Paris letter on payment due dates and... (1831)

NRA-L-000867 / 1831

Paris letter on payment due dates and a payment order, 5 May 1831

Acknowledges a letter of 4 May, discusses Stabler’s journey, payment maturities, an account for supplies to be credited on 1 June and a remittance of 1000 francs. A colleague’s letter permits reimbursement of a payment order when presented; several names remain qualified.

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NRA-L-000867

NRA-L-000867 image 1 showing a handwritten Paris letter dated 5 May 1831 with financial instructions, folds and a closing signature or paraph. — **Image 1**Letter text and signature - Paris, 5 May 1831.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000867
Date: 1831-05-05
Original date: Paris5Mai1831
Type: Correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Unidentified sender
Places: Paris
Extent: 1 documentary side: Letter text and financial instructions; 1 digital image.
Signature: [Després?]
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000867.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Letter text and financial instructions

Original transcript

Paris 5 Mai 1831

Je reçois V. Lettre du 4.
Je vois que le voyage [de M.?] Stabler est déterminé, Je vous
préviendrai quelques Jours d’avance.
Les Échéances des payemens pʳ [Andrieux?] sont bien
Celles que vous m’aviez indiquées.
mais vous avez un Compte de fournitures qu’il
m’avoit faites et dont Je dois porter le montant à
son Crédit [valeur Commune?] au 1. Juin.
Je vois V. Envoi de 1000 f.
Voici lettre du Collègue de [Chartres?] d’après laquelle
vous pouvez rembourser le Mandat fait sur
[Lebœuf?] quand on vous le présentera.

tout à vous [Després?]

Notes

Documentary annotation: [petit signe ou paraphe non déchiffré en haut à gauche]

Letter text and financial instructions

English translation

Paris, 5 May 1831.

I have received your letter of the 4th.
I see that the journey [of Mr?] Stabler has been decided upon; I shall let you know a few days in advance.
The due dates of the payments for [Andrieux?] are indeed those you had indicated to me.
But you have an account for supplies which he had furnished to me, and the amount of which I must enter to his credit [with a common value date?] on 1 June.
I see your remittance of 1,000 francs.
Here is the letter from the colleague at [Chartres?], on the basis of which you can repay the payment order drawn on [Lebœuf?], when it is presented to you.

Yours entirely, [Després?]

Notes

Documentary annotation: [small undeciphered mark or paraph at upper left]
Stabler is a personal name in the journey clause, not the verb installer. The preceding short abbreviation/preposition, several proper names and the common-value-date expression remain qualified. No corresponding enclosure is assigned merely from the mention of a colleague’s letter.

Discovery Terms

Reiset Correspondence 1831
Payments
Payment orders
Commercial accounts

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