Reiset to Broumer — Mainz, 2... (1805)

NRA-L-000816 / 1805

Reiset to Broumer — Mainz, 2 [Nivôse?], Year 14

Letter to Broumer at the Bank of France concerning funds and reports of military movements.

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NRA-L-000816

NRA-L-000816 image 1 showing the French letter on the right and its delivery address on the left, with the original sealing area. — **Image 1**Letter text and delivery address.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000816
Date: 1805
Original date: Mayence, le 2 [nivôse?] 14
Type: Correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Jacques Louis Étienne de Reiset
Recipient: Broumer
Places: Mayence (Mainz)
Extent: 1 documentary side: Letter text and delivery address; 1 digital image.
Signature: Paraph
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000816.

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Transcript and English translation

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Letter text

Original transcript

Mayence, le 2 [nivôse?] 14

J, [continué?] l'envoi de
105/m oblig.° [doman...?]
avoir [averti?] 15/m à 27/[...?]

Ce que m'annonce votre lettre du
28 est vraiment effrayant.
Je ne doute que vous n'ayez soigné le
necessaire pour me remettre en fonds.
Je ne suis en effet p.r rien dans tout cela.
hier tout étoit à la paix. aujourd'huy
tout est à la guerre, le Marechal augereau
ne revient plus, Il fait halte à heidelberg où
il est et attend des ordres, la division leval
qui rejoignoit le corps du prince Louis revient ici.
Je ne sais ce que tout cela veut dire, mais
je n'y vois au fond que des mal entendus et
Je ne crois pas du tout à la guerre
tout à vous

Letter text

English translation

Mainz, 2 [Nivôse?], Year 14

I [continued?] the dispatch of
105 thousand in obligations [qualifier uncertain];
having [notified?] 15 thousand at 27/[remainder uncertain].

What your letter of the 28th tells me is truly frightening. I do not doubt that you have attended to what is necessary to put me back in funds. I have, in fact, nothing to do with all this. Yesterday everything was for peace; today everything is for war. Marshal Augereau is no longer returning: he is halting at Heidelberg, where he is awaiting orders. The Leval division, which was joining Prince Louis's corps, is coming back here. I do not know what all this means, but at bottom I see only misunderstandings in it, and I do not believe in war at all.
All yours.

Address panel

Original transcript

A Monsieur
Broumer directeur des livres
de la Banque de france

Address panel

English translation

To Monsieur
Broumer, Director of the Books
of the Bank of France

Notes

The month in the abbreviated dateline is uncertain. The brief financial insertion above the opening contains unresolved abbreviated wording; its monetary notation is retained without supplying a currency or a count of individual bonds.

Discovery Terms

Reiset–Broumer Correspondence

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