Financial instructions and a proposed... (1831)

NRA-L-000862 / 1831

Financial instructions and a proposed journey to Rouen — Paris, 9 May 1831

Identifies Marcon as the paymaster at Colmar and suspends further drafts on a colleague until he can honour them again with a one-month allowance. The writer plans to travel to Rouen before the king’s arrival on 16 May.

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NRA-L-000862

NRA-L-000862 image 1 showing paris letter dated 9May1831, with financial instructions and a closing signature or paraph. — **Image 1**Paris letter dated 9May1831, with financial instructions and a closing signature or paraph.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000862
Date: 1831-05-09
Original date: Paris 9 may 1831
Type: Correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Unidentified sender
Places: Paris
Extent: 1 documentary side: Letter text and annotations; 1 digital image.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000862.

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Transcript and English translation

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Letter text and annotations

Original transcript

Paris 9 may 1831

Je n’ai que le temps d’accuser reception
de V. lettre du8.
C’est Marcon que j’appelle le payeur de Colma[…].
J’écris à mon Collègue que d’après sa lettre je ne
ferai plus de dispositions sur lui jusqu’à ce qu’il puisse
les accueillir de nouveau à raison d’1 mois de
bonification.
Je ne crois pas avoir les lettres [Sob…?], cependant
Je rechercherai encor
J’ai la tête toute vide.
Le Roi arrivant à Rouen le16, Je compte partir
d’ici Vendredi pr y être Samedi matin.
Tout à vous
[paraphe]

Notes

Documentary annotation: a? [souligné]

Letter text and annotations

English translation

Paris, 9 May 1831.

I have only time to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 8th.
It is Marcon whom I call the paymaster of Colma[…].
I am writing to my colleague that, in view of his letter, I shall no longer draw on him until he can honour the drafts again, with an allowance of one month.
I do not think I have the letters [Sob…?]; however, I shall look again. My head is quite empty.
As the King is arriving in Rouen on the 16th, I intend to leave here on Friday so as to be there on Saturday morning.
All yours.
[paraph]

Notes

Documentary annotation: a? [underlined]
The paper ends within “Colma[…]”. A letter of 7 May names Marcon and payment orders at Colmar. The place can thus be identified as Colmar, although the final letter is lost here. The word after “les lettres” is indistinct.

Discovery Terms

Reiset Correspondence 1831
Commercial correspondence
Financial correspondence
Travel
Paris
Rouen

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