Correction of a receipt amount... (1831)

NRA-L-000881 / 1831

Correction of a receipt amount, collection at Dieppe and share interest — Paris, 22 April 1831

Directs the distribution of eleven francs according to an enclosed note, the collection of a 1,900-franc order in Dieppe and the correction of a receipt from 2,443.46 to 12,442.46. Four shares are in Schneider’s hands. Their interest amounts to 1,072 francs, also shown by a separate calculation.

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NRA-L-000881

NRA-L-000881 image 1 showing a dated handwritten letter with an upper left note, closing signature, lower right arithmetic and an original turned paper corner. — **Image 1**Letter with upper and lower annotations - Paris, 22 April 1831.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000881
Date: 1831-04-22
Original date: Paris22avril1831
Type: Correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Unidentified sender
Places: Paris
Extent: 1 documentary side: Letter with upper and lower annotations - Paris, 22 April 1831; 1 digital image.
Signature: [partly legible signature]
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000881.

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Transcript and English translation

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Letter with upper and lower annotations - Paris, 22 April 1831

Original transcript

Paris 22 avril 1831.

Débitez petite Caisse de
11 f que V. remettrez à Mad. [Gillet?] pour les distribuer selon la Note jointe.
Envoyez à M. Roy de Dieppe le petit mandat [Girard?] de 1900 f en
le priant de donner des soins particuliers à ce Recouvrement, ce dont
Je lui serai [barré : particulièrement] obligé.
Je vous retourne la quittance [Beaumarch…?], c’est par erreur que
vous ne l’avez Cotée que pour 2443.46, elle est bien de 12442.46,
la précédente doit se trouver dans la liasse [mot barré] [de novembre?].
Je n’entends plus parler de l’affaire de Moreau avec la ville
ni celle du pauvre Demange. Dites [lui?] en quelque [phrase interrompue].
Je reçois V. Lettre d’hier.
Les 4 actions que vous trouvez encor avec raison manquer
à mes [Salines?], sont entre les mains de Schneider (qui devrait les
prendre), vous les débiterez de 1072 f pr. les Intérêts des actions.
J’attends le payement de Grins.
J’ai remis V. Lettre à Chaulet.
Je vois l’envoi N° 53, Je m’étonne toujours de la pénurie
d’espèces puisque voilà [2,550 m?] f d’écus sortis de Rouen
par moi seul.
Mille amitiés
[signature partiellement lisible]

[Calcul inférieur droit]
268
4
————
1072

Notes

Documentary annotation: f2471.63 reçu de Mr Villers par Mr [Binière?] pr. Cte de Mr [Brunet?]
Documentary annotation: [petite marque soulignée en haut à gauche]

Letter with upper and lower annotations - Paris, 22 April 1831

English translation

Paris, 22 April 1831.

Debit petty cash with 11 francs, which you will give to Mme [Gillet?] to distribute as directed in the enclosed note.
Send Mr Roy of Dieppe the small [Girard?] payment order for 1,900 francs, asking him to take particular care over its collection; for which I shall be [crossed out: particularly] obliged to him.
I am returning the receipt [Beaumarch…?]. It is by mistake that you have entered it at only 2,443.46; it is indeed for 12,442.46. The preceding one must be in the [November?] bundle [one word crossed out].
I no longer hear anything about Moreau’s affair with the town, nor that of poor Demange. Tell [him?] something about it … [sentence breaks off].
I have received your letter of yesterday.
The four shares which, as you rightly observe, are still missing from my [saltworks?] holdings are in Schneider’s hands (he ought to take them). You will debit them with 1,072 francs for the interest on the shares.
I am awaiting payment from Grins.
I have handed your letter to Chaulet.
I see dispatch No. 53. I continue to be surprised at the shortage of cash, since I alone have taken [2,550 m?] francs in coin out of Rouen.
A thousand kind regards.
[partly legible signature]

[Calculation at lower right]
268
4
————
1072

Notes

Documentary annotation: 2,471.63 francs received from Mr Villers by Mr [Binière?], for Mr [Brunet?]’s account.
Documentary annotation: [small underlined mark at upper left]
The previous receipt is assigned to a bundle, possibly that for November. The short instruction about Demange breaks off at the end of the written line. The notation of the sum in écus is retained without expanding its uncertain final sign.

Discovery Terms

Reiset Correspondence 1831
Receipts
Accounts
Bills of exchange
Shares
Dieppe
Rouen

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