Reiset to Broumer — Mainz, 2 June 1807 (1807)

NRA-L-000813 / 1807

Reiset to Broumer — Mainz, 2 June 1807

Letter to Broumer concerning a short absence and a new system of bookkeeping, with a financial postscript.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000813

NRA-L-000813 image 1 showing the folded address panel to Broumer, with the handwritten delivery address and original sealing folds. — **Image 1**Address panel.

NRA-L-000813 image 2 showing the opening page of the French correspondence with Broumer, with the manuscript text and original folds. — **Image 2**Letter text - Page 1.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000813
Date: 1807-06-02
Original date: 2Juin1807 [earlier May date cancelled]
Type: Correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Jacques Louis Étienne de Reiset
Recipient: Broumer
Places: Mayence (Mainz) / Paris
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Letter text - Page 1; Address panel; 2 digital images.
Signature: Paraph
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000813.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Letter text — P002

Original transcript

Mayence, le 2 Juin
[rayé : jour illisible Mai] 1807.

[rayé : Le Receveur général du Département
du Mont-Tonnerre,]

A

Je voulois vous écrire longuement, mon bon ami, [pas de?]
loisir, Je vais monter en voiture pr. Conduire ma femme et ma
fille à Cassel, J'avois présumé [que la sortie?] et [j'ai cru?]
pouvoir faire ce petit voyage tout est bien en sureté pendant
mon absence qui ne sera que de quelques jours.
Je vends [nos?] lettres de change et on ne veut d'autre signature
que la mienne, si toutefois [nom ou désignation illisible] étoit dans le cas
d'en donner une et qu'on vous en parlat [écrivez?] lui en
disant que j'étois apparemment allé à Francfort.
J'ai lu avec un bien vrai plaisir vos lettres et les Instructions
concernant la nouvelle Comptabilité de la caisse de service, Je vous
félicite bien de ce pas de géant.
J'ai travaillé comme un enragé J'espérois vous envoyer
aujourd'huy le nouveau systême d'écritures que je crois devoir
proposer à Mr [nom illisible] en remplacement de l'ancien, qui n'en peut
réellement plus, mais cela demande tant de Développemens
que je n'ai pû achever, à mon retour Je m'y mettrai de
suite, le systême sera éprouvé pendant mon absence par
mon Commis et à mon retour ce sera mon travail.
adieu tout en hâte et tout à vous.
[paraphe]

Je fais encor quelques dispositions sur la partie des fonds, de grace ne m'en
ôtez pas la faculté, Je n'en fais plus dans le but d'alimenter le petit revenu

Notes

Documentary annotation: 20 [dit?]

Letter text — P002

English translation

Mainz, 2 June [crossed out: illegible day in May] 1807.

[crossed out: The Receiver General of the Department of Mont-Tonnerre,]

To

I wanted to write to you at length, my good friend; [there is no?] leisure. I am about to get into the carriage to take my wife and daughter to Cassel. I had presumed [the outing?] and [thought I could?] make this short journey. Everything is secure during my absence, which will last only a few days.
I sell [our?] bills of exchange, and no other signature than mine is wanted. If, however, [illegible name or designation] were in a position to give one and you were spoken to about it, [write?] to him saying that I had apparently gone to Frankfurt.
I read your letters and the instructions concerning the new accounting of the service cash office with very real pleasure. I congratulate you warmly on this giant step.
I have worked like a madman. I had hoped to send you today the new bookkeeping system which I believe I should propose to Mr [illegible name] in place of the old one, which really cannot cope any longer. But this requires so much development that I have been unable to finish it. On my return I shall set to it immediately. My clerk will test the system during my absence, and on my return it will be my work.
Farewell, all in haste and entirely yours.
[paraph]

I am still making some arrangements concerning the funds; please do not deprive me of that facility. I no longer make them with the aim of feeding the small income.

Notes

Documentary annotation: 20 [ditto?] [separate notation below the dateline]
The cancelled May day cannot be read confidently. A few words in the opening travel clause and the name or designation and verb in the signature paragraph remain uncertain.

Address panel

Original transcript

A Monsieur.
Broumer Directeur
de la Comptabilité de
la Caisse de Service
à Paris

rue Montmartre No.15

Address panel

English translation

To Monsieur
Broumer, Director
of Accounting of
the Service Cash Office
in Paris

15 rue Montmartre

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Reiset–Broumer Correspondence

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