Paris financial letter with receipts... (1831)

NRA-L-000915 / 1831

Paris financial letter with receipts and an endorsed payment order, 31 March 1831

Paris correspondence concerning financial accounts and remittances, with an 80-franc receipt, an endorsed 1,071.35-franc payment order and a 600-franc receipt.

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NRA-L-000915

NRA-L-000915 image 1 showing the dated cover letter, financial calculations, left marginal addition and original folds. — **Image 1**Cover letter with financial calculations - Paris, 31 March 1831.

NRA-L-000915 image 2 showing the letter continuation, closing signature and original reverse-side show-through. — **Image 2**Letter continuation and closing - Paris, 31 March 1831.

NRA-L-000915 image 3 showing the complete enclosed receipt for eighty francs with date and signature. — **Image 3**Enclosed receipt for 80 francs - 29 January 1831.

NRA-L-000915 image 4 showing the printed and handwritten enclosed payment order, its irregular left edge and folded paper tip. — **Image 4**Enclosed payment order no.344 for 1071.35 francs, recto - Rouen, 11 January 1831.

NRA-L-000915 image 5 showing the payment-order verso, handwritten endorsement and show-through of the recto. — **Image 5**Verso and endorsement of enclosed payment order no.344.

NRA-L-000915 image 6 showing the enclosed six-hundred-franc receipt, date, signature and preserved lower-left paper point. — **Image 6**Enclosed receipt for 600 francs - Luneville, 18 March 1831.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000915
Date: 1831-03-31
Original date: Paris 31 mars 1831
Type: Correspondence with financial enclosures
Language: French / fr
Sender: Unidentified sender
Places: Paris / Mutzig; Rouen; Lunéville
Extent: 6 documentary sides: Cover letter with financial calculations - Paris, 31 March 1831; Letter continuation and closing - Paris, 31 March 1831; Enclosed receipt for 80 francs - 29 January 1831; Enclosed payment order no.344 for 1071.35 francs, recto - Rouen, 11 January 1831; Verso and endorsement of enclosed payment order no.344; Enclosed receipt for 600 francs - Luneville, 18 March 1831; 6 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000915.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Cover letter — Paris, 31 March 1831 — first side

Original transcript

Paris 31 mars 1831

Veuillez Crediter M. Paul s’il ne l’est déjà en
f. 1071.35 et
80 — » Dep. G[?].
————
1151.35 pièces jointes, débitez le de
640 — » Intérêts à 4 p.% pour 1830 des 16000 f qu’il me [devait?]
————
511.35 dont il disposera probablement.
ayant obtenu sa retraite, il va être remboursé de son
Cautionnement sur lequel il me soldera.

— un M. Gries[?] qui avait souscrit une [biffé: effet] [suscrit: valeur] de 150 f au 31 mars
et que je vous ai remis le 18 mars, demande jusqu’au 4 avril
pr le payer. dites moi à qui et quel jour cet effet a été envoyé.
Les 160 f pris par [Vorteau?] sont à porter au débit de Louis Reiset.

— Veuillez aviser [M. G.?] de lui remettre un mandat de
6,000 que je remets sur lui au 10 avril ordre Aimé [Mauraud?].
Vous lui enverrez un mandat sur le Syndicat avec la bonif[icati]on d’1 mois
pour le couvrir. vous débiterez des 1000 f
Le Compte [Sʳ?] Blanchard Père pour 600 f
et billets et obligations pour les 400. dont voir les 4 billets.

— Le Compte de [Louis?] [Mauraud?] père ne se trouve-t-il pas
débiteur de 4157.60 et Créditeur de 6448.50 ? en ce cas
portez encor à son Crédit ————— 59.10 pr Intérêts
le solde fera 2350
——————
6507.60
y a-t-il autre chose au Compte de [Mauraud?] fils que le solde
de [marque] 7,500 f ?
— Voici lettre [de M. de?] [Roche?] Delesque[?], Renvoyez la moi

Notes

Documentary annotation: c [souligné]
Documentary annotation: [Facture?]
Documentary annotation: remis au Trésor[?]
le 24 Mars
f. 87247.44
lettre N° 102.

Cover letter — Paris, 31 March 1831 — first side

English translation

Paris, 31 March 1831

Please credit Mr Paul, if he has not already been credited, with:
1,071.35 francs, and
80 francs, Dep. G[?].
Total: 1,151.35 francs, supporting documents enclosed. Debit him with:
640 francs, interest at 4% for 1830 on the 16,000 francs that he [owed me?].
Balance: 511.35 francs, which he will probably draw on. Having obtained his retirement, he is to receive his security deposit back, out of which he will settle with me.

A Mr Gries[?] signed an instrument [deleted: bill; added above: instrument] for 150 francs due on 31 March. I sent it to you on 18 March. He asks for time until 4 April to pay. Tell me to whom and on what day this bill was sent. The 160 francs taken by [Vorteau?] are to be charged to Louis Reiset.

Please notify [Mr G.?] to hand him a payment order for 6,000, which I draw on him for 10 April to the order of Aimé [Mauraud?]. Send him an order on the Syndicate with a one-month allowance to cover him. As to the 1,000 francs, debit the account of [Mr?] Blanchard senior for 600 francs, and bills and obligations for the 400. See the four bills for that amount.

Does the account of [Louis?] [Mauraud?] senior not show debits of 4,157.60 and credits of 6,448.50? In that case, credit him with a further 59.10 in interest. The balance will be 2,350. Total: 6,507.60.
Is there anything else in [Mauraud?] junior’s account besides the balance of [mark] 7,500 francs?
Here is a letter [from Mr de?] [Roche?] Delesque[?]. Send it back to me.

Notes

Documentary annotation: c [underlined]
Documentary annotation: [Invoice?]
Documentary annotation: Remitted to the Treasury[?]
on 24 March
87,247.44 francs
letter No. 102.
Several names and an abbreviated account designation are uncertain. The letter of 1 April also assigns 160 francs to Louis Reiset.

Cover letter — continuation and closing

Original transcript

J’ai reçu V. lettre d’hier avec
f. 158,981.74 en 28 [Mᵗˢ?]
plus de 16,000 — » sur deux [valeurs?] qui seront
probablement protestés.

Sans doute Je n’attendrai pas un règlement Moreau
pour Intérêts, mais pour le Capital et les frais ; Je suis
à examiner les [biffé : autres] postes, Comme j’ai à régler
l’affaire de Strasbourg en attendant celle de Rouen et [mot biffé]
Je voudrois lui Remettre une nouvelle note et y comprendre
tous les frais faits depuis.
J’ai la lettre de M. Moulainy. Il est inutile d’aller
reparler à M. le Préfet des perceptions.
tout à vous
[paraphe]

Cover letter — continuation and closing

English translation

I have received your letter of yesterday with 158,981.74 francs in 28 [payment orders?] and more than 16,000 on two [instruments?] that will probably be protested.

Of course, I shall not wait for a settlement of the Moreau account for the interest, but I shall for the principal and expenses. I am examining the [deleted: other] entries. As I have to settle the Strasbourg matter while awaiting the Rouen one, and [word deleted], I should like to give him a fresh statement and include all expenses incurred since then.
I have Mr Moulainy’s letter. It is unnecessary to go and speak to the Prefect again about the tax-collection offices.
Entirely yours, [initials].

Enclosed receipt — 80 francs — 29 January 1831

Original transcript

f. 80.
Je soussigné Veuve Rédon, née Reiset, reconnois
avoir reçu de M. Reiset, R[ceveu]r g[énér]al par la main de M. Paul
la Somme de Quatre vingt francs.
fait à Mutzig le 29. Janvier 1831.
Rédon née Reiset [signature]

Enclosed receipt — 80 francs — 29 January 1831

English translation

80 francs.
I, the undersigned, widow Rédon, née Reiset, acknowledge having received from Mr Reiset, Receiver-General, through Mr Paul, the sum of eighty francs.
Executed at Mutzig on 29 January 1831.
Rédon, née Reiset [signature]

Enclosed payment order No. 344 — front — Rouen, 11 January 1831

Original transcript

Mandat N°. 344. en Francs 1071.35
Au trente un du Ct. Je vous prie de payer à l’ordre de
Madame Dépincy, la Somme de
Mille Soixante onze francs, [biffé: Vingt] [suscrit: Trente] cinq Cents
Valeur en Compte avec M. Reiset
de laquelle je vous tiendrai compte Suivant l’avis de [blanc].
À Rouen le 11 Janvier 1831.
Bon pour Mille soixante onze francs et 35 [abréviation]
À Monsieur
Paul, Payeur
à Strasbourg.
Le Receveur Gal du Dépt de la Seine-Inférieure
Henry [signature]
[Inscription de sûreté calligraphiée, partiellement coupée sur le bord gauche.]

Enclosed payment order No. 344 — front — Rouen, 11 January 1831

English translation

Payment order No. 344. Amount in francs: 1,071.35.
On the thirty-first of the current month, please pay to the order of Madame Dépincy the sum of one thousand and seventy-one francs, [crossed out: twenty; added above: thirty]-five centimes.
Value in account with Mr Reiset, for which I shall credit your account in accordance with the advice of [blank].
Rouen, 11 January 1831.
Good for one thousand and seventy-one francs and 35 [abbreviation].
To Mr Paul, paying agent, at Strasbourg.
The Receiver-General of the Department of Seine-Inférieure.
Henry [signature]
[Calligraphic security lettering, partly cut at the left edge.]

Notes

The written centimes were corrected from twenty-five to thirty-five. The current numeral 1071.35 is preserved. The security lettering at the left edge is physically incomplete.

Enclosed payment order No. 344 — reverse endorsement

Original transcript

Vve Dépincy [signature]

Enclosed payment order No. 344 — reverse endorsement

English translation

Widow Dépincy [signature]

Enclosed Blanchard receipt — 600 francs — Lunéville, 18 March 1831

Original transcript

Je reconnais avoir reçu de Mr Reiset
Receveur général la Somme de Six
Cent francs.
Lunéville le 18 Mars 1831.
Blanchard [signature et paraphe]

Enclosed Blanchard receipt — 600 francs — Lunéville, 18 March 1831

English translation

I acknowledge having received from Mr Reiset, Receiver-General, the sum of six hundred francs.
Lunéville, 18 March 1831.
Blanchard [signature and paraph]

Discovery Terms

Reiset Correspondence 1831
Financial accounts
Payment orders
Receipts
Receivers-General of Finance

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