Letter concerning annuity purchases... (1831)

NRA-L-000903 / 1831

Letter concerning annuity purchases and payment instructions, 30 March 1831

A Paris letter listing annuity purchases and rates, with further payment and correspondence instructions.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000903

NRA-L-000903 image 1 showing the dated handwritten letter, financial details, original paper folds and complete surviving edges. — **Image 1**Letter - Paris, 30 March 1831.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000903
Date: 1831-03-30
Original date: Paris 30 mars 1831
Type: Correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Unidentified sender
Places: Paris
Extent: 1 documentary side: Letter - Paris, 30 March 1831; 1 digital image.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000903.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Letter - Paris, 30 March 1831.

Original transcript

Paris 30 mars 1831.

[Chaulet?] a acheté hier
500 f. 3% nom [Sicard?] à 48.90.
500 — 5 [idem] à 78.62½
104 — [idem] [Mellot?] — [idem]
120 — [idem] [Cauvin?] — [idem]
400 — [idem] Petit — [idem]
Ils ont profité ainsi de la baisse.
J’en aurois profité aussi si j’avois [biffé] [vendu?] avant
hier Comme j’en avois envie, mais je n’ai rien fait.
Veuillez bien envoyer la lettre incluse à [Forestier?] par
la diligence de Dieppe.
Voici Lettre pr Mondary.
Je reçois V. lettre d’hier, [Vorteau?] a versé 160 f déjà, je croyois
que c’étoit par lettre, je ne puis vous dire si c’est de petite Caisse
en ce moment n’étant pas chez moi.
Je vous renvoye la Lettre de M. [Vannier?] que je viens de voir, ainsi
vous ferez rester disponible ce que nous avons [mot biffé] sur lui.
Voici les ordonnances veuillez envoyer M. [Corzé?] signer demain.
Je [saurai?] bientôt de Guiffard.
Tout à vous [paraphe].

Notes

Documentary annotation: Les achats de rente viennent à propos.
on a [craint?] (bien entendu) quelque [folle?] journée.
on espere voir la hausse reprendre car on compte
toujours sur la paix.

Letter - Paris, 30 March 1831.

English translation

Paris, 30 March 1831.

[Chaulet?] bought yesterday:
500 francs in 3% annuities, in the name of [Sicard?], at 48.90;
500 in 5%, ditto, at 78.62½;
104, ditto, [Mellot?], same rate;
120, ditto, [Cauvin?], same rate;
400, ditto, Petit, same rate.
They thus benefited from the fall in prices. I too would have benefited if I had [crossed out] [sold?] the day before yesterday, as I wished, but I have done nothing.
Please send the enclosed letter to [Forestier?] by the Dieppe coach.
Here is a letter for Mondary.
I have received your letter of yesterday. [Vorteau?] has already paid in 160 francs; I thought it was by letter. I cannot tell you at present whether it is petty cash, since I am not at home.
I return Mr [Vannier?]’s letter; I have just seen him. Thus you will leave available what we have [crossed-out word] against him.
Here are the payment orders; please send Mr [Corzé?] to sign tomorrow. I shall soon [find out?] from Guiffard. Entirely yours, [initials].

Notes

Documentary annotation: The annuity purchases come at the right moment. There was, of course, [fear?] of some [wild?] day. People hope to see prices rise again, since they still count on peace.
The probable sale before the fall in prices is written over an alteration. The reading of two words in the postscript and of some names is tentative.

Discovery Terms

Reiset Correspondence 1831
Annuities
Stock exchange
Payment instructions

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