Payment receipts, Chaulet’s account... (1831)

NRA-L-000879 / 1831

Payment receipts, Chaulet’s account and collection of drafts — Paris, 24 April 1831

Instructions on receipts and accounting, including a debit of 150 francs to Louis Reiset, a bill for 1900 francs sent to Mr Roy, rent and termination, and collection of suppliers’ payment orders for a half-per-cent commission. The right and lower edges are damaged.

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NRA-L-000879

NRA-L-000879 image 1 showing a dated handwritten letter with a damaged right paper edge, surviving projecting fragments and lower marginal text. — **Image 1**Letter with damaged right edge - Paris, 24 April 1831.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000879
Date: 1831-04-24
Original date: Paris24avril1831
Type: Correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Unidentified sender
Places: Paris
Extent: 1 documentary side: Letter with damaged right edge - Paris, 24 April 1831; 1 digital image.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000879.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Letter with damaged right edge - Paris, 24 April 1831

Original transcript

Paris 24 avril 1831.

Le Sᵣ [Gris?] [mot biffé] qui est absent écrit qu’il sera de
retour vers le 10 mai et qu’il payera à son arrivée entre [bord droit endommagé]
mains de mon frère, ainsi pour régler cet objet de 150 f vous
n’avez qu’à le porter au débit de Louis Reiset en C.te.
Je reçois V. Lettre d’hier.
Quant à [Beaumonville?] J’ai remarqué que votre Erreur était ve[…] [bord droit endommagé]
de ce que vous pensiez qu’il y avait eu un payement depui[…] [bord droit endommagé]
Celui de 12442.46 du 28 mars, tandis que c’est à celui-ci que
se rapportait la quittance que je vous avais envoyée.
Aussitôt que vous aurez des nouvelles de l’Effet de 1900 f que vous avez
envoyé à M. Roy, je vous serai obligé de m’en donner.
Je noterai au C.te Chaulet le Versᵗ de M. [Desvilliers?] de 2471.63 [bord droit endommagé].
Je vois le [Respᵗ?] de M. Jaune en 99,836.77. Voyez Nᵒˢ au do[…] [bord droit endommagé].
Ces traites portent-elles mon Domicile ou bien encore celui de
M. [Demiaunay?] ou un autre ? Cela donnerait de l’Embarras pour le Recouvrement.
Je vois l’envoy N° 54.
Le Loyer de M. Lefort Court en effet du 1. Janvier, mais j’ai
Consenti la Résiliation au 1. avril ; si donc on est d’accord sur la somme
il n’y aurait pas d’inconvénient à donner la quittance pʳ. solde.
Je ne vois pas grand Risque à encaisser les mandats sur les Fournisseurs
à ma portée ou à Celle des Receveurs Gˣ, je préfère donc que vous
répondiez que je m’en chargerai pour l’en Créditer à l’Échéance et lui rem[…] [bord droit endommagé]
de Mandats valeur à [l’?] Échéance, mais avec 1/2 p. % de Commission pour tous frais.
Vous ajouterez ce que vous diriez au sujet des Inscriptions pʳ. frais de [poursuite(s)?].
Cela est bien différent des [125?] petits mandats de Lalande que vous avez bien f[…] [bord endommagé]
de renvoyer tous.
[paraphe au bas]

Notes

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

Letter with damaged right edge - Paris, 24 April 1831

English translation

Paris, 24 April 1831.

Mr [Gris?] [crossed-out word], who is away, writes that he will return around 10 May and will pay on arrival into [damaged right edge] my brother’s hands. To settle this item of 150 francs, you need only debit Louis Reiset’s account.
I have received your letter of yesterday.
As to [Beaumonville?], I noticed that your error arose [damaged right edge] because you thought that there had been a payment after [damaged right edge] the one of 12,442.46 on 28 March, whereas it was to that payment that the receipt I sent you related.
As soon as you have news of the bill for 1,900 francs which you sent to Mr Roy, I should be obliged if you would tell me.
I shall note in Chaulet’s account the payment of 2,471.63 from Mr [Desvilliers?] [damaged right edge].
I see Mr Jaune’s [abbreviation uncertain] for 99,836.77. See the numbers on the back [damaged right edge]. Do these drafts bear my payment address, or Mr [Demiaunay?]’s, or someone else’s? That would cause difficulties for collection.
I see dispatch No. 54.
Mr Lefort’s rent does indeed run from 1 January, but I agreed to the termination as of 1 April. If the amount is therefore agreed, there would be no objection to giving a receipt in full settlement.
I see little risk in collecting payment orders drawn on suppliers within my reach or that of the general receivers. I therefore prefer you to reply that I shall handle this and credit him at maturity, and [remit…; damaged right edge] payment orders with value at maturity, but with a commission of one-half per cent for all expenses. You will add what you would say about the registered securities for the costs of [recovery proceedings?].
This is quite different from Lalande’s [125?] small payment orders, all of which you were quite right [damaged edge] to return.
[paraph at foot]

Notes

Documentary annotation: [small underlined mark at upper left]
The original right and lower edges are damaged, interrupting several line endings. These losses are distinguished from surviving words that remain uncertain.

Discovery Terms

Reiset Correspondence 1831
Accounts
Receipts
Bills of exchange
Bank collections

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