NRA-L-000865 / 1831
Administrative and financial letter — Paris, 6 May 1831
A two-sided Paris letter giving administrative instructions and directions concerning the Banque de France, Rouen, remittances and short-term notes. It also refers to papers for the King and the writer’s own small business matter.
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NRA-L-000865
Transcript and English translation
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Letter text - Page 1
Original transcript
Paris 6 Mai 1831.
Voici la note de [Barbo?] à payer sauf à le faire venir
et à le faire expliquer sur ce que J’ai mis au bas.
Renvoyez à M. Moulainy la lettre du Préfet Ci-jointe,
ne croyant pas pouvoir rester 15 Jours sans lui Répondre,
Je prie Moulainy de me proposer une Réponse qu’il
méditera à fond et qu’il fera [ressortir?] non dans
l’intérêt du percepteur mais dans celui [des receveurs?]
et de la perception, Je l’engage à s’en occuper le
plustôt possible.
Dites lui aussi que M. [Fourqueron?] chef du Secrétariat particulier
a dû écrire à M. le Préfet il y a déjà plusieurs Jours pour le prévenir
que les [élections?] de [Rennes?] et de Rouen sont reportés à [7?] Cᵗ.
J’ai donné un Mandat de [400?] f à ma femme à écrire pr
petite Caisse.
Je reçois Vtre lettre d’hier. Il est bien que vous remettiez à la banque de France
3 mandats fournis les 6, 11 et 16, donnez m’en chaque fois la Note.
J’ai ajouté à l’intérêt de petite Caisse les articles indiqués.
Je Renvoye les [Instructions?] pour le Roi, Je savois bien que là [dessus?]
dormirait tranquillement Ma petite affaire.
Vous couvrirez sans doute la banque de Rouen en grande partie par
les effets Coupes de bois et traites de Douanes que vous avez à faire
encaisser, ainsi qu’il était Convenu avec M. [nom incertain].
Je vois dans le Journal la liste 2.ème des Versemens à l’Emprunt N.al, Je n’ai
pu trouver celui où était la 1.ère ; Envoyez moi une Copie de chacune des
deux et de celles que vous recevrez successivement.
J’écris
Notes
Documentary annotation: [a?] [souligné]
Letter text - Page 1
English translation
Paris, 6 May 1831.
Here is [Barbo?]’s bill to pay. You can still have him come and explain what I have written at the foot of it.
Return the enclosed letter from the Prefect to Mr Moulainy. As I do not believe I can wait fifteen days without replying, I ask Moulainy to propose a reply to me, which he will consider thoroughly and [bring out?], not in the collector’s interest but in that of the [revenue receivers?] and of revenue collection. I urge him to deal with it as soon as possible.
Tell him also that Mr [Fourqueron?], head of the private secretariat, must have written to the Prefect several days ago to inform him that the [elections?] at [Rennes?] and Rouen have been postponed to the [7th?] of this month.
I have given a payment order for [400?] francs to my wife, to be entered under petty cash.
I have received your letter of yesterday. It is good that you remit to the Banque de France three payment orders, supplied on the 6th, 11th and 16th; send me a note of each one.
I have added the indicated items to the petty-cash interest.
I am returning the [instructions?] for the King. I knew well that [with that?] my small business matter would sleep peacefully.
You will doubtless cover the bank at Rouen largely with the timber-cutting bills and customs drafts which you have to collect, as had been agreed with Mr [name uncertain].
I see in the newspaper the second list of payments towards the National Loan. I have been unable to find the issue containing the first list. Send me a copy of each of the two lists and of those you receive subsequently.
I am writing
Notes
Documentary annotation: [a?] [underlined] Individual names, the proposed election notice and its day, the royal-paper designation, the adverb dessus and the 400-franc amount remain qualified. The words dormirait tranquillement are legible. The small underlined mark at the upper left is transcribed separately.
Letter text - Page 2
Original transcript
directement à M. [nom incertain] qu’il peut Recevoir les
bons de 3 à 4 mois qui lui seraient versés Comme produits de
Douane au lieu de l’être à [Bl…?], et qu’il peut demander
de ces bons pour [Duvernois?] lorsque la [mot incertain] recette
demandée vous parviendra, vous l’enverrez à M. [Ledru?]
lui disant que c’est Conformément à sa lettre du 15, mais
je crois que le Trésor ne le permettra pas longtemps, car Il manque de fonds
actuellement.
Tout à vous [paraphe]
Letter text - Page 2
English translation
directly to Mr [name uncertain] that he may receive the notes maturing in three to four months which would be paid to him as customs revenue instead of to [Bl…?], and that he may request some of these notes for [Duvernois?]. When the requested [uncertain word] receipt reaches you, send it to Mr [Ledru?], telling him that this is in accordance with his letter of the 15th. However, I believe that the Treasury will not allow this for long, as it is short of funds at present.
Yours entirely, [paraph]
Notes
The requested receipt is described by one uncertain preceding word. The source reads recette demandée across the line break. The preceding word is not securely crossed out.
Discovery Terms
- Reiset Correspondence 1831
- Financial correspondence
- Revenue collection
- Banking
- Bills of exchange