Reiset to Broumer: interest, bills... (1807)

NRA-L-000854 / 1807

Reiset to Broumer: interest, bills and banking business

Letter concerning an offer from Gontard, interest, and bills involving Fould and Desprez. The second written side includes a table of five amounts.

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NRA-L-000854

NRA-L-000854 image 1 showing Delivery address to Broumer in Paris, on the folded and sealed letter dated 30 September 1807. — **Image 1**Delivery address to Broumer in Paris, on the folded and sealed letter dated 30 September 1807.

NRA-L-000854 image 2 showing Letter dated 30 September 1807 concerning financial acceptances, page 1. — **Image 2**Letter dated 30 September 1807 concerning financial acceptances, page 1.

NRA-L-000854 image 3 showing Letter dated 30 September 1807, page 2, with a handwritten table totalling 12, 450 francs and the concluding text. — **Image 3**Letter dated 30 September 1807, page 2, with a handwritten table totalling 12, 450 francs and the concluding text.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000854
Date: 1807-09-30
Original date: 30 7bre1807
Type: Correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Jacques Louis Étienne de Reiset
Recipient: Broumer
Places: Paris
Extent: 3 documentary sides: Letter dated 30 September 1807 concerning financial acceptances, page 1; Letter dated 30 September 1807, page 2, with a handwritten table totalling 12, 450 francs and the concluding text; Delivery address to Broumer in Paris, on the folded and sealed letter dated 30 September 1807; 3 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000854.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Letter dated 30 September 1807 concerning financial acceptances, page 1

Original transcript

30 7bre 1807

Merci, mon bien bon ami, de me tenir toujours au Courant.
J'ai reçu votre lettre du 25 et Celle du 26.
Vous avez fort raison quant à la mitraille, J'attends la proposition de Gontard pour 500 m f. Comme J'en [courte liaison incertaine] Votre [mot incertain] au [mot incertain] payeur de Berlin, Je vous les fais passer mais en effet Je tâcherai d'esquiver Cette Commission personnellement. Car réellement Il inspire [mot incertain] beaucoup de dégoût.
Je réglerai votre Cte d'Intérêt puisque vous le voulez absolument, mais Comptez bien qu'à 5 p% qui est le taux que J'ai toujours eu dans tous les tems à francfort, et J'en dis, Je ne veux pas vous traiter plus mal que ne vous traitent les gens d'affaires.
Vous me parlez de la nomination de [nom incertain], mais Je n'en sais pas un mot, mais d'où tenez vous Cette nouvelle et quel est son Caractère d'authenticité ?
Il n'est point arrivé le Protêt et Je ne puis Concevoir le silence de fould à mon égard, sur les 50000 f, 42 m ont été renvoyés à la Banque qui m'écrit le 22 et n'a point parlé des traites, Comment donc l'acceptation aurait elle été refusée le 19. Je ne puis le Concevoir.
Les traites que J'ai endossées [courte liaison et nom incertains]

Notes

Documentary annotation: 6 octobre

Letter dated 30 September 1807 concerning financial acceptances, page 1

English translation

30 September 1807

Thank you, my very good friend, for always keeping me informed. I have received your letter of the 25th and that of the 26th.
You are quite right about the small coin. I am waiting for Gontard's proposal for 500,000 francs. As I [short connection uncertain] your [uncertain word] to the [uncertain word] paymaster at Berlin, I am forwarding them to you. But I shall indeed try to avoid undertaking this commission personally, for he really inspires [uncertain word] a great deal of disgust.
I shall settle your interest account, since you absolutely insist; but count on only 5 percent, which is the rate I have always had at Frankfurt, at all times. And I say again, I do not wish to treat you worse than business people treat you.
You speak to me of the appointment of [uncertain name], but I know nothing about it. Where do you get this news, and what authority is there for it?
The protest has not arrived, and I cannot understand Fould's silence towards me. Of the 50,000 francs, 42,000 were sent back to the Bank, which writes to me on the 22nd and says nothing about the bills. How, then, could acceptance have been refused on the 19th? I cannot understand it.
The bills which I endorsed [short connection and name uncertain]

Notes

Documentary annotation: 6 October

Letter dated 30 September 1807, page 2, with a handwritten table totalling 12, 450 francs and the concluding text

Original transcript

sur les appoints suivans.
f. 2150
2250
2350
2450
3250
12450.
au 22 8bre

à payer par Desprez le 26 Juin à M. [Despré?] ayant acheté des Biens à Mayence.
S'il y avoit moyen d'en procurer payement sans que J'y marche.
Ne pourriez vous pas trouver moyen aussi de faire entrer dans la 1re Distribution des fonds, les effets Desprez negociés par les Gontard à leur Compte, il y en a pour environ 120 m francs envoyés tous à la Banque qui les Échange, leurs [démarches?] méritent une Considération toute particulière surtout les Gontard, qui [mot biffé] de tout tems ont secouru le service avec le plus grand Empressement, qui ont pris les billets Desprez parceque la Banque les a toujours fort bien accueilli enfin qu'il est bon de les ménager parcequ'on peut encore en avoir besoin.
adieu Je n'ai que le tems [de l'accolade?] et vous recommande.
[paraphe]

Letter dated 30 September 1807, page 2, with a handwritten table totalling 12, 450 francs and the concluding text

English translation

for the following amounts:
francs 2,150
2,250
2,350
2,450
3,250
Total 12,450.
Due 22 October.

Payable by Desprez on 26 June to Mr [Despré?], who had bought property at Mainz.
If only a means could be found of obtaining payment without my having to take action personally.
Could you not also find a means of including in the first distribution of funds the Desprez bills negotiated by the Gontards on their own account? There are about 120,000 francs, all sent to the Bank, which exchanges them. Their [efforts?] deserve particular consideration, especially the Gontards, who have at all times [cancelled word] assisted the service with the greatest eagerness and taken the Desprez bills because the Bank has always received them very favourably. In the end, it is good to treat them considerately because one may need them again.
Farewell; I have time only [for an embrace?], and commend [elliptical wording] to you.
[paraph]

Delivery address to Broumer in Paris, on the folded and sealed letter dated 30 September 1807

Original transcript

À Monsieur
Broumer directeur de la
Comptabilité de la Caisse
de service
à Paris

Delivery address to Broumer in Paris, on the folded and sealed letter dated 30 September 1807

English translation

To Monsieur
Broumer, Director of the
Accounting Department of the Caisse
de service
in Paris

Discovery Terms

Reiset–Broumer Correspondence
Bills of exchange
Interest
Gontard
Fould
Desprez

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