Letter concerning correspondence and... (1831)

NRA-L-000906 / 1831

Letter concerning correspondence and arrangements for the house, 27 March 1831

A short Paris letter discussing correspondence, a porter and arrangements for a cash-office employee during an absence.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000906

NRA-L-000906 image 1 showing the dated handwritten letter, financial details, original paper folds and complete surviving edges. — **Image 1**Letter - Paris, 27 March 1831.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000906
Date: 1831-03-27
Original date: Paris 27 mars 1831
Type: Correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Unidentified sender
Places: Paris
Extent: 1 documentary side: Letter - Paris, 27 March 1831; 1 digital image.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000906.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Letter - Paris, 27 March 1831.

Original transcript

Paris 27 mars 1831.

J’ai reçu V. Lettre d’hier.
Vous aurez vu les payemens faits par [Chaulet?] dans ma lettre d’hier.
Vous me remettez Lettres qui n’ont pas besoin de Répliques,
mais je vous remercie beaucoup de votre [exacte?] ponctualité.
Je vois qu’il n’y a aucun moyen de me fier aux paroles de
ce malheureux portier et j’écris à [nom non déchiffré] de s’occuper
de le remplacer convenablement, en attendant je vous prie
de Rappeler à M. Bourgeois qu’il m’avoit bien promis de
faire coucher le garçon de Caisse chez moi en mon absence. Je
Compte bien sur ses soins à cet égard, sauf à lui donner la petite
gratification dont je lui avois parlé de 10 [s?] par Jour.
Je n’ai que Lettre de M. [nom non déchiffré] [avec?] lettre pr [nom non déchiffré].
Tout à vous [paraphe].

Letter - Paris, 27 March 1831.

English translation

Paris, 27 March 1831.

I have received your letter of yesterday. You will have seen the payments made by [Chaulet?] in my letter of yesterday. You send me letters that require no replies, but I thank you very much for your [exact?] punctuality.
I see that there is no way of relying on the words of this unfortunate porter, and I am writing to [name not deciphered] to arrange for a suitable replacement. Meanwhile, please remind Mr Bourgeois that he had indeed promised me to have the cash-office boy sleep at my house during my absence. I rely on his care in this respect, subject to giving him the small gratuity I had mentioned to him, of 10 [s?] a day.
I have only a letter from Mr [name undeciphered], [with?] a letter for [name undeciphered]. Entirely yours, [initials].

Notes

A few names, the abbreviation after the daily gratuity and the short connector in the final line remain uncertain and are marked.

Discovery Terms

Reiset Correspondence 1831
Office correspondence
Household arrangements
Employees

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