Timber-cutting drafts and a repayment... (1831)

NRA-L-000874 / 1831

Timber-cutting drafts and a repayment through Rouen — Paris, 28 April 1831

Letter on petty cash and timber-cutting drafts, with instructions to direct timber merchants to the bank and obtain timely notice of protests. The second side specifies terms for a 25,000-franc repayment through Rouen, payable at maturity or one day earlier, while refusing to undertake advance acceptance.

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NRA-L-000874

NRA-L-000874 image 1 showing a dated handwritten letter opening with an upper left annotation and surviving irregular sheet outline. — **Image 1**Letter opening - Paris, 28 April 1831.

NRA-L-000874 image 2 showing the continuation and closing paraph, with folds and reverse-side show-through. — **Image 2**Letter continuation and closing paraph - 28 April 1831.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000874
Date: 1831-04-28
Original date: Paris28avril1831
Type: Correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Unidentified sender
Places: Paris
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Letter opening - Paris, 28 April 1831; Letter continuation and closing paraph - 28 April 1831; 2 digital images.
Signature: [Després?]
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000874.

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Transcript and English translation

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Letter opening - Paris, 28 April 1831

Original transcript

Paris 28 avril 1831.

J’ai reçu V. lettre d’hier, c’est en effet par petite Caisse
que les [f.?] St. Albin seront portés, si toutefois il vous [refait?]
vos Recouvremens directement.
J’espère que les signataires de traites Coupes de bois du Roi
n’iront pas porter leurs fonds chez [Decaenmay?] que tout le
monde fait en faillite et qu’ils viendront naturellement les
porter chez vous où [Decaenmay?] ou bien leurs Camarades
marchands de bois leur diront de venir, il faudra alors
les Renvoyer à la Banque, voilà des allées et des Venues à
n’en pas finir, jusqu’alors jamais on n’avoit [ajout: pas] mis les traites
Coupes de bois à la Banque, il serait bon de ne pas le faire davantage
pour Celles dont s’agit, cependant si déjà les effets sont à la
banque il faudra se borner à y envoyer les souscripteurs,
en Vous faisant informer à tems des protêts, parceque
Ces effets portent eux mêmes des privilèges particuliers
pour les porteurs.
Rien pour les [écritures?] au Cᵗᵉ du Gᵃˡ [Henri?].
Vous pouvez accueillir la lettre non signée de Mʳ [Gideau?] de
Chartres, il était en effet [mot biffé] convenu entre lui et moi qu’il
me demanderait un remboursement par Rouen de 25,000 f
mais à Courts Jours, Je lui ai répondu que je le lui

Notes

Documentary annotation: Drapeau & la fête
Documentary annotation: [petit signe non déchiffré]

Letter opening - Paris, 28 April 1831

English translation

Paris, 28 April 1831.

I have received your letter of yesterday. The [f.?] St. Albin are indeed to be entered through petty cash, provided he [reimburses?] your collections directly.
I hope the signatories of drafts for the King’s timber cuttings will not take their money to [Decaenmay?], whom everyone says is bankrupt, but will naturally bring it to you. [Decaenmay?] or their fellow timber merchants will tell them to come to you. You will then have to send them to the Bank. This means endless coming and going. Until now timber-cutting drafts had never been put at the Bank [additional negative inserted]. It would be good to continue that practice for the drafts in question. However, if the bills are already at the bank, you will have to limit yourself to sending the subscribers there. Have yourself informed in time of any protests, because these instruments themselves carry special privileges for their holders.
Nothing concerning the [entries?] in the account of General [Henri?].
You may accept Mr [Gideau?] of Chartres’s unsigned letter. It had indeed been agreed [word crossed out] between him and me that he would ask me for repayment of 25,000 francs through Rouen, at a short date. I replied that I would give it to him

Notes

Documentary annotation: Flag and celebration.
Documentary annotation: [small undeciphered mark]
The opening abbreviation and reimbursement verb are tentative, as are some personal names. The sentence about the bank contains an inserted second negative.

Letter continuation and closing paraph - 28 April 1831

Original transcript

donnerais à 15 Jours, sa proposition [ajout: du 25] n’est pas la même.
Cependant comme Je ne donnerai aucune espèce
d’acceptation et que Je ne payerai son mandat qu’à
l’Échéance ou la Veille au plus, écrivez lui que j’en reçois
son mandat de [52.25?] pour Commission sur la traite.
J’aurai [mot biffé] à acquitter le mandat de 25,000 f [mot biffé; ajout: à moi]
[avis?] fourni sur Leboeuf à son Échéance du 8 Juin
et qu’il me présentera à son échéance, ce que Je
ferai alors si vous trouvez que les fonds viennent, ce à quoy
Je [mot biffé] me refuserai toutefois à m’engager d’avance par
aucune espèce d’acceptation, car Je ne m’étois engagé
qu’à donner un Mandat à 15 Jours contre versement
d’Espèces à Rouen ainsi que l’on l’avoit demandé, vous
pouvez d’ailleurs [convenir?] vous voyez [mot biffé]
que sa lettre n’est pas signée.
Mille amitiés [Després?]

Letter continuation and closing paraph - 28 April 1831

English translation

at 15 days. His proposal [addition: of the 25th] is different.
However, since I shall give no form of acceptance and will pay his order only at maturity, or at most on the day before, write to him that I am receiving his order for [52.25?] as commission on the draft.
I shall [word crossed out] have to discharge the order for 25,000 francs [word crossed out; addition: to me], [advice?] drawn on Leboeuf, at its maturity on 8 June, which he will present to me when due. I will do so then if you find that the funds are coming in. Nevertheless, I shall [word crossed out] refuse to commit myself to this in advance through any form of acceptance. I had only undertaken to issue an order at 15 days against payment of cash in Rouen, as had been requested. You can moreover [agree?]. You see [word crossed out] that his letter is unsigned.
A thousand friendly wishes, [Després?].

Notes

The commission is probably52.25; the second digit and the abbreviated advice designation are tentative. Payment at maturity or one day earlier is distinguished from advance acceptance.

Discovery Terms

Reiset Correspondence 1831
Bills of exchange
Timber
Banking
Rouen
Financial correspondence

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