Emidio Montalti to Samuel Finzi... (1856)

NRA-L-000800 / 1856

Emidio Montalti to Samuel Finzi Magrini, 12 March 1856

A glue manufacturer's commercial letter about an annual supply of fleshings, prices and carriage, with a recipient reply draft.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000800

NRA-L-000800 image 1 showing the delivery address to Samuel Finzi Magrini in Ferrara, postal marks, a seal impression and filing notes, with mirrored show-through of the reply draft on the opposite face. — **Image 1**Address panel, postal evidence and filing notes, with mirrored show-through.

NRA-L-000800 image 2 showing the first page of Emidio Montalti’s incoming letter on his printed manufacturing letterhead. — **Image 2**Incoming letter, first page on printed manufacturing letterhead.

NRA-L-000800 image 3 showing the continuation of Emidio Montalti’s letter, his signature and a separate postscript, with show-through from the printed letterhead. — **Image 3**Letter text - Continuation, signature and postscript.

NRA-L-000800 image 4 showing the recipient’s reply draft and heading on a separate documentary side, with mirrored show-through of the address and postal impressions from image 1. — **Image 4**Recipient reply draft on the opposite face from the address panel.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000800
Date: 1856-03-12
Original date: Bologna 12 Marzo 1856
Type: Commercial letter with recipient reply draft
Language: Italian / it
Sender: Emidio Montalti
Recipient: Samuel Finzi Magrini
Places: Bologna / Ferrara
Extent: 4 documentary sides: Address panel, postal evidence and filing notes; Incoming letter, first page; Incoming letter, continuation, signature and postscript; Recipient reply draft on the opposite physical face from the address panel; 4 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000800.

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Transcript and English translation

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Address panel — Image 1

Original transcript

Sig.r Samuel Finzi Magrini
Ferrara

Address panel — Image 1

English translation

Mr Samuel Finzi Magrini
Ferrara

Printed letterhead — Image 2

Original transcript

FABBRICA DA COLLA GARAVELLA DI PESCE DA FOSFORI ECC.
di
EMIDIO MONTALTI
PREMIATO CON MEDAGLIA DI PRIMO GRADO
nella Esposizione Manifatturiera, Agraria, Industriale dell'Anno 1852
IN BOLOGNA
Membro dell'Accademia Nazionale Com.le di Parigi

Printed letterhead — Image 2

English translation

FACTORY FOR GLUE, GARAVELLA FISH GLUE, MATCHES, ETC.
of
EMIDIO MONTALTI
AWARDED A FIRST-CLASS MEDAL
at the Manufacturing, Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition of 1852
IN BOLOGNA
Member of the National Commercial Academy in Paris.

Letter heading — Image 2

Original transcript

Sig.r Samuel Finzi Magrini
Ferrara

Letter heading — Image 2

English translation

Mr Samuel Finzi Magrini
Ferrara

Incoming letter — Image 2

Original transcript

Bologna 12 Marzo 1856
A pronta replica della g.a v.f. 10 corr.e ricevuta sola-
mente oggi vi significo che accetto la vf. partita
carniccio a £ 2:30 il % che equivale alle Bavaree
24 da vf. richieste per migliajo Ferrarese, posto
sul carro costì come mi dite a tutte vf. spese, con
pagamento a mesi Due, salvo sia tutto buono
scevro da qualsiasi matteria estranea, e che m'ac-
cordiate il 5 per % di bonifico per ridurlo a peso
Di quà, esigenza ben tenue a fronte del forte
rialzo che mi fate sul prezzo del genere. S'intende
poi come vi dissi che il contratto sia pel carniccio
di tutta l'annata e non diversamente.
Sono poi a pregarvi di non manifestare il prez-
zo eccezionale come sopra stabilitovi per non risentirne
danno in altri acquisti.
Mi persuado di sentire la cosa deffinita per
tal guisa avendo vf. così l'ulteriore vantaggio del ri-
sparmio della condotta, e della tara d'uso, e quindi

Incoming letter — Image 2

English translation

Bologna, 12 March 1856.
In prompt reply to your welcome letter of the 10th of this month, received only today, I inform you that I accept your lot of fleshings at 2.30 lire per hundred, equivalent to the 24 Bavarian [currency units] you requested per Ferrara thousand [weight unit], loaded on the cart there, as you tell me, entirely at your expense, with payment in two months, provided that all the material is good and free of any foreign matter and that you allow me a five per cent allowance to reduce it to the weight used here—a very modest requirement in comparison with the considerable increase you make on the price of the goods. As I told you, the contract is understood to cover the fleshings of the whole year, and no other arrangement.
I also ask you not to disclose the exceptional price agreed above, lest it prejudice my other purchases.
I trust I shall receive confirmation that the matter is settled on those terms, since you thus also have the additional advantage of saving the carriage and the customary tare, and therefore

Letter text — Image 3

Original transcript

stando in attesa di g.a vf. conferma vi saluto Distinta-
mente.
Emidio Montalti
P.S. Accennatemi se all'istante
ne avete in pronto, perché in que-
sto caso vi faccio subito passare
Delle [burchine?] che tengo costì; Sono
Di nuovo
E. M.

Letter text — Image 3

English translation

while awaiting your welcome confirmation, I greet you with distinction.
Emidio Montalti.
P.S. Tell me whether you have any ready at once, because in that case I shall immediately send along some of the [barges?: word uncertain] which I keep there. I remain, once again,
E. M.

Recipient's reply draft — Image 4

Original transcript

[Bologna Sig.r Emidio Montalti, cancellato]
Ferrara 14 Marzo 1856
Non avendo accettato colla [parole cancellate] 12 [corr.?] la mia offerta
favorevole al prezzo e condizioni di Contratto, io [la passo]
ad altri; mentre vi dissi d'usarvi preferenza,
anzi vantaggio di concedervi mesi due di comodo,
mentre da altri mi si paga per cassa; Così ò
disposto la mia Partita con altri per quest'anno.
Tanto ad [uso?] d'avviso.

Recipient's reply draft — Image 4

English translation

[Crossed-out heading: Bologna, Mr Emidio Montalti.]
Ferrara, 14 March 1856.
Since you did not accept my offer in your letter of the 12th [of this month?], [cancelled words], favourable as regards the price and contractual terms, I [am passing it] to others. I had told you that I would give you preference, indeed the advantage of allowing you two months' credit, whereas others pay me in cash. I have therefore disposed of my lot with others for this year. This is [by way of?] notice.

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Finzi–Magrini Correspondence

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