Letter concerning bills, liquidation... (1831)

NRA-L-000904 / 1831

Letter concerning bills, liquidation and the Moreau account, 29 March 1831

A Paris letter concerning short-term bills, liquidation and account statements, with a marginal financial figure.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000904

NRA-L-000904 image 1 showing the dated handwritten letter, financial details, original paper folds and complete surviving edges. — **Image 1**Letter - Paris, 29 March 1831.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000904
Date: 1831-03-29
Original date: Paris 29 mars 1831
Type: Correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Unidentified sender
Places: Paris
Extent: 1 documentary side: Letter - Paris, 29 March 1831; 1 digital image.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000904.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Letter - Paris, 29 March 1831.

Original transcript

Paris 29 mars 1831.

[Chaulet?] a disposé déjà
f. 5000 du 5 à 5% bénéfice, ainsi il a déjà 80,850 f
d’assuré pour la liquidation, voir son Bordereau.
Renvoyez moi directement et sans les lui endosser les
Effets Courts que vous aurez de prêts pour cette époque, et les
portant du 1 avril [biffé, remplacé par: je mettrai] les échéances du 2 au 4 à la
banque et ne lui ferai alors encaisser directement que les
Échéances au 5, s’il vous arrive des Effets de cette nature pour le 2, vous les
remettrez alors directement à [Chaulet?], 2000 et au-dessus.
Voici 8,828.37 en Effets que j’ai pris en [la payerie?]
à l’Escompte de 6 p % le 15 mars, lesquels j’ai fait
payer par le Syndicat — 8000 f d’abord portés à Petite Caisse.
Je lui remets aujourd’huy — 828.37 aussi par le Syndicat pour
solde de cette affaire.
M. [Mennes?] me dit que M. [Clerc?] lui a fait remettre
ou 25 mf sur Gontard ou 60 mf sur Jost avec la Signature
des 2 Maisons [Sayès?] et [Kayser?], Je lui mande que je ne puis
prendre que 30 mf des derniers, car ces Messieurs sont en bonne
position.
Je reçois V. lettre d’hier avec [les incluses?]. Je reçois aussi Lettre
de M. [Stabler?], je répondrai au sujet du portier; faites-moi le plaisir de lui
dire ou d’écrire à monsieur [Justin?] qui Couche presentement dans
la maison, qu’il veuille en attendant Continuer les Recherches d’un portier.
L’Enveloppe de ma lettre de Dimanche a été réouverte, je crois, chez
moi avant de l’envoyer.
Je vous prie de m’adresser un nouvel état du Compte Moreau
réglé au 31 mars, mais seulement à partir du dernier Règlement
qui est je croi du 10 novᵇʳᵉ 30. Mille amitiés [paraphe].

Notes

Documentary annotation: + 8928.70 pour.

Letter - Paris, 29 March 1831.

English translation

Paris, 29 March 1831.

[Chaulet?] has already drawn 5000 francs for the 5th at a 5% profit, so he already has 80,850 francs secured for the liquidation; see his statement. Send me directly, without endorsing them to him, the short-term bills you will have ready for that date, and those dated 1 April [crossed out, replaced with: I shall enter], the maturities from the 2nd to the 4th at the Bank; I shall then have him collect directly only the maturities on the 5th. If bills of this kind arrive for the 2nd, you will then hand them directly to [Chaulet?], 2000 and upwards.
Here are 8828.37 in bills which I took [at the pay office?] at a discount of 6 per cent on 15 March, which I had paid by the Syndicate: 8000 francs initially entered in petty cash. Today I hand him 828.37, also through the Syndicate, in settlement of this matter.
Mr [Mennes?] tells me that Mr [Clerc?] had either 25 mf on Gontard or 60 mf on Jost sent to him, bearing the signature of the two houses [Sayès?] and [Kayser?]. I write to him that I can take only 30 mf of the latter, for these gentlemen are in a good position.
I have received your letter of yesterday with [the enclosed letters?]. I have also received Mr [Stabler?]’s letter. I shall reply about the doorman; kindly tell or write to Mr [Justin?], who is currently sleeping in the house, and ask him meanwhile to continue the search for a doorman.
The envelope of my letter from Sunday was reopened, I believe, at my house before I sent it.
Please send me a new statement of the Moreau account, settled as at 31 March, but only from the last settlement, which I think was on 10 November 1830. A thousand friendly wishes, [initials].

Notes

Documentary annotation: +8928.70 for.
The figure in the margin differs from the amount in the text. The wording before the six-per-cent discount may designate a pay office. Its identification and the names of the two firms are uncertain.

Discovery Terms

Reiset Correspondence 1831
Bills of exchange
Liquidation
Financial accounts

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