Letter concerning accounts, bills and... (1831)

NRA-L-000907 / 1831

Letter concerning accounts, bills and warehouse charges, 26 March 1831

Instructions concerning an account settlement, four successive bills of exchange and payments relating to goods in storage for Vannier.

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NRA-L-000907

NRA-L-000907 image 1 showing the dated handwritten letter, financial details, original paper folds and complete surviving edges. — **Image 1**Letter - Paris, 26 March 1831.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000907
Date: 1831-03-26
Original date: Paris 26 mars 1831
Type: Correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Unidentified sender
Places: Paris
Extent: 1 documentary side: Letter - Paris, 26 March 1831; 1 digital image.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000907.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Letter - Paris, 26 March 1831.

Original transcript

Paris 26 mars 1831.

Je vous adresse une réponse au Comptoir d’escompte que Veuillez
faire copier et envoyer de suite, priez M. Serre de me faire part si depuis
sa lettre il reçoit Réponse de la Dordogne.
Je vous ai envoyé hier un Récépissé pour [Chaulet?] de — 38,187.40.
Je lui devois pr règlement du 5 mars — [1,958.60?].
Il a payé un mandat du 17 dᵒ — [Le Febure?], tapissier
(pr meubles de [Paris / Louis?]) — 2,156 —
montant des 2600 f [Moreau?] qu’il a vendus — 42,302.
Veuillez prendre note que M. Stabler a autorisé M. [de Me…?]
à fournir sur moi 4 traites successives de 875 f aux 21 mars, 20 juin,
20 7bre et 21 Xbre. Il prendra les annuités au débit Maison Stabler.
Voici Lettre pour [mot biffé] [Santoyan?] qu’il faut lui envoyer après Copie.
J’ai reçu V. lettre d’hier.
Vous avez vu que le Syndicat a reçu les 57000 f.
Débitez ferme de [Bapaume?] de 1050 f.
Je vous renvoye la Lettre de Vannier, priez Laroche d’aller
chez MM. [Gervais?] et Cᵉ à la Bourse Demain, et de
s’entendre avec eux pour le payement de l’entrepôt de leurs
marchandises, s’ils s’engagent à payer les droits personnellement de
tous les loyers de celles reçues pr Vannier, cela suffit, mais [mot biffé]
[Vera?] sur le terrein si quelque chose reste encor sous le nom
de Vannier et alors il s’entendra avec celui-ci pour en être payé de suite.
Je répondrai plus tard à Mondary.
Autres amitiés [paraphe H?].

Letter - Paris, 26 March 1831.

English translation

Paris, 26 March 1831.

I send you a reply to the Discount Office. Please have it copied and sent at once. Ask Mr Serre to let me know whether he has received a reply from the Dordogne since his letter.
Yesterday I sent you a receipt for [Chaulet?] for 38,187.40. I owed him [1,958.60?] in settlement of 5 March. He paid an order of the 17th of that month, [Le Febure?], upholsterer (for furnishings [of Paris or Louis?]), 2,156. Amount of the 2,600 francs [Moreau?] which he sold: 42,302.
Please note that Mr Stabler has authorised Mr [de Me…?] to draw four successive bills on me for 875 francs, due 21 March, 20 June, 20 September and 21 December. He will charge the annual instalments to the firm of Stabler.
Here is a letter for [crossed-out word] [Santoyan?], which must be sent to him after copying.
I have received your letter of yesterday. You have seen that the Syndicate received the 57,000 francs. Debit the [Bapaume?] farm account with 1050 francs.
I return Vannier’s letter. Ask Laroche to go to Messrs [Gervais?] and Company at the Exchange tomorrow and arrange payment for storage of their goods. If they undertake to pay the dues personally on all the rents for the goods received for Vannier, that is sufficient. But [crossed-out word] [he will see?] on the spot whether anything is still held in Vannier’s name. He will then arrange with Vannier to be paid for it immediately.
I shall reply to Mondary later. Further friendly wishes, [initial H?].

Notes

The upholsterer’s charge concerns furnishings. The following name is uncertain. The settlement entry appears to be 1,958.60, which agrees with the written total of 42,302.

Discovery Terms

Reiset Correspondence 1831
Bills of exchange
Financial accounts
Warehousing

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