Reiset to Broumer: bills of exchange... (1807)

NRA-L-000855 / 1807

Reiset to Broumer: bills of exchange and creditors

Letter concerning bills of exchange, Fould and a possible gathering of creditors. It includes a turned marginal request and a short note concerning Godefroy.

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NRA-L-000855

NRA-L-000855 image 1 showing Delivery address to Broumer on the folded and sealed letter dated 25 September. — **Image 1**Delivery address to Broumer on the folded and sealed letter dated 25 September.

NRA-L-000855 image 2 showing Letter dated 25 September with rotated left-margin and lower-edge additions. — **Image 2**Letter dated 25 September with rotated left-margin and lower-edge additions.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000855
Date: 1807-09-25
Original date: Mayence 25 7bre
Type: Correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Jacques Louis Étienne de Reiset
Recipient: Broumer
Places: Mainz
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Letter dated 25 September with rotated left-margin and lower-edge additions; Delivery address to Broumer on the folded and sealed letter dated 25 September; 2 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000855.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Letter dated 25 September with rotated left-margin and lower-edge additions

Original transcript

Mayence 25 7bre

non cela est vrai, mon bon ami, vos nouvelles du 21 ne sont pas Consolantes. Il est Incroyable que l'on s'obstine à perdre ainsi de gaieté de Cœur un homme dont on peut encore attendre de grands services, et dont la Chute peut entraîner Celle de beaucoup de braves gens et nuire Certainement au Crédit public beaucoup plus que tout l'étalage d'abondance dont on fait parade ne peut le servir.
J'espère Cependant qu'il ne faudra pas tout perdre, et ne peut on pas forcer fould d'après sa lettre promettant accueil à payer ? J'espère aussi que D. me donnera à Cette occasion quelque témoignage de son amitié personnelle, s'il me falloit figurer dans un Concours de Créanciers, ne pourroit on pas [être?] Sous un autre nom ? Je m'abandonne à vous.
Je le vois, Je ne suis point encore assez bardé de fer, C'est là une rude leçon, elle auroit pu être moins forte, et voilà peut être 6 mois de travail de perdus et sera à recommencer à nouveaux frais. Enfin, mon ami, je profiterai de la leçon, à la Suite Comment pourroit on S'attendre à recevoir des fonds de quelqu'un que vous [derniers mots de la phrase incertains]. adieu, J'en serai moins riche, plus heureux de beaucoup, mais Je ne serai pas moins votre bon ami pour la vie.
[paraphe]

[Dans la marge, texte tourné]
Veuillez envoyer 11 paires à [Cassin?].

[Au bas]
Entendez vous avec le papa Godefroy auquel Je suis bien fâché de donner Cette inquiétude.

Notes

Documentary annotation: 30

Letter dated 25 September with rotated left-margin and lower-edge additions

English translation

Mainz, 25 September [1807]

No, that is true, my good friend: your news of the 21st is not consoling. It is incredible that people persist in ruining, so lightheartedly, a man from whom great services may still be expected, and whose fall may bring down many worthy people and certainly harm public credit far more than all the ostentatious display of abundance can benefit it.
I nevertheless hope that everything will not have to be lost. Can Fould not be compelled to pay on the basis of his letter promising acceptance? I also hope that D. will give me some proof of his personal friendship on this occasion. If I had to take my place among the competing creditors, could one not [be?] under another name? I put myself in your hands.
I see that I am still not sufficiently armoured in iron. This is a harsh lesson; it could have been less severe. Perhaps six months' work have been lost, and it will have to be begun again at fresh expense. Well, my friend, I shall profit from the lesson. In what follows, how could one expect to receive funds from someone whom you [last words of this sentence uncertain]? Farewell; I shall be less rich, much happier, but I shall be no less your good friend for life.
[paraph]

[Turned marginal note]
Please send 11 pairs to [Cassin?].

[At the foot]
Come to an understanding with papa Godefroy, to whom I am very sorry to cause this anxiety.

Notes

Documentary annotation: 30

Delivery address to Broumer on the folded and sealed letter dated 25 September

Original transcript

À Monsieur
Broumer directeur
de la Comptabilité de la Caisse
de service
au bureau particulier

Delivery address to Broumer on the folded and sealed letter dated 25 September

English translation

To Monsieur
Broumer, Director
of the Accounting Department of the Caisse
de service
at the private office

Discovery Terms

Reiset–Broumer Correspondence
Bills of exchange
Creditors
Fould
Desprez
Godefroy

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