Reiset to Broumer: army bulletins... (1806)

NRA-L-000848 / 1806

Reiset to Broumer: army bulletins, bank regents and a disputed bill

Reiset discusses army bulletins, appointments at the Bank of France and acceptance of a bill of exchange. The letter also contains personal news and a separate accounting note.

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NRA-L-000848

NRA-L-000848 image 1 showing the delivery address to Broumer of the Bank of France, with the original folds and seal. — **Image 1**Address panel and seal.

NRA-L-000848 image 2 showing the French manuscript to Broumer, with the angled accounting annotation and original folds. — **Image 2**Letter text.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000848
Date: 1806-10-24
Original date: Mayence le [24?] 8bre 1806
Type: Correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Jacques Louis Étienne de Reiset
Recipient: Broumer
Places: Mayence (Mainz)
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Letter text; Address panel and seal; 2 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000848.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Letter text

Original transcript

Mayence le [24?] 8bre 1806

C’est fini, Je ne vous dirai plus de nouvelles, à présent que le
Moniteur nous donne un Bulletin l’un après l’autre, sûrement
vous avez déjà le [un mot peu lisible] 12 et le 13e [autrement?] celui-ci, [un mot peu lisible].
Je [ferai?] après savoir où les avoir.
Vous verrez donc dans la Gazette la nomination des
Receveurs Généraux pour Régents de la Banque, peut-être qu’il
n’y en a que 3 et quelques [Bourretet?], Guyton et divers
font des [fournemens?] ?
Voici une traite sur M. [Auder?] que j’avois fait accepter
par Clair, mais M. [Mainier?] directeur de nos fourrages prétend que
MM. Catoire, [Mingant?] et Féron les négociateurs doivent l’accepter
aussi, voici son Billet. J’ai eu beau lui représenter que &c.
il prétend que &c et me prie [mécaniquement?] de faire présenter
[rayé : la traite] un [factoire?], [Veuillez?] en conséquence [rayé : un mot] [vous?] charger
[de?] Cette Commission et rendre la réponse.
Mon beau-frère Armand qui est revenu sans avoir pu vous
voir m’a dit que Lolo était malade à l’hôpital lorsqu’il
a quitté Paris, est-il vrai et qu’est-ce que c’est que cette
maladie, sans doute quelque galanterie du beau sexe de la
Coquette, dites m’en un mot, Je vous prie, et tancez le moi [d’?]
importance, Je vous supplie, si j’ai bien deviné.
Je n’ai pas de nouvelles d’[Ovi?] [vostre?] bon enfant,
j’irai chercher ma femme la semaine prochaine.
Vous croyez peut être Mayence bien gay, et bien [mots peu lisibles, possiblement biffés]
[mots peu lisibles, possiblement biffés] Comme un bonnet de nuit.
Voilà que vos petits &c [ne m’arrivent pas?], au surplus, Jusqu’à présent
Je n’en ai eu nul besoin, mais enfin j’aimerais mieux les avoir dans mon
armoire [quelques mots peu lisibles] dépôt.

Notes

Documentary annotation: 30
Documentary annotation: envoyé 1686 [d’écu?]
Roguin par Coblentz
payé à Coblentz 1000
crédité de 15609 – dont je payerai
l’intérêt du jour de l’échéance de
l’effet à celui où je verserai à la
Caisse de Service.

Letter text

English translation

Mainz, [24?] October 1806

It is over: I shall no longer tell you any news now that the Moniteur gives us one bulletin after another. You have surely already had the [one unclear word] 12th and 13th [otherwise?] this one, [one unclear word]. [I shall?] afterwards find out where to get them.

You will therefore see in the Gazette the appointment of receivers-general as regents of the Bank. Perhaps there are only three of them and a few [Bourretet?], Guyton and various others are making [uncertain word: “fournemens”?]?

Here is a bill on Monsieur [Auder?] which I had had accepted by Clair. But Monsieur [Mainier?], director of our forage supplies, maintains that Messrs Catoire, [Mingant?] and Féron, the negotiators, must also accept it. Here is his note. I have represented to him in vain that &c. He maintains that &c and asks me [mechanically?] to have [crossed out: the bill] a [“factoire”?] presented. [Please?] accordingly [crossed out: one word] [take charge of?] this commission and send the answer.

My brother-in-law Armand, who has returned without having been able to see you, told me that Lolo was ill in hospital when he left Paris. Is it true, and what is this illness? No doubt some gallantry of the fair sex of La Coquette. Tell me something about it, please, and scold him severely for me, I beg you, if I have guessed correctly.

I have no news of [Ovi?], [your?] good lad. I shall go and fetch my wife next week. You perhaps think Mainz very cheerful; well, [unclear words, possibly crossed out] [unclear words, possibly crossed out] like a nightcap.

Here are your little &c [not reaching me?]; in any case, I have had no need of them until now, but after all I would rather have them in my cupboard [a few unclear words] deposit.

Notes

Documentary annotation: 30
Documentary annotation: Sent 1686 [uncertain word: “d’écu”?]; Roguin through Coblentz; paid at Coblentz 1000; credited with 15609, on which I shall pay the interest from the day the bill falls due until the day when I pay into the Caisse de service.
No signature is present on the supplied text side.
The separate angled accounting note is transcribed separately; its figures have not been reconciled by arithmetic.

Address panel

Original transcript

À Monsieur
Broumer Directeur
directeur de la Banque de
france

Address panel

English translation

To Monsieur Broumer, Director,
director of the Bank of
France.

Notes

Red seal on the address side. The last word is “france”, completing “Banque de france”; no destination town is written.

Discovery Terms

Reiset–Broumer Correspondence
Banque de France
Bills of exchange
Army bulletins
Family news

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