NRA-L-000898 / 1831
Letter concerning Bank of France transactions and purchases of government annuities, 5 April 1831
A Paris letter discussing remittances and drawings on the Bank of France, a proposed annuity purchase involving a 90,000-franc instrument, cash-account entries, commercial supplies and a circular. A separate accounting annotation appears below the closing on the reverse.
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NRA-L-000898
Transcript and English translation
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Letter with financial instructions - Paris, 5 April 1831
Original transcript
Paris 5 avril 1831.
Sur les 158,981.72 sur Paris que vous m’avez remis le 30 mars
J’ai remis 30,000 f auj. à Chaulet
et 128,981.72 à la Banque de France, débitez l’en.
J’ai par contre tiré sur elle O. de [Seyret?] les Mandats Cy après
du 4 — 43,000 f
du 5 — 60,000 f
du 6 — 25,000 f
Tot. 128,000. prenez en note d’avance.
M. [Huet?] avoué est venu me prier d’acheter de la Rente pour lui;
il vous fera présenter une Lettre de 90,000 f à toucher le 15, Il
dit que cette Lettre porte la signature d’un Notaire bien connu, qu’il est
lui même bien connu pour être très solide, Je prie donc M. [Jouffroy?]
de s’informer de lui, ou s’il le trouve bon, lui ou son effet, on
pourra le recevoir pour versement du montant de la Rente à acheter
pour lui, sauf escompte comme à l’Ordinaire, il ne voudroit pas
attendre le 15, parce que il pourroit faire le prix à 75 f ou 75.10.
Je n’y vois point d’Inconvénient.
Débitez Votre Caisse de
f. 1,300 pour arrérages des 2600 f rente qui avoient été déposées
pour Cᵗᵉ de [Moreau?] à la C. des Consignations.
510. reçus de la [Comp.ᵉ?] du Théâtre.
Voici la Note de M. Guiffard avec une réponse en
marge après m’en être entendu avec M. [Anquetil?].
Dites lui que M. Gauthier [Lagoyoin?] [mot biffé] tourmente beaucoup pour
prendre ses fournitures, il dit qu’il a été à Rouen et que mon frère
[de Paris?] lui a dit qu’il me parleroit de lui et m’engager à s’en servir,
que Michaud étoit en mauvaises affaires là, J’ai répondu que j’attendrais
pour abandonner ce dernier que je fusse certain qu’il ne prenait un bien
[mot incertain], qu’au surplus J’en causerais avec M. Guiffard mais que je croyais
[ligne ajoutée au bas] que Michaud m’avoit consenti déjà toutes les réductions offertes par Gauthier.
Notes
Documentary annotation: [marque soulignée en haut à gauche]
Letter with financial instructions - Paris, 5 April 1831
English translation
Paris, 5 April 1831.
Of the 158,981.72 on Paris which you handed me on 30 March, I have remitted 30,000 francs to Chaulet today and 128,981.72 to the Bank of France; debit it with this.
On the other hand, I have drawn on it the following orders, to the order of [Seyret?]:
on the 4th — 43,000 francs;
on the 5th — 60,000 francs;
on the 6th — 25,000 francs;
total 128,000. Make a note of it in advance.
Mr [Huet?], a legal representative, came to ask me to buy government annuities for him. He will have a letter for 90,000 francs presented to you, to be collected on the 15th. He says that this letter bears the signature of a well-known notary and that he himself is well known to be very sound. I therefore ask Mr [Jouffroy?] to make inquiries about him. If he finds either the man or his instrument good, it may be accepted as payment for the annuities to be purchased for him, subject to discount as usual. He would not wish to wait until the 15th, because he could fix the price at 75 francs or 75.10. I see no objection to it.
Debit your cash account with:
1300 francs for arrears on the 2600 francs of annuities which had been deposited on [Moreau?]’s account at the deposits office;
510 received from the theatre [company?].
Here is Mr Guiffard’s note, with a reply in the margin after conferring with Mr [Anquetil?].
Tell him that Mr Gauthier [Lagoyoin?] [crossed-out word] is pressing hard to take over his supplies. He says that he has been to Rouen and that my brother [from Paris?] told him that he would speak to me about him and urge me to use his services, and that Michaud was in financial difficulties there. I replied that I would wait before dropping the latter until I was certain that he was not taking a property [uncertain word]. In any case I would discuss it with Mr Guiffard, but I believed
[Line added at the foot:] that Michaud had already granted me all the reductions offered by Gauthier.
Notes
Documentary annotation: [Underlined mark at upper left] The ordinary discount is retained in the 90,000-franc proposal. One word qualifying the property in the supply discussion and several names remain uncertain. The foot addition continues the final sentence.
Letter continuation, closing and additional annotations - 5 April 1831
Original transcript
Voici une Circulaire qu’il m’a remis, Vous pourrez la
Communiquer à M. Guiffard et à M. Mondary en même tems, mais je
crois que déjà les Impressions relatives aux promesses sont commencées
à Rouen.
Voici aussi l’autre note de Guiffard et l’imprimé de la Lettre des
receveurs Particuliers.
+ n’y a-t-il pas en Janvier dʳ un article de 1000 f au débit de mon frère
le Général par le Crédit du Syndicat?
Je reçois V. Lettre d’hier.
Je vois que Bourgeois et [Juinon?] ne fourniront guère le [Recommandé?]
du feu Bourgeois, Je vais m’occuper du remplacement demandé.
Mille amitiés à [la petite?].
[signature: Meurez?]
Notes
Documentary annotation: 1831 Janv.21. f 1000. payé le 19 J. [abréviation non développée] par le Syndicat fév.4 1500 id le 6 Janv à Vassal [pʳ?] Chaulet Crédité le 10 février. de f 176 — remis par Coligny à [V.?] Reiset 980 id à Mʳ Reiset en fin Mars. [Manuel?, souligné.]
Letter continuation, closing and additional annotations - 5 April 1831
English translation
Here is a circular which he handed me. You may communicate it to Mr Guiffard and Mr Mondary at the same time, but I believe that printing relating to the promises has already begun in Rouen.
Here is also Guiffard’s other note and the printed letter of the local receivers.
+ Was there not an entry this past January of 1,000 francs to the debit of my brother, the General, through the Syndicate’s credit?
I have received your letter of yesterday.
I see that Bourgeois and [Juinon?] will scarcely supply the late Bourgeois’s [recommended candidate?]. I shall attend to the replacement requested.
A thousand kind regards to [the little one?].
[Signature: Meurez?]
Notes
Documentary annotation: 1831 21 January: 1,000 francs, paid by the Syndicate on the 19th J. [abbreviation not expanded]. 4 February: 1,500, likewise, on 6 January to Vassal [for/by?] Chaulet. Credited on 10 February. 176 francs — handed over by Coligny to [V.?] Reiset; 980, likewise, to Mr Reiset at the end of March. [Manuel?, underlined.] The separate accounting annotation records payments and credits independently of the question in the letter. It contains a compressed date abbreviation and one compressed relationship marker. The references to papers do not establish a surviving enclosure in these scans.
Discovery Terms
- Reiset Correspondence 1831
- Bank of France
- Government annuities
- Bills of exchange
- Financial accounts