Accounts, lost bills and payment... (1831)

NRA-L-000889 / 1831

Accounts, lost bills and payment instructions — Paris, 14 April 1831

Letter discussing account entries, lost bills and a sight-payment instruction involving Blanchard, payable in Strasbourg.

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NRA-L-000889

NRA-L-000889 image 1 showing a dated handwritten letter with account instructions, a closing paraph and a lower marginal addition. — **Image 1**Letter and account instructions - Paris, 14 April 1831.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000889
Date: 1831-04-14
Original date: Paris14avril1831
Type: Correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Unidentified sender
Places: Paris
Extent: 1 documentary side: Letter and account instructions - Paris, 14 April 1831; 1 digital image.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000889.

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Transcript and English translation

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Letter and account instructions - Paris, 14 April 1831

Original transcript

Paris 14 avril 1831

Je vous renvoye les Comptes [Paccard?] réglés pr
mon [M.t?] à son ordre de
fr 596.71. au 20 du [Cᵗ?] sur le Syndicat.
avisez le lui de cette disposition.
J’ai écrit 244.60. pr effets égarés, parce qu’il me semble qu’il y
avait un Compte ouvert sous ce nom, si cela n’est pas,
passez les à Profits et pertes.
Je croyais les 45 f déjà écrits au Cte [nom non déchiffré], il
faudra lui aviser ce débit.
J’ai écrit les 550 au Cte de [Didier?], en attendant que je
puisse savoir ce que c’est que cette gratification réellement.
Je reçois V. lettre d’hier — Je n’aurai rien à répondre.
Regardez encore entre mes écritures et [recompulsez?] si vs
n’y trouvez pas le Compte de [selles?].
Je ferai une réponse au préfet d’après la lettre de [nom non déchiffré].
Mille amitiés, adieu
[paraphe]

[Ajout inférieur gauche]
Dites au Syndicat de Créditer pr
mon débit mon Collègue [désignation locale non déchiffrée] de
fr 100. valeur de ce Jour,
c’est pr remboursement que j’ai tiré ordre
M. Blanchard à Vue payable à Strasbourg
Débitez au Compte Blanchard.

Notes

Documentary annotation: e / [trait] [en haut à gauche]

Letter and account instructions - Paris, 14 April 1831

English translation

Paris, 14 April 1831

I return the settled [Paccard?] accounts, for my [draft?] to his order for 596.71 francs, on the 20th [of the current month?], on the Syndicate. Notify him of this arrangement.
I entered 244.60 for lost bills, because it seems to me that there was an account open under that name. If that is not the case, enter them in profit and loss.
I thought the 45 francs had already been entered in the account of [undeciphered name]; he will have to be notified of this debit.
I entered the 550 in [Didier’s?] account, until I can find out what this gratuity actually is.
I have received your letter of yesterday — I shall have nothing to answer.
Look again among my entries and [search again?] if you do not find the [selles?] account.
I shall make a reply to the prefect according to the letter from [undeciphered name].
A thousand kind regards, goodbye.
[Paraph]

[Addition at the lower left]
Tell the Syndicate to credit my colleague [undeciphered designation] with 100 francs, debiting me, value today. It is for reimbursement that I drew to the order of Mr Blanchard, at sight, payable in Strasbourg. Debit the Blanchard account.

Notes

Documentary annotation: e / [stroke] [at the upper left]
Certain proper names, account labels and compressed instrument/date abbreviations remain locally uncertain and are marked in brackets. References to enclosures do not identify any other surviving item.

Discovery Terms

Reiset Correspondence 1831
Financial correspondence
Accounting
Bills of exchange
Paris

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