NRA-L-000847 / 1806
Reiset to Broumer: a credit of 600 francs, with subsequent receipts
A payment instruction on the printed letterhead of the receiver-general of Mont-Tonnerre opens a credit of 600 francs with Broumer. Three later receipts on the same sheet acknowledge 150, 300 and 150 livres, ending on 19 January 1807.
Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000847
Transcript and English translation
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Payment instruction and subsequent receipts
Original transcript
Département du Mont-Tonnerre.
Mayence, le 9 avril 1806.
Le Receveur général du Département du Mont-Tonnerre,
À Monsieur Broumer
J’ouvre par la présente à M. [nom incertain] aîné
sur vous un crédit de Six Cents francs
vous priant de les lui remettre à [mesure de sa?]
demande.
Reiset
[Premier reçu]
150 —
Reçu à compte Cent Cinquante Livres
Le 9 8bre 1806
[Brousille?]
[Deuxième reçu]
300 —
Reçu Comme ci dessus trois Cents Livres — le 30 8bre
[Brousille?]
[Troisième reçu]
150 —
Reçu la somme de Cent Cinquante Livres
le 19 Janvier 1807.
[Brousille?]
Notes
Documentary annotation: 600 — [débitté?] le 19 Janv[ier]
Payment instruction and subsequent receipts
English translation
Department of Mont-Tonnerre.
Mainz, 9 April 1806.
The Receiver-General of the Department of Mont-Tonnerre,
To Monsieur Broumer
By the present note I open a credit of six hundred francs with you for Monsieur [uncertain name] the elder, asking you to remit it to him [as he?] requests.
Reiset
[First receipt]
150 —
Received on account one hundred and fifty livres.
9 October 1806.
[Brousille?]
[Second receipt]
300 —
Received, as above, three hundred livres — 30 October.
[Brousille?]
[Third receipt]
150 —
Received the sum of one hundred and fifty livres.
19 January 1807.
[Brousille?]
Notes
Documentary annotation: 600 — [debited?] on 19 January The addressee is part of the formal heading, not a separate postal panel. The initial instruction uses francs; the three later receipts use livres. These currency words are retained without conversion.
Discovery Terms
- Reiset–Broumer Correspondence
- Credit
- Receipts
- Mont-Tonnerre