Financial instructions and news of an... (1831)

NRA-L-000864 / 1831

Financial instructions and news of an appointment — Paris, 7 May 1831

Letter giving financial and accounting instructions, discussing savings-bank papers and annuities, and reporting an appointment to the Legion of Honour.

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NRA-L-000864

NRA-L-000864 image 1 showing the Paris letter dated 7 May 1831 with financial instructions and marginal notes. — **Image 1**Letter text - Page 1.

NRA-L-000864 image 2 showing the continuation with closing signature and visible reverse-side ink. — **Image 2**Letter text - Page 2 and signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000864
Date: 1831-05-07
Original date: Paris 7 Mai 1831
Type: Correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Unidentified sender
Places: Paris
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Letter text - Page 1; Letter text - Page 2; 2 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000864.

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Transcript and English translation

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Letter text - Page 1

Original transcript

Paris 7 Mai 1831.

M. [Lamb?] me Crédite définitivement de 1325f65 au
30 avril, voir son C[om]pte de Janvier [abréviations comptables incertaines] soldé, passez
écritures en conséquence si cela n’est déjà fait et renvoyez moi
[l’extrait?] de Compte joint.
M. Haas, dont Je vous envois la lettre, m’offre de faire faire
tous mes payemens à [Colmar?] chez M. Marcon aîné payeur en cette
ville moyennant 1/2 f % de [Cᵒⁿ?] ; en conséquence vous pouvez
tirer à cette Condition sur M. Haas chez M. Marcon aîné payeur
à Colmar les mandats que vous aurez à fournir sur cette ville.
Dites à Dejean de ne pas oublier de demander à M. [Revert?] 10
Exemplaires du C[om]pte de la Caisse d’Épargne aussitôt après l’assemblée G.le ;
il m’en enverra ici 6 et en gardera les 4 autres.
Je ne veux pas vous laisser ignorer que par ordonnance du 29 avril le
Roi a daigné sur la proposition du ministre (qui m’en a prévenu par une
lettre fort aimable) me nommer officier de la Légion d’honneur.
Créditez M. J. G. [Hermann?] de 50 f pr petite Caisse sous
mon mandat du 2, ordre [Travis?] sans avis.
M.rs [Rouspeaud?] avoient fait une répartition nouvelle [sur sa faillite?]
de 10 p %. Veuillez m’envoyer les lettres. Restera la Raffinerie pour le
reste, il faudrait qu’elle se vendît 120 mille francs pour être payés en
plein, on devrait bien l’espérer puisqu’elle a coûté 300m francs
mais les amateurs sont rares, je vous ai envoyé hier un prospectus
pour la Vente de [Jenneville?], vous pourrez le mettre à disposition des
personnes qui pourraient être tentées.
Vous aurez sans doute reçu directement de [Chaudot?] l’avis de
l’achat de 780 f de rente 3 % [nom de compte incertain] à 62.37 1/2
Voici les
200. [Gauguiller?]
340. [Primes Champagne?]
300. [Ler[...]?]
} 5 % : 89.80 : bordereau joint

[Ajout dans la marge gauche]
Je vois par le J[ourn]al que
le préfet l’est aussi, n’en
parlez donc qu’à vos collègues
et à mes amis, je ne me
soucierais guère d’être mis
aussi dans le Journal.

Notes

Documentary annotation: a? [souligné, en haut à gauche]

Letter text - Page 1

English translation

Paris, 7 May 1831.

Mr [Lamb?] gives me a final credit of 1,325 francs 65 centimes as at 30 April. See his January account [uncertain accounting abbreviations], settled. Make the corresponding entries if this has not already been done and send me back the enclosed [account statement?].
Mr Haas, whose letter I am sending you, offers to have all my payments in [Colmar?] made through Mr Marcon senior, the paying agent in that town, at half a franc per hundred [abbreviation, probably commission]. Accordingly, on these terms you may draw on Mr Haas, payable at Mr Marcon senior’s in Colmar, for the drafts you will have to issue on that town.
Tell Dejean not to forget to ask Mr [Revert?] for ten copies of the Savings Bank’s account immediately after the general meeting. He will send me six copies here and keep the other four.
I do not want to leave you unaware that, by an ordinance of 29 April, the King has been pleased, on the minister’s proposal (the minister informed me in a very kind letter), to appoint me an officer of the Legion of Honour.
Credit Mr J. G. [Hermann?] with 50 francs for petty cash, under my order of the 2nd, payable to the order of [Travis?], without notice.
Messrs [Rouspeaud?] had made a further distribution of ten per cent [in the bankruptcy?]. Please send me the letters. The refinery will remain to cover the balance; it would have to sell for 120,000 francs for payment in full; one might well hope for that, since it cost 300,000 francs, but buyers are scarce. Yesterday I sent you a prospectus for the sale of [Jenneville?]; you can put it at the disposal of anyone who might be interested.
You will doubtless have received directly from [Chaudot?] the notice of the purchase of 780 francs in 3 per cent annuities [uncertain account name] at 62.37½. Here are: 200, [Gauguiller?]; 340, [Primes Champagne?]; 300, [uncertain name]. 5 per cent: 89.80; statement enclosed.

[Addition in the left margin]
I see in the paper that the prefect is one too. So speak of it only to your colleagues and my friends. I would hardly care to see myself in the paper as well.

Notes

Documentary annotation: a? [underlined, at the upper left]
The marginal note accompanies the news of the Legion of Honour. The writer asks that word of the appointment be kept to his correspondent’s colleagues and his own friends. In the letter of 9 May he explicitly identifies Marcon as the paying agent at Colmar.
The final credit of 1,325 francs 65 centimes as at 30 April agrees with both reckonings in NRA-L-000873.

Letter text - Page 2

Original transcript

Voici lettre pr [Delaroche Delessert?], faites Copiez, Créditez et
envoyez.
Je reçois V. lettre d’hier
Dites à M. Giffard qu’il est dans l’erreur, que je puis très bien
tirer sur le Trésor, (pour soulager le fonds [commun?]) sur autres payeurs
quelques mandats à [Caen?], mais c’est égal, le Trésor acceptera
de même.
V. me remettez 10000 f sur Gontard que j’envoye [à Amsterdam?]
Mille amitiés
[Henry?]

Letter text - Page 2

English translation

Here is a letter for [Delaroche Delessert?]; have it copied, credit [the account], and send it.
I have received your letter of yesterday.
Tell Mr Giffard that he is mistaken, that I can very well draw on the Treasury, to relieve the [common?] fund, on other paying agents, some drafts at [Caen?]; but no matter, the Treasury will accept them likewise.
You remit 10,000 francs to me on Gontard, which I am sending [to Amsterdam?].
A thousand kind regards.
[Henry?]

Notes

The reverse continues the instructions and contains the closing and signature. Text showing through from the recto is not transcribed again.

Discovery Terms

Reiset Correspondence 1831
Financial correspondence
Accounting
Savings banks
Annuities
Legion of Honour
Paris
Colmar

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