Paris letter on remittances and... (1831)

NRA-L-000869 / 1831

Paris letter on remittances and securities, 2 May 1831

Letter discussing financial authority, an interim remittance of 35,000 francs and possible authorization to make up 75,000 francs, with a separate marginal rente list. Some wording in the opening and securities instructions remains uncertain.

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NRA-L-000869

NRA-L-000869 image 1 showing a handwritten Paris letter dated 2 May 1831 with financial instructions, folds and a closing signature or paraph. — **Image 1**Letter text and signature - Paris, 2 May 1831.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000869
Date: 1831-05-02
Original date: Paris2Mai1831
Type: Correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Unidentified sender
Places: Paris
Extent: 1 documentary side: Letter text and financial instructions; 1 digital image.
Signature: [Henry?]
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000869.

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Transcript and English translation

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Letter text and financial instructions

Original transcript

Paris 2 Mai 1831.

J’ai reçu V. Lettre d’hier.
J’espère que ma lettre de Dimanche vous sera arrivée
plus tôt par la Diligence Laffitte.
Je n’ai pas ici (vous écrivant du Syndicat) mes papiers
mais Je crois que vous avez les dates justes, cependant pour
la dernière [mot non déchiffré] demain, ainsi s’il vous reste du doute à cet
égard, suspendez [d’arrêter?] le Cᵗᵉ Moreau.

Je regrette que vous ne vous soyez pas borné à dire [mot rayé]
simplement à M. [Stabler?] que vous attendiez une lettre de moi
sur sa demande, ne pouvant répondre de rien faire sans mon
autorisation, si toutefois vous ne pensiez pas devoir le faire sur
une lettre qui doit établir que Je [devois?] avoir des
Valeurs pour le surplus disponibles, mais qu’il n’en avoit pas
pour le moment. Je ne le laisserai pas dans l’Embarras et
lui ferai remettre les 35,000 f en attendant. J’attendrai
sa réponse pour vous écrire, J’ai quelque désir de vous
autoriser à lui compléter les 75,000 f dont il a besoin. Je
m’entendrai avec lui pour la contre-valeur, vous entendez
bien que je ne puis le laisser en souffrance, d’ailleurs il est
en très bonne position, mais il auroit dû m’en écrire
un peu plus tôt.

Je vois le [désignation et nom incertains] qui est un énergique et
[j’en suis?] bien aise de le Connaître.
Mille amitiés, [Henry?]

[Note dans la marge gauche]
pr M. Dubos.
f 780. Rte 3%.
au mieux
par Chaillet
f 200. 5% [Languillet?]
340 ″ Boivin
[Champsceaux?]
300. [Lerenuis?]
Vve [Lamprain?]
————
840.

Notes

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

Letter text and financial instructions

English translation

Paris, 2 May 1831.

I have received your letter of yesterday.
I hope that my Sunday letter reached you sooner by the Laffitte diligence.
I do not have my papers here (I am writing to you from the Syndicate), but I think you have the correct dates. However, as for the last date, [word undeciphered] tomorrow; so if you still have any doubt in this respect, postpone [closing?] the Moreau account.

I regret that you did not confine yourself to telling Mr [Stabler?] simply [crossed-out word] that you were awaiting a letter from me concerning his request, as you could not undertake to do anything without my authorization, unless you thought you should do so on the basis of a letter that is to establish that I [was to?] have securities available for the remainder, but that he had none at the moment. I shall not leave him in difficulty and shall have 35,000 francs remitted to him in the meantime. I shall await his reply before writing to you. I am somewhat inclined to authorize you to make up the 75,000 francs he needs. I shall reach an understanding with him about the equivalent value. You understand that I cannot leave him in difficulty. Besides, he is in a very good position, but he should have written to me about it a little sooner.

I see the [designation and name uncertain], who is an energetic man, and [I am?] very glad to know him.
A thousand kind regards, [Henry?]

[Note in the left margin]
For Mr Dubos.
780 francs, 3% rente.
At the best obtainable terms.
Through Chaillet.
200 francs, 5%, [Languillet?]
340, ditto, Boivin
[Champsceaux?]
300, [Lerenuis?]
Widow [Lamprain?]
Total 840.

Notes

Documentary annotation: [small undeciphered mark or paraph at upper left]
The 35,000 francs are to be remitted in the meantime. Making up the 75,000 francs is a possible further authorization, not an already issued instruction. One word before “tomorrow” in the opening remains unread; the subsequent conditional instruction concerning the Moreau account is restored, with its uncertain infinitive marked. Individual names and the form devois/devrois remain qualified. The left-margin list is transcribed once.

Discovery Terms

Reiset Correspondence 1831
Remittances
Rente
Financial correspondence
Syndicate

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