Reiset to Broumer — Mainz, 19... (1805)

NRA-L-000823 / 1805

Reiset to Broumer — Mainz, 19 Frimaire year 14

Letter concerning a remittance, the purchase of bonds and a portrait received from Paris.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000823

NRA-L-000823 image 1 showing the folded address panel to Broumer, with the handwritten delivery address and original sealing folds. — **Image 1**Address panel.

NRA-L-000823 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-000823
Date: 1805-12-10
Original date: Mayence le 19 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-000823.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Letter text — P002

Original transcript

Mayence le 19 frimaire14

Voici, Mon cher ami, 10,000.f sur [Gointon?] à
Verser au 26 du ct. Si vous pouvez le faire accepter à
la banque & que vous Croyés qu'elle ne recevra pas
des effets à cette échéance, alors restez [vous en là?], dans le
Cas contraire, prenez moi des obligations au mieux de mes
[rayé : intérêts?].
Le changement de service de Desprez le met dans le Cas
de partir à l'instant pour francfort.
Je n'ai que le tems de vous embrasser & tout à vous
[paraphe]

Le Portrait [du?] Bonaparte par le S.r Recuard
vient d'arriver. Il est délicieux, recevez
mes Remerciemens et portez au debit de mon Compte
[paraphe]

Letter text — P002

English translation

Mainz, 19 Frimaire, year 14.

Here, my dear friend, are 10,000 francs drawn on [Gointon?], to be paid in on the 26th of the current month. If you can have it accepted at the Bank and believe that it will not receive bills falling due on that date, then [leave it at that?]; otherwise, buy bonds for me on the best terms [deleted: interests?].
The change in Desprez’s duties puts him in the position of having to leave immediately for Frankfurt.
I have only time to embrace you and am entirely yours.
[paraph]

The portrait of Bonaparte by Mr Recuard has just arrived. It is delightful; accept my thanks and charge it to my account.
[paraph]

Notes

The drawee’s name and a short phrase in the payment instructions remain uncertain. The wording immediately before Bonaparte is also uncertain; no identification of the sitter beyond the written surname is supplied.

Address panel

Original transcript

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

Address panel

English translation

To Monsieur
Broumer, Director of the
account books of the Bank of France,
in Paris

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Reiset–Broumer Correspondence

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