Reiset to Broumer, with payment... (1805)

NRA-L-000819 / 1805

Reiset to Broumer, with payment instruction to the Bank of France — Mainz, 26 Frimaire, Year 14

Letter to Broumer with an enclosed instruction to the Regents of the Bank of France for payment of six thousand francs.

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NRA-L-000819

NRA-L-000819 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.

NRA-L-000819 image 2 showing the signed payment instruction on printed Mont-Tonnerre departmental letterhead. — **Image 2**Enclosure - Payment instruction.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000819
Date: 1805-12-17
Original date: Mayence, le 26 frimaire an14
Type: Letter with enclosure
Language: French / fr
Sender: Jacques Louis Étienne de Reiset
Recipient: Broumer
Places: Mayence (Mainz)
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Letter text and delivery address; Enclosure - Payment instruction; 2 digital images.
Signature: Paraph
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000819.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Letter text

Original transcript

Mayence, le 26 frimaire an14.
[struck through: Le Receveur-général du Département
du Mont-Tonnerre,]

J'espere, mon ami, que vous aurez
passé chez rigaud, aprez [Jubainville?]
pour en [faire?] prendre sur leurs valeurs
que je vous ai remises le 18 et 19 du
Courant tout ce qu'il vous falloit
pour votre fin de mois, Je compte
là dessus, Cependant si vous croyiez être
mal avisé pour cela, Je vous
envoye un Crédit sur la banque
de 6000 dont vous feriez usage.
agissez en toujours avec moi rondement
& sans façon.
La Banque au surplus ne me donne
presque de rien, J'attends des nouvelles
avec impatience.
La paix ne peut manquer de se faire
sur le Continent, mais Je crois que pour
l'angleterre il n'y faut pas songer
J'ai quelque argent [en bourse?] de reste
vous n'avez pas besoin d'une somme à
Schlumberger. //

Letter text

English translation

Mainz, 26 Frimaire, Year 14 [17 December 1805].
[struck through: The Receiver General of the Department
of Mont-Tonnerre,]

I hope, my friend, that you will have called on Rigaud, after [Jubainville?], to have taken against the securities I remitted to you on the 18th and 19th of the current month all that you needed for your month-end. I am counting on it. However, if you think you have been badly advised in this matter, I am sending you a credit on the Bank for 6,000, which you may use. Always deal with me frankly and without ceremony.
The Bank, moreover, gives me almost nothing; I am waiting impatiently for news. Peace cannot fail to be made on the Continent, but I think that for England one must not contemplate it. I have some money left [in my purse?]; you do not need a sum at Schlumberger's. //

Address panel

Original transcript

A Monsieur
Monsieur Broumer directeur
des Livres de la Banque

Notes

Documentary annotation: 3 Nivôse

Address panel

English translation

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

Notes

Documentary annotation: 3 Nivôse
The smaller notation 3 Nivôse below the dateline is separate from the letter date. A name and a few compressed words remain uncertain.

Enclosure

Original transcript

Département
du
Mont-Tonnerre.

Mayence, le 26 frimaire an14

Le Receveur général du Département
du Mont-Tonnerre,

A Messieurs les Régents de la
Banque de france

Je vous prie de remettre à M. Broumer
sur les Remises qu'il vous a faites pour mon
Compte pendant le Courant de ce mois la somme
de six mille francs dont Je vous créditerai
au s. d'art.
J'ai l'honneur de vous saluer
Reiset

Enclosure

English translation

Department
of
Mont-Tonnerre.

Mainz, 26 Frimaire, Year 14 [17 December 1805]

The Receiver General of the Department
of Mont-Tonnerre,

To the Gentlemen Regents of the
Bank of France

Please pay Mr Broumer, out of the remittances he has made to you for my account during the current month, the sum of six thousand francs, with which I shall credit you [abbreviated accounting reference: au s. d'art.].
I have the honour to greet you.
Reiset

Notes

The abbreviated accounting reference after the credit instruction is retained without certain expansion.

Discovery Terms

Reiset–Broumer Correspondence

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