Giovanni Poletti to Samuele B. Finzi... (1861)

NRA-L-000802 / 1861

Giovanni Poletti to Samuele B. Finzi d. Magrini, 26 January 1861

A commercial letter about horsehides and sole leather, their working, weight, price and carriage.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000802

NRA-L-000802 image 1 showing the delivery address to Samuel Finzi Magrini in Ferrara, postal marks, seal evidence and filing notes. — **Image 1**Address panel, postal evidence and filing notes.

NRA-L-000802 image 2 showing the complete incoming letter text, its heading and signature. — **Image 2**Letter text and signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000802
Date: 1861-01-26
Original date: Faenza 26 Gennajo 1861
Type: Commercial letter
Language: Italian / it
Sender: Giovanni Poletti
Recipient: Samuele B.to Finzi d. Magrini
Places: Faenza / Ferrara
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Documentary page 1; Documentary page 2; 2 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000802.

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Transcript and English translation

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Address panel — Image 1

Original transcript

Sig.r
Samuele B.to Finzi d. Magrini
Ferrara

Address panel — Image 1

English translation

Mr
Samuele B.to Finzi d. Magrini
Ferrara

Letter text — Image 2

Original transcript

Onorev.le Samuele B.to Finzi d. Magrini
Faenza 26 Gennajo 1861
Pronto riscontro alla sua 14 andante, la partita Cavalli esteri,
come parlatovi con ultima mia sono oramai [tre mesi?] che li tengo
[parole incerte], e solamente li primi della prossima settimana incomincio
a farli lavorare dove sono certo che saranno dei più belli, e buoni
che si possano desiderare del peso di ℔ 8 a 9 circa l'uno senza
[testa?] mezza zampa, che farò a darvi [delle?] mezze, e se volete
suola a libretto Marchiata d'tutto Cuojo Nazionale [ossia?] Cavalli,
sarà perfettamente asciutta, che in quanto al prezzo per li Cavalli
il ristrettissimo è £ 110 il % peso di Bolo., ed questa sarà senza
sconto franco in Carro a Faenza, la Suola £ 115 il % detto peso
posta senza sconto franco in Carro ugualmente delli Cavalli, che vi
farò sotto l'aumento fatto delle [bollette?] avea segnato li
[parola incerta] si comprano £ 8 il %, per li Cavalli avendovi segnato il rist.
prezzo che [vi?] fermo che prendete [segno] 8 o 10 [breve frase incerta] diversamente
soli li Cavalli non posso lasciarveli meno d’un [baj...?] [abbreviazione incerta]
[d’oncia?] il peso di Bologna, e per roba sottile vi servirei in
Marzo prossimo in attesa d'escontro col che vi saluto
Giov. Poletti

Letter text — Image 2

English translation

Honourable Samuele B.to Finzi d. Magrini
Faenza, 26 January 1861.
In prompt reply to your letter of the 14th of this month: as for the lot of foreign horsehides which I mentioned in my last letter, I have kept them for [three months?] [uncertain words], and only at the beginning of next week shall I start having them worked. I am certain that they will be among the finest and best that could be desired, weighing about eight to nine pounds each without [the head?] and half the leg. I shall supply you with [half-hides?: wording uncertain]. If you want stamped sole leather in folded form, made entirely from domestic hides [or horsehides?: wording uncertain], it will be perfectly dry. As for the price of the horsehides, the very lowest is £110 per hundred, Bologna weight, without discount, free on the cart at Faenza; the sole leather is £115 per hundred of the same weight, likewise without discount and free on the cart, as with the horsehides. The price is [short adjustment wording unclear] the increase in [bollette?; term retained], where I had indicated [uncertain word]. [Uncertain subject] is bought at £8 per hundred. For the horsehides I have quoted you the lowest price; [short linking words unclear] you take eight or ten [unit and short following phrase unclear]. Otherwise I cannot let you have the horsehides alone for less than one [baj...?; abbreviation unclear] [short abbreviation unclear] per [ounce?], Bologna weight. For thin material I could supply you next March. Awaiting your reply, I greet you.
Giov. Poletti.

Discovery Terms

Finzi–Magrini Correspondence

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