Treasury payments, supplies and the... (1831)

NRA-L-000872 / 1831

Treasury payments, supplies and the Marchand accounts — Paris, 30 April 1831

Letter discussing Treasury payments, supplementary interest accounts, and the Louis Marchand senior and junior accounts, with instructions concerning Rouen suppliers, the Syndicat and procurement of a tricolour flag.

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NRA-L-000872

NRA-L-000872 image 1 showing a dated financial letter opening with a lower marginal calculation and surviving damaged lower corner. — **Image 1**Letter opening and marginal calculation - Paris, 30 April 1831.

NRA-L-000872 image 2 showing the handwritten continuation, closing paraph, folds and preserved loss at the lower left corner. — **Image 2**Letter continuation and closing paraph - 30 April 1831.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000872
Date: 1831-04-30
Original date: Paris30avril1831
Type: Correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Unidentified sender
Places: Paris
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Letter opening and marginal calculation - Paris, 30 April 1831; Letter continuation and closing paraph - 30 April 1831; 2 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000872.

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Letter opening and marginal calculation - Paris, 30 April 1831

Original transcript

Paris 30 avril 1831.

J’ai demandé au Trésor le renvoi pour Paris du Billet
Girard de 2000 f, en voici un autre dont on me fait enfin espérer
le payement à l’Échéance, vous l’entrerez en remplacement
de l’autre quand on vous le renverra et dans un mois environ on
pourra l’escompter au Trésor.
[Chaulet?] a acheté les 5000 f [dem.?] Rente à 86 f.45.
Voici cette lettre de Mᵣ Gaillard d’Eure et Loir, vous voyez qu’il
était question d’une Rem. au Trésor contre un Mandat sur moi que
j’ai autorisé à 15 de Date, ce qui est bien différent de [sa remise?].
Je vous prie de me donner Copie de votre lettre en réponse.
Les fournisseurs du [mot biffé; ajout: marché?] [Moreau?] se sont organisés
définitivement, ils ont arrêté définitivement au 15 février
l’époque du règlement de tous les Comptes, il faudra donc
établir un Compte d’Intérêts supplémentaire qui portera toutes les
sommes postérieures au dernier Règlement fait au 10 9bre et
y comprendre les Intérêts postérieurs.
N’est ce pas ? Il n’y a rien d’écrit au Compte Louis Marchand fils depuis
1829 et le Compte reste toujours débiteur de 7500 f.
N’est ce pas vous avez soldé le Compte Louis Marchand Père pr
668 f au 1ᵉʳ janvier 1831 et qu’y a-t-il d’écrit en 1831 ?
Réponse par lettres séparées.
Voici Certificats d’Inscription au nom de Mᵣ Rideau
Mᵣ [Fouqueron?] prie M. [Mondary?] d’en recevoir les Intérêts pour
son Compte, vous m’en donnerez la note et Je [payerai?].

[Calcul dans la marge gauche]
6545.60
5877.60
————
668.

Notes

Documentary annotation: [petite marque soulignée en haut à gauche]

Letter opening and marginal calculation - Paris, 30 April 1831

English translation

Paris, 30 April 1831.

I have asked the Treasury to return the Girard bill for 2,000 francs to Paris. Here is another, which they at last give me reason to hope will be paid at maturity. You will enter it in place of the other when it is returned to you, and in about a month it will be possible to discount it at the Treasury.
[Chaulet?] has bought the 5,000 francs [abbreviated qualifier: dem.?] of rente at 86.45 francs.
Here is this letter from Mr Gaillard of Eure-et-Loir. You see that it concerned a remittance to the Treasury against a draft on me, which I authorized at fifteen days from its date. This is very different from [his remittance?]. Please give me a copy of your letter in reply.
The suppliers for the [crossed-out word; addition: contract?] of [Moreau?] have organized themselves definitively. They have finally fixed 15 February as the date for settling all the accounts. It will therefore be necessary to prepare a supplementary interest account carrying all the sums subsequent to the last settlement made on 10 November, including the subsequent interest.
Is that not so? Nothing has been entered in Louis Marchand junior’s account since 1829, and the account still shows a debit of 7,500 francs.
Is it not the case that you settled Louis Marchand senior’s account with 668 francs on 1 January 1831, and what has been entered in 1831?
Reply in separate letters.
Here are certificates of inscription in Mr Rideau’s name. Mr [Fouqueron?] asks Mr [Mondary?] to collect the interest on his account. You will give me the statement, and I will [pay?].

[Calculation in the left margin]
6,545.60
5,877.60
Difference: 668.

Notes

Documentary annotation: [small underlined mark at upper left]
Left-margin calculation: 6545.60 − 5877.60 = 668; entered separately below.

Letter continuation and closing paraph - 30 April 1831

Original transcript

Dites lui que si le Maire lui parle encore de mettre
mon nom en tête des fournisseurs de Rouen pour les [Eff.?]
[du 1ᵉʳ quart?], il lui dira que cela ne se peut, qu’ayant fourni
ici nous devons régler directement cette affaire avec le
Recevr général. D’ailleurs nous avons fait déjà des avances bien
plus fortes, Je regrette de ne pouvoir consentir à ce qu’il désire.
[Cet après?] : Le Syndicat outre le Crédᵗ. de 100000 f qu’il vous
annonce vient de Reçevoir encore 150000 f à leur Compte au Trésor.
Faites enfin écritures une fois date du 30 avril.
Je reçois V. lettre du 29 Cᵗ.
Je vois encor de bien petits effets échéans, mais donnez, c’est
toujours des Retours et c’est pr. mon propre Compte.
Je vois votre Remise à M. Godot.
Je répondrai à [Delpiau?].
Sans doute il faut un drapeau tricolore [pas?] d’autre en
[velours?], et [mot surchargé] [Justin?] en fera peindre dans tous cas
si on ne trouve pas où acheter convenablement, ou en
attendant que vous [taquiniez?] le fournisseur.
Tout à vous
[paraphe]

Letter continuation and closing paraph - 30 April 1831

English translation

Tell him that if the mayor speaks to him again about putting my name at the head of the suppliers of Rouen for the [abbreviation: Eff.?] [of the first quarter?], he is to say that this is impossible. Having supplied here, we must settle this matter directly with the Receiver General. Besides, we have already made much larger advances. I regret being unable to consent to what he wants.
[This afternoon?] The Syndicat, besides the credit of 100,000 francs which it announces to you, has just received another 150,000 francs on its account at the Treasury. Do finally make the entries, once and for all, dated 30 April.
I have received your letter of the 29th of this month.
I still see very small bills falling due, but send them. They are return remittances all the same, and for my own account.
I see your remittance to Mr Godot.
I shall reply to [Delpiau?].
Certainly, a tricolour flag is needed, [no?] other one in [velvet?], and [overwritten word] [Justin?] will have some painted in any case if they cannot be bought on suitable terms, or while waiting for you to [press?] the supplier.
Yours entirely.
[paraph]

Notes

Signature is a paraph, not a securely established expanded identity.

Discovery Terms

Reiset Correspondence 1831
Treasury
Interest accounts
Supplies
Financial correspondence
Paris
Flags

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