'il ny a point de Pluye qu'a
Paques nous Pourions en avoir Il ne faut pas qu'une Pluye
qui nous seroit si avantageuse Retarde le Plaisir si longtemps
attendu de vous embrasser.
une autre circonstance c'est que les Petites Saucisse que ma bonne
Soeur nous a envoyée ont été [mot illisible] a v/ arrivée & que ma femme
Pretend quelle le Reserve Pour v/ les faire manger, enfin
J'ai une Paire de becasse que je garde depuis 3 Semaine
J'ai bien Peur qu'elles ne puisse aller Jusqu'a v/ arrivée
on dit aujourdhui ici que la Maison Charles durand
De grenoble (banquier) a Suspendu ses Payements, c'étoit
un homme tres Riche Son Pere lui avoit laissé deux millions
nombre de Maison de voiron Sy trouvent hautement
Interessés de fortes Sommes. Je ny Suis Pour Rien
Comme tu Penses.
adieu mon cher ami Je t'embrasse ainsi que
ma chere Soeur & la petite v/ Visite me comble
de Joie J'y Pense Journellement
Frachon Dugas

Letter text — Image 2

English translation

Voiron, 10 April 1840

I have your letter of [date left blank]. Thank you for being so willing to visit me. We hope at last to embrace you on the Tuesday or Wednesday after Easter, that is, the 21st or the 22nd. Write quickly to tell me on which day I must send you a carriage, as I have to send it off the day before.

I hope you will bring Charles; we would be very pleased to see him.

Whatever the weather, once the day is fixed you must set off. It has been so long since there was any rain that we may have some at Easter. Rain, which would be so beneficial to us, must not delay the long-awaited pleasure of embracing you.

Another consideration is that the little sausages my good sister sent us have been [word illegible] for your arrival. My wife says she is saving them for you to eat. In any case, I have a brace of woodcocks that I have been keeping for three weeks; I am very much afraid they will not keep until your arrival.

It is said here today that the house of Charles Durand of Grenoble, a banker, has suspended its payments. He was a very rich man: his father had left him two million. A number of houses in Voiron are heavily involved for large sums. I am not involved at all, as you can imagine.

Farewell, my dear friend. I embrace you, as well as my dear sister and the little girl. Your visit fills me with joy; I think of it every day.
Frachon Dugas

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Frachon Family Correspondence

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