Reiset to Broumer — Mainz, 6... (1805)

NRA-L-000820 / 1805

Reiset to Broumer — Mainz, 6 Frimaire, Year 14

Letter to Broumer at the Bank of France concerning obligations, remittances and Frankfurt newspapers.

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NRA-L-000820

NRA-L-000820 image 1 showing the folded address panel to Broumer, with the handwritten delivery address and original sealing folds. — **Image 1**Address panel.

NRA-L-000820 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-000820
Date: 1805-11-27
Original date: Mayence, le 6 frimaire14
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-000820.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Letter text — P002

Original transcript

Mayence, le 6 frimaire14.

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

A
La Banque, Mon cher ami, n'ayant pas d'obligations
sur moi échéance Brumaire, Je pense que vous aurez
remis mes Valeurs à Schlumberger que j'avois mis à leur
disposition et qui m'ont fait de fortes remises.
Je me suis décidé à les payer pour Catoire Duquenoy
[quoique?] je ne sois Caution, Cependant Cela ne peut manquer de
faire un très mauvais effet pour eux, Prenez donc quelques
informations sûres à leur égard et dites Jusqu'où Je puis tabler
sur leur Compte.
L'argent devient tous les Jours moins abondant chez moi et
Je n'en reçois plus d'effets pour Paris, Ce qui me gêne
beaucoup tandis que j'envoye toujours des fonds [provenants?]
à l'armée. quelle folie!
Voici les 3 d.ers Journaux de ffort, Ils n'ont
apparemment rien de neuf sur notre grande armée, au moins
vous donnent ils tous les détails de la retraite de notre ennemi

tout à vous

Ma femme continue à aller
de mieux en mieux.

Letter text — P002

English translation

Mainz, 6 Frimaire, Year 14 [27 November 1805].

[struck through: The Receiver General of the Department
of Mont-Tonnerre,]

To
The Bank, my dear friend, holding no obligations on me falling due in Brumaire, I think you will have passed my securities to Schlumberger, at whose disposal I had placed them and who have made substantial remittances to me. I have decided to pay them for Catoire Duquenoy, [although?] I am not a guarantor. Nevertheless, this cannot fail to make a very bad impression for them. Please therefore obtain reliable information about them and tell me how far I can rely on their account.
Money becomes less abundant here every day, and I no longer receive bills on Paris, which inconveniences me greatly while I keep sending funds [following qualifier uncertain] to the army. What madness!
Here are the last three Frankfurt newspapers. They apparently contain nothing new about our Grande Armée, but at least they give you all the details of our enemy's retreat.

Entirely yours.

My wife continues to get better and better.

Notes

The brief lower-left postscript concerns the health of the writer’s wife. One connecting word in the guarantee clause and a qualifier concerning funds remain uncertain.

Address panel

Original transcript

A' Monsieur
Broumer Directeur
des Livres de la Banque
de france
à Paris

Address panel

English translation

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

Notes

Seal remnant near the lower edge.

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Reiset–Broumer Correspondence

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