Discount-office inquiries... (1831)

NRA-L-000887 / 1831

Discount-office inquiries, correspondence and loan instructions — Paris, 16 April 1831

Asks about the discount office and the Receiver General of the Dordogne, discusses account differences and delivery of correspondence, and requests notice in Rouen newspapers concerning a subscription. Refers to an ordinance and further financial instructions.

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NRA-L-000887

NRA-L-000887 image 1 showing a dated handwritten letter with dense lower writing, an inkblot and an original turned upper corner. — **Image 1**Letter with financial instructions - Paris, 16 April 1831.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000887
Date: 1831-04-16
Original date: Paris 16 avril 1831
Type: Correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Unidentified sender
Places: Paris
Extent: 1 documentary side: Letter with financial instructions - Paris, 16 April 1831; 1 digital image.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000887.

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Letter with financial instructions - Paris, 16 April 1831

Original transcript

Paris 16 avril 1831.

Je vous ai déjà prié de demander à M. [Ferrer?] si le
Comptoir d’escompte a eu satisfaction du Receveur Gᵃˡ de la
Dordogne, il m’importe de le savoir.
[Vannoir?] a reconnu Son erreur de 6.85. faut donc solder,
mais n’a pu donner Renseignements sur les 5.50 que je vois au
d’escompte au Compte du virement, si vous n’en avez pas retrouvé
l’objet complet, portez le à profits et pertes.
Je reçois V. Lettre d’hier.
Je remettrai Votre Lettre à Chaulet, M. [Dejean?] sentira
d’autant mieux la nécessité d’écrire toujours dans ses demandes
les noms en gros Caractères bien lisibles.
Je vois que vous m’annoncez encor pr. Lundi des Envois Nᵒ
48 et 49, la diligence n’est elle donc pas chargée Vendredi soir?
d’un autre côté n’y a-t-il donc plus de papiers qu’on puisse
prendre en Sécurité?
Je vois la Soumission de [Dollfus?], Je crois qu’il faut
en donner l’avis de suite si cela n’est pas déjà fait,
aux deux journaux de Rouen pour qu’ils insèrent cette
lettre, M. [Moulainy?] prendra quelques Notes.
Dites à M. Guiffard que d’après l’ordonnance Relative
du 12 avril que je Connois bien, tout est changé pour les
écritures qu’il ne faut plus porter au Compte de Dépôts et Consignations,
il faut suivre la Lettre du Sr [Ruelle?], vous recevrez désormais
d’après l’Instruction de M. [Roland?] pour les Rentes, cet objet
sera Considéré comme Revenu public, donnez donc provisoirement
vos récépissés à Talon, voilà tout.
Mille amitiés. [Laffitte?]
[paraphe]

Notes

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

Letter with financial instructions - Paris, 16 April 1831

English translation

Paris, 16 April 1831.

I have already asked you to inquire of Mr [Ferrer?] whether the discount office has obtained satisfaction from the Receiver General of the Dordogne. It matters to me to know this.
[Vannoir?] has acknowledged his error of 6.85; it must therefore be settled. But he could not give information about the 5.50 which I see under discount on the transfer account. If you have not traced the complete item, post it to profit and loss.
I have received your letter of yesterday.
I shall pass your letter to Chaulet. Mr [Dejean?] will all the better appreciate the need always to write the names in his requests in large, clearly legible characters.
I see that you are again announcing Dispatches Nos. 48 and 49 for Monday. Is the stagecoach not then loaded on Friday evening?
On the other hand, are there no longer any papers that can be taken safely?
I see [Dollfus’s?] subscription. I think that, unless this has already been done, notice of it should immediately be given to the two Rouen newspapers so that they insert this letter. Mr [Moulainy?] will take a few notes.
Tell Mr Guiffard that, under the relevant ordinance of 12 April, which I know well, everything has changed for accounting entries, which must no longer be entered in the account of Deposits and Consignments. The letter of Mr [Ruelle?] must be followed. Henceforth you are to receive in accordance with Mr [Roland’s?] instruction concerning the annuities. This matter will be considered as public revenue; therefore provisionally issue your counterfoil receipts. That is all.
A thousand kind regards. [Laffitte?]
[paraph]

Notes

Documentary annotation: [small underlined mark at upper left]
Several personal names remain uncertain and marked. The ordinance and related instructions are reported as the writer’s statements. The closing name is tentative, not a secure sender attribution. Paper loss is preserved.

Discovery Terms

Reiset Correspondence 1831
Accounting
Public loans
Discounting
Correspondence

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