Paris letter on national loan... (1831)

NRA-L-000914 / 1831

Paris letter on national loan subscriptions, with unfilled subscription forms, 9 April 1831

Paris correspondence concerning subscriptions to the national loan, accompanied by unfilled printed forms for the 120-million-franc loan in April 1831.

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NRA-L-000914

NRA-L-000914 image 1 showing the institutional letter heading, dated handwritten cover and closing signature. — **Image 1**Cover letter on Syndicat des Receveurs generaux des Finances stationery - Paris, 9 April 1831.

NRA-L-000914 image 2 showing the complete unfilled national-subscription template and preserved original paper folds. — **Image 2**Unfilled national subscription form - first preserved capture, April 1831.

NRA-L-000914 image 3 showing the complete unfilled national-subscription template and preserved original paper folds. — **Image 3**Unfilled national subscription form - second preserved capture, April 1831.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000914
Date: 1831-04-09
Original date: Paris, le 9 avril 1831.
Type: Correspondence with financial enclosures
Language: French / fr
Sender: Unidentified sender
Places: Paris / Paris
Extent: 3 documentary sides: Cover letter on Syndicat des Receveurs generaux des Finances stationery - Paris, 9 April 1831; Unfilled national subscription form - first preserved capture, April 1831; Unfilled national subscription form - second preserved capture, April 1831; 3 digital images.
Signature: [Henry?]
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000914.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Cover letter — Paris, 9 April 1831

Original transcript

Syndicat
des
Receveurs généraux
des
Finances.

Paris, le 9 avril 1831.
N° [blanc]

Voici une souscription qui s’ouvre pour
prendre de la rente au pair.
en attendant qu’il soit donné quelqu’avis officiel
à cet égard de la part du Ministre, vous pouvez Recevoir
toutes les souscriptions qui vous seraient offertes, en
assurant que je les ferai comprendre dans celle
qui s’ouvrent à Paris, vous direz que je me charge
de faire les fonds à Paris pour les Versements à
y faire en conséquence de ces souscriptions par [moi?]
Comme pour les achats de rente, enfin que
je suis prêt à donner toutes les facilités qui
pourront dépendre de moi à Ceux qui viendront
m’en demander.
Vous pouvez Communiquer la présente, si on le désire
Je pourrai envoyer d’autres Imprimés encore, mais on
peut faire ces mêmes souscriptions à la main.
[Henry?]

Cover letter — Paris, 9 April 1831

English translation

Syndicate of the Receivers-General of Finance.

Paris, 9 April 1831.
No. [blank]

Here is a subscription being opened to acquire rente at par.
Pending any official notice on this matter from the Minister, you may receive all subscriptions offered to you, assuring subscribers that I will include them in the one being opened in Paris. You will say that I undertake to provide the funds in Paris for the payments to be made there in consequence of these subscriptions by [me?], as for purchases of rente; and, finally, that I am ready to offer every facility within my power to those who come to ask me for it.
You may communicate this letter if anyone wishes.
I shall be able to send further printed forms, but these same subscriptions can be made out by hand.
[Henry?]

Notes

The letter is on Syndicat des Receveurs généraux des Finances stationery. The signature and one short reading remain uncertain.

Unfilled national subscription form — preserved capture 1

Original transcript

Souscription Nationale
POUR L’EMPRUNT
DE CENT VINGT MILLIONS DE FRANCS.

Je soussigné, [blanc] demeurant [blanc]
déclare souscrire pour [blanc] francs de
Rentes cinq pour cent au pair au Capital de
[blanc] francs.
Je m’engage à remplir toutes les conditions indiquées par M. le
Ministre des Finances dans l’annonce de l’emprunt, aux termes de
l’Ordonnance du Roi du 27 Mars dernier.
Je m’oblige à verser, avant le quinze de ce mois, à la Caisse des
Dépôts et Consignations, et comme garantie envers le Trésor, un quart
du montant de ma Souscription, et le reste, dixième par dixième, aux
époques indiquées par l’annonce ministérielle insérée au Moniteur du [blanc] Mars
dernier, et à commencer du 6 Mai prochain, pour continuer de mois en mois.
À défaut de versement de ma part, le premier quart versé sera
acquis au Trésor.
La présente soumission ne sera obligatoire qu’autant que la totalité
de l’Emprunt sera soumissionnée par le même moyen de souscription.

Paris, le [blanc] Avril 1831.

Unfilled national subscription form — preserved capture 1

English translation

National Subscription
FOR THE LOAN
OF ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY MILLION FRANCS.

I, the undersigned, [blank], residing at [blank], declare that I subscribe for [blank] francs of five-percent rente at par, representing capital of [blank] francs.
I undertake to fulfil all the conditions set out by the Minister of Finance in the announcement of the loan, pursuant to the King's Ordinance of 27 March last.
I undertake to pay, before the fifteenth of this month, into the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, as security to the Treasury, one quarter of the amount of my subscription, and the remainder, one tenth at a time, on the dates specified in the ministerial announcement published in the Moniteur of [blank] March last, beginning on 6 May next and continuing from month to month.
If I fail to make a payment, the first quarter paid shall be forfeited to the Treasury.
This undertaking shall be binding only if the whole loan is subscribed through this same method of subscription.

Paris, [blank] April 1831.

Notes

The printed personal, monetary and day fields are unfilled. The two preserved form captures have the same printed wording; the scans do not establish whether they show one physical sheet or two.

Unfilled national subscription form — preserved capture 2

Original transcript

Souscription Nationale
POUR L’EMPRUNT
DE CENT VINGT MILLIONS DE FRANCS.

Je soussigné, [blanc] demeurant [blanc]
déclare souscrire pour [blanc] francs de
Rentes cinq pour cent au pair au Capital de
[blanc] francs.
Je m’engage à remplir toutes les conditions indiquées par M. le
Ministre des Finances dans l’annonce de l’emprunt, aux termes de
l’Ordonnance du Roi du 27 Mars dernier.
Je m’oblige à verser, avant le quinze de ce mois, à la Caisse des
Dépôts et Consignations, et comme garantie envers le Trésor, un quart
du montant de ma Souscription, et le reste, dixième par dixième, aux
époques indiquées par l’annonce ministérielle insérée au Moniteur du [blanc] Mars
dernier, et à commencer du 6 Mai prochain, pour continuer de mois en mois.
À défaut de versement de ma part, le premier quart versé sera
acquis au Trésor.
La présente soumission ne sera obligatoire qu’autant que la totalité
de l’Emprunt sera soumissionnée par le même moyen de souscription.

Paris, le [blanc] Avril 1831.

Unfilled national subscription form — preserved capture 2

English translation

National Subscription
FOR THE LOAN
OF ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY MILLION FRANCS.

I, the undersigned, [blank], residing at [blank], declare that I subscribe for [blank] francs of five-percent rente at par, representing capital of [blank] francs.
I undertake to fulfil all the conditions set out by the Minister of Finance in the announcement of the loan, pursuant to the King's Ordinance of 27 March last.
I undertake to pay, before the fifteenth of this month, into the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, as security to the Treasury, one quarter of the amount of my subscription, and the remainder, one tenth at a time, on the dates specified in the ministerial announcement published in the Moniteur of [blank] March last, beginning on 6 May next and continuing from month to month.
If I fail to make a payment, the first quarter paid shall be forfeited to the Treasury.
This undertaking shall be binding only if the whole loan is subscribed through this same method of subscription.

Paris, [blank] April 1831.

Notes

This second preserved capture contains the same unfilled printed wording. It is retained without asserting a second completed subscription or a second physical original.

Discovery Terms

Reiset Correspondence 1831
National subscription
Government loan
Rente
Receivers-General of Finance

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