Family letter from la veuve Burel to Monsieur Nouël/Rioul Bellisle [?], 1716-01-30

The widow Burel discusses the possible sale of linen and silverware, her gravely ill mother and the burdens of caring for her, and sends family news and greetings.

Monsieur Nouël/Rioul Bellisle [unidentified]

Castelmoron-d'Albret [tentative identification], via La Réole, Guyenne, France

Ordinary Lives

NRA-L-000016 - Image 1: Address panel, seal remnant and exterior annotations

Address panel, seal remnant and exterior annotations.

NRA-L-000016 image 1 showing the address panel, seal remnant and exterior annotations for the widow Burel's letter.

NRA-L-000016 - Image 2: Letter text - Page 1

Letter text - Page 1.

NRA-L-000016 image 2 showing the first page of the widow Burel's French letter, dated 30 January 1716.

NRA-L-000016 - Image 3: Letter text - Page 2 and marginal addition

Letter text - Page 2 and marginal addition.

NRA-L-000016 image 3 showing the second page and marginal addition of the widow Burel's French letter.

[[label: Address Panel]] De la Rochelle Monsieur Monsieur rioul [nouel?] bellisle a cattelle morvandel bret a la reiolle a Lareolle

[[label: Letter Text - Page 1]] Ma chere fille me marquet par saderne lettre que jaues dulenge et delaueicelle darjan de le uandre les acheurs sont rars et si long fet tant que deuandre A qui Coute baucoup darjan ont le donne pour du pen et deplus ma fille ne deuet pas me fere eun pareil Compliment vous saue mon cher fis A que jay fet pour vous je me garderes bien deuandre Ce qui ne mapartien point je vous dires que ma mere neparte dulit elle est toujours fort mal Cest eun mal presque engurable elle ne repose ny jour ny et moy bien peu auec mes chagrin Cest le Comble et baucoup de depance auec Cela apres tout vous saue mon cher fis a quoy nous somme dobligation au suiet de nos pere et mere Cequi est de san serest rien a me reprocher de ne pas fere tout Ce que je doy aupres de ma mere A qui vous surprandera conessant ma mere Comme vous lefeste elle prant sont mal auec baucoup depasianse jene Croi quelle ne puisse aller bien louen ont peut crie quelle fet son purgatoire dant Ce monde elle tire les larme de tout lemonde pour ne me Consoler presque pas mon cher fis tant jesuis changer

[[label: Letter Text - Page 2]] fete moy part sil vous pley si vous aue des nouuelle de mon frere jeluy est est crit deus fois et nest au qune reponce deluy si jetes dant vne autre situvasion que jensuis jeres lhonneur des lalle aucher peze ne san lou que vous luy escriue fetes luy bien mes compliment au sy bien que votre jeune cesuire ma fille nestant pas ensituassion derepondre a lobligante lettre que vous luy aue fet lhonneur deluy est Crire et lhonneur que vous luy fette delauoir choisy pour estre marene de son neue est dotant plus onoret dauoir eun ausy hemable compere elle ma marque estre tres sansible a toute les marque damitie que vous parese auoir pour elle elle vous demande la continuasion de votre amitie quelle tachera de meriter elle vous embrasse ausy bien que ma chere seur et ses chers neves je croi que vous ne puires lire mon est criture je vous est cris au lit ne lepouuant fere le jour vous trouuere peutetre ma lettre trop longe jene peu fere autremant et suis en vous embrassant de tout mon coeur ausy bien que ma chere fille mon cher fis et lenfan nouvau venu mon cher fis votre tres heumble mere et seruante la veuve burel [margin] mon cher fise je vous embrasse de tout mon coeur

[[label: Address Panel]] From La Rochelle, Monsieur Monsieur Rioul [Nouël?] Bellisle at Castelmoron-d'Albret [tentative identification] near La Réole at La Réole

[[label: Letter Text - Page 1]] My dear daughter wrote to me in her last letter that I had linen and silverware to sell. Buyers are rare, and when one goes so far as to sell things that cost a great deal of money, one gives them away for bread. And moreover, my daughter should not have paid me such a compliment. You know, my dear son, what I have done for you. I shall take good care not to sell what does not belong to me. I must tell you that my mother does not leave her bed. She is still very ill; it is an almost incurable illness. She rests neither day nor night, and I very little. With my sorrows, this is the last straw, and a great deal of expense with it. After all, you know, my dear son, what obligations we have regarding our fathers and mothers. In this respect I shall have nothing to reproach myself for, doing all that I owe to my mother. What will surprise you, knowing my mother as you do, is that she bears her illness with great patience. I do not believe she can go on much longer; one might say that she is doing her purgatory in this world. She draws tears from everyone; as for me, my dear son, I am almost inconsolable, so greatly have I changed.

[[label: Letter Text - Page 2]] Please let me know if you have any news of my brother. I have written to him twice and have had no reply from him. If I were in a different situation than I am, I would have the honour of going to look for him. Since I do not know where you write to him, please give him my compliments, and likewise to your young sister. My daughter is not in a condition to answer the obliging letter that you did her the honour of writing, nor the honour you do her by having chosen her to be godmother to her nephew. She is all the more honoured to have such an amiable co-godparent. She has told me that she is very sensible to all the marks of friendship that you appear to have for her. She asks you for the continuation of your friendship, which she will endeavour to deserve. She embraces you, as do my dear sister and her dear nephews. I believe you will not be able to read my handwriting. I am writing to you in bed, not being able to do it during the day. You may perhaps find my letter too long; I cannot do otherwise, and I am, embracing you with all my heart, as well as my dear daughter, my dear son and the newborn child, my dear son, your very humble mother and servant, the widow Burel My dear son, I embrace you with all my heart.


Family letter from G. E. de Coriolis to Monsieur Édouard Blanchard, chevalier de la Légion d'honneur, 1847-09-12

A young mariner newly arrived in Nantes describes purchases and preparations before his ship is ready, dental treatment, life near the vessel, and affectionate news for relatives at La Flèche.

Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France
La Flèche, Sarthe, France

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Family letter
French language

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NRA-L-000017 - Image 2: Letter text - Page 1

Letter text - Page 1.

NRA-L-000017 image 2 showing the first page of E. Delavialle's letter from Nantes, dated 12 September 1847.

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Letter text - Page 2 and signature.

NRA-L-000017 image 3 showing the second page and signature of E. Delavialle's 1847 letter.

NRA-L-000017 - Image 1: Address panel and postal marks

Address panel and postal marks.

NRA-L-000017 image 1 showing the address panel and postal marks for E. Delavialle's letter to Edouard Blanchard in La Flèche.

[[label: Address Panel]] A. Monsieur Edouard Blanchard chevalier de la légion d'honneur Rue des bancs No 22 La flèche Sarthe

[[label: Letter Text - Page 1]] Nantes le 12 Septembre 1847_ Très cher et bon Cousin_ Me voici à Nantes depuis cinq heures du matin et trop tôt je vous assure car la moitié de mes emplettes sont faites, et le Na vire ne sera pas pret avant dix ou quinze jours d'ici.. j'aurais bien pu passer encore cette semaine près de vous très cher et bon parent [crossed out: sans] et je n'aurais du partir que Samedi en 8 car Jeudi au plus tard tout sera fini, et que deviendrai-je alors dans cette grande ville de Nantes? serai-je obligé dès Vendredi à aller monter la garde à bord? si j'avais su que cela aurait été ainsi [comme?] cela j'aurais retardé mon départ comme je vous l'ai déjà dit d'au moins une semaine. mais il n'est plus tems tout ce qui est fait est bien fait. — ».. Lorsque j'aurai tout acheté et fini entièrement ici toutes mes emplettes je vous enverrai une note exacte de tous les objets avec le prix à coté.. j'ai eu pour compagnon de voyage de la flèche à Angers un chien de berger à qui je ne faisais que donner des coups de poing parce qu'il me mettait sa tête sur ma cuisse et cela me déplaisait aussi à Angers j'ai dit au Conducteur Halte là je paie ma place non pour être avec des chiens mais avec des gens de mon espèce ainsi il faut que j'aie à toute force une place dans l'intérieur sinon je ne paierai que la moitié de ma place, à [cette?] ce mot là il est descendu et m'a fait avoir une place comme je désirais en arrière._

[[label: Letter Text - Page 2]] J'ai commencé aujourdhui Lundi à me faire arracher deux chicots de dents comme j'ai souffert ah ! c'est à ce qui pa rait ma destinée et puisque c'est ainsi il faut m'y conformer à cela.. Le dentiste est très bon il demande 15 jours au plus pour m'arranger et nettoyer la bouche ce n'est pas encore fini je vous assure, j'ai encore à souffrir et fameusement. - Ah !!! ........ / Je compte aller voir avec mon très cher Capitaine (à qui j'ai remit votre lettre) Mr Fruchard et en même temps lui demander l'argent qu'il a avec lui _ Je suis en Pension chez Madame Luçon tout près du Navire je mange avec les officiers en un mot j'y suis très bien. _ Et vous mon cher Cousin comment vous portez vous ainsi que toute ma très bonne et très devouée fa mille Fléchoise ? Et ce pauvre diable de Henry que dit il que fait il, c'est je puis vous assurer un excellent enfant que j'aime autant qu'un frère. Je le jure.. Et cette bonne Cécile qui a eu tant de bontés pour moi a t-elle aussi souvent encore ses maux de tête dites lui je vous prie que je ainsi qu'à mon frère lui adresserai une petite lettre avant mon départ ainsi qu'à mon frère Dites aussi à Aimée que j'ai conservé précieusement les fleurs qu'elle m'a données en partant et que si le bon dieu me protège et m'accorde le plaisir et le bonheur de l'embrasser encore une fois que je les lui montrai . _ J'écrirai à Henry et à maman aussitôt que j'aurai le tems . _ mon adresse est : Mr G. E. de Coriolis chez Mr Minier rue Piron No 1 . _ - Nantes, adieu mon cher Cousin je vous embrasse tendre ment ainsi que tout le monde là bas . _ Votre très devoué et très affectionné Cousin et ami G. E. de Coriolis

[[label: Address Panel]] To Monsieur Édouard Blanchard Chevalier of the Legion of Honour 22 Rue des Bancs La Flèche Sarthe

[[label: Letter Text - Page 1]] Nantes, 12 September 1847. Very dear and good Cousin, Here I am in Nantes since five o'clock this morning, and too early I assure you, for half my purchases are made, and the Ship will not be ready for another ten or fifteen days.. I could well have spent another week with you, very dear and good relative, and I need not have left until Saturday week, for by Thursday at the latest everything will be finished, and what shall become of me then in this great city of Nantes? Shall I be obliged from Friday to go aboard to stand watch? If I had known it would be so, I would have delayed my departure, as I have already told you, by at least a week. But it is too late now; what is done is done. — ».. When I have bought everything and completely finished all my purchases here, I shall send you an exact note of all the articles with the price beside them.. I had for a travelling companion from La Flèche to Angers a sheepdog whom I kept punching because he kept putting his head on my thigh and that displeased me; so at Angers I said to the Conductor, 'Halt there, I pay for my seat not to be with dogs but with people of my own kind, thus I must at all costs have a place inside, otherwise I shall pay only half my fare.' At that word he got down and got me a place such as I desired in the back.

[[label: Letter Text - Page 2]] I began today, Monday, to have two tooth stumps pulled out; how I suffered, ah! It is, it seems, my destiny, and since it is so, I must submit to it.. The dentist is very good; he asks 15 days at most to put my mouth in order and clean it. It is not yet finished, I assure you, I still have to suffer, and terribly. - Ah !!! ........ / I intend to go and see Monsieur Fruchard with my very dear Captain (to whom I delivered your letter) and at the same time ask him for the money he has with him. I am boarding with Madame Luçon very close to the Ship; I eat with the officers; in a word, I am very well there. And you, my dear Cousin, how are you, as well as all my very good and very devoted family in La Flèche? And that poor devil Henry, what is he saying, what is he doing? He is, I can assure you, an excellent boy whom I love as much as a brother. I swear it.. And that good Cécile who has been so kind to me, does she still have her headaches so often? Please tell her that I shall send her a little letter before my departure, as well as to my brother. Tell Aimée also that I have carefully preserved the flowers she gave me when I left, and that if the good Lord protects me and grants me the pleasure and happiness of embracing her once again, I shall show them to her. I shall write to Henry and to Maman as soon as I have the time. My address is: Monsieur G. E. de Coriolis, care of Monsieur Minier, 1 rue Piron. - Nantes, Farewell, my dear Cousin, I embrace you tenderly, as well as everyone over there. Your very devoted and very affectionate Cousin and friend, G. E. de Coriolis

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Family letter from G. E. de Coriolis to Édouard Blanchard, 1847-09-25

On the eve of sailing from Nantes, a young mariner bids farewell to his family, reflects on danger and separation at sea, and offers advice and affection to his cousins and siblings.

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NRA-L-000018 - Image 1: Address panel and postal marks

Address panel and postal marks.

NRA-L-000018 image 1 showing the address panel and postal marks for G. C. de Coriolis's letter to Edouard Blanchard in La Flèche.

NRA-L-000018 - Image 2: Letter text - Page 1

Letter text - Page 1.

NRA-L-000018 image 2 showing the first page of a letter from Nantes, dated 25 September 1847.

NRA-L-000018 - Image 3: Letter text - Page 2

Letter text - Page 2.

NRA-L-000018 image 3 showing the second page of the 1847 letter.

NRA-L-000018 - Image 4: Letter text - Page 3 and signature

Letter text - Page 3 and signature.

NRA-L-000018 image 4 showing the final page and signature G. C. de Coriolis.

[[label: Address Panel]] A Monsieur Edouard Blanchard chevalier de la légion d'honneur. Rue des bancs No 22 La Flèche.

[[label: Letter Text - Page 1]] Nantes le 25 Septembre 1847. _ Chers Cousins et Cousines. _ Tout est fini plaisir, bonheur rien de cela n'éxiste maintenant pour moi car je pars demain et avant que de quitter Nantes je veux y laisser une lettre pour vous tous attendu que je n'ai pu avoir le tems chers frères et sœurs de répondre plutôt à vos jolies lettres (qui m'ont avoir comme vous devez le penser de bien doux moments) car je m'en allais à bord le matin à 6 heures et je n'en revenais le soir à 7 ou 8 heures et j'étais si fatigué que je me jetais tout de suite sur mon lit je m'assoupissais et je m'endormais jus qu'au lendemain matin. _ Oui je vais en core revoir la mer en furie, [solance?] sur nos têtes, je vais recommencer cette belle vie de marin, je vais en un mot ressentir toutes les douces émotions qu'éprouve le cœur de l'homme en ayant pour toit.... Le Ciel.... et pour tombe.... L'Océan....!!!.. Puisse le Ciel m'accorder la grâce de faire une traversée aussi heureuse que celle de l'Ile Maurice en France, puisse = t-il toujours jeter un regard conducteur sur moi, puisse= = t-il dis-je me faire avoir le bonheur de vous revoir tous dans un an et demi tels que je vous ai quittés, Ah!! c'est alors que je serai heureuse car comment peut on l'être lorsqu'on est constamment éloigné de ceux qu'on aime de ceux qu'on ché rit et de ceux qu'on sait qui également nous aiment et vous chérissent!!!! _ Lors que nous serons sous voiles et tant que je pourrai avoir la terre de France à mes yeux je me dirai : Là bas là très bien loin est un père une mère des frères des sœurs qui pensent au pauvre navigateur ils prient sans doute aussi pour lui car quelles sont les prières qui peuvent mieux être exaucées que les vôtres ô très chers parents. - Priez priez toujours pour moi lorsque je serai en pleine mer et moi de mon côté je ne prierai pas parceque je n'en suis pas capable mais je formerai des vœux sincères pour votre bonheur et votre bonne santé à tous. - - - - - -

[[label: Letter Text - Page 2]] Et toi Mon Maurice puisse le Ciel te faire recouvrer la santé et te permette en un mot de continuer tes études afin que tu parviennes promptement à la première Ecole tu y auras j'aime à le penser non pas un cousin non pas un ami pour compagnon mais un frère tout devoué car je ne rêve qu'au moment de nous voir tous deux dans cette brillante [ma?] école où nous avons eu un parent qui a pour ainsi dire immortalisé son nom. - Et toi mon bon Henry penses-tu point à la Marine Royale c'est tout ce que tu as de mieux à faire travailles ferme aux Mathématiques de manière à pouvoir arriver à Brest ; mais crois moi la meilleure mar- =che qu'on puisse suivre pour devenir Marin ce n'est pas en allant à Brest c'est en commençant comme je commence afin de se faire recevoir plus tard au long-cours lorsque tu seras reçu tu verras si les circonstances sont fa- vorables et de là tu te mettras dans sur les navires de l'Etat.

[[label: Letter Text - Page 3]] Merci chère soeur Cécile du gage d'amitié que vous me donnez j'en suis extrêmement fier et penserai toujours à vous mais je n'avais pas besoin de cela chère soeur pour le faire car comment peut on oublier les bontés les complaisances que vous avez eus pour moi. Je vous en remercie tout de même. Embrassez bien pour moi Amy de même que Marie.. Et vous mes vieux parents puisse le Ciel me faire la grace de vous serrer contre mon coeur dans quelques années d'ici.. adieu vous tous que je chéris vous tous que j'aime, je vous souhaite Bonheur, et santé, prospérité : puisse Dieu l'Entendre et fasse que mes voeux s'exaucent ; les larmes me viennent aux yeux et je ne puis continuer en pensant que maintenant je vous quitte et peut être pour ................ toujours.. j'en ai pas le temps de la lettre parce qu'il commence à faire nuit et que je tiens à l'envoyer aujourd'hui.. adieu encore une fois.. Croyez moi votre tout dévoué et très affectionné cousin et ami G. E. de Coriolis

[[label: Address Panel]] To Monsieur Édouard Blanchard Chevalier of the Legion of Honour 22 Rue des Bancs La Flèche

[[label: Letter Text - Page 1]] Nantes, 25 September 1847. _ Dear Cousins. _ Everything is over: pleasure, happiness, none of that exists now for me, for I leave tomorrow, and before leaving Nantes I want to leave a letter here for all of you, seeing that I have not had the time, dear brothers and sisters, to reply sooner to your lovely letters (which have given me, as you must imagine, very sweet moments), for I went aboard in the morning at 6 o'clock and did not return in the evening until 7 or 8 o'clock, and I was so tired that I threw myself straight onto my bed, dozed off, and slept until the following morning. _ Yes, I am once again going to see the furious sea over our heads, I am going to resume that beautiful sailor's life, I am going, in a word, to feel all the sweet emotions experienced by the human heart when it has for a roof... the Sky... and for a tomb... the Ocean...!!! May Heaven grant me the grace of making a crossing as fortunate as the one from Mauritius to France, may it always cast a guiding eye upon me, may it, I say, grant me the happiness of seeing you all again in a year and a half just as I left you. Ah!! then I shall be happy, for how can one be so when constantly far from those one loves, those one cherishes, and those whom one knows equally love us and cherish you!!!! _ When we are under sail and for as long as I can have the land of France before my eyes, I shall say to myself: far away, very far away, are a father, a mother, brothers, sisters who are thinking of the poor navigator; they are undoubtedly praying for him too, for what prayers could be better heard than yours, O dearest relatives. - Pray, pray always for me when I am on the open sea, and for my part I shall not pray because I am not capable of it, but I shall form sincere wishes for the happiness and good health of you all. - - - - - -

[[label: Letter Text - Page 2]] And you, my Maurice, may Heaven restore your health and allow you, in a word, to continue your studies so that you may promptly reach the premier School; there you will have, I like to think, not a cousin, not a friend for a companion, but a wholly devoted brother, for I dream only of the moment of seeing us both in that brilliant school where we had a relative who has, so to speak, immortalised his name. - And you, my good Henry, are you not thinking of the Royal Navy? It is the best thing you can do; work hard at Mathematics so as to be able to reach Brest; but believe me, the best path one can follow to become a Sailor is not by going to Brest, it is by beginning as I am beginning, so as to be admitted later to deep-sea navigation; when you are admitted, you will see if circumstances are favourable, and from there you will enter upon the ships of the State.

[[label: Letter Text - Page 3]] Thank you, dear sister Cécile, for the token of friendship you give me; I am extremely proud of it and shall always think of you, but I did not need that, dear sister, to do so, for how can one forget the kindnesses and the consideration you have had for me. I thank you for it all the same. Embrace Amy warmly for me, as well as Marie.. And you, my old parents, may Heaven grant me the grace of holding you against my heart a few years from now.. farewell, all of you whom I cherish, all of you whom I love, I wish you Happiness, and health, prosperity: may God Hear it and cause my wishes to be fulfilled; tears come to my eyes and I cannot continue when I think that I am now leaving you and perhaps for ................ forever.. I have no time for the letter because night is beginning to fall and I am anxious to send it today.. farewell once more.. Believe me your entirely devoted and very affectionate cousin and friend G. E. de Coriolis


Postal document from Caroline Malye to Monsieur Amable Fraisse, 1858-12-31

Caroline Malye sends New Year wishes from Algiers to her grandfather Amable Fraisse, expressing hope for his long life and for a future reunion.

Alger, French Algeria
Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France

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Private collection
Postal document
French language

Ordinary Lives

NRA-L-000019 - Image 1: Address panel, postal marks and seal remnants

Address panel, postal marks and seal remnants.

NRA-L-000019 image 1 showing the address panel, postal marks and seal remnants for Caroline Malye's letter to Amable Fraisse in Clermont-Ferrand.

NRA-L-000019 - Image 2: Letter text - Main page

Letter text - Main page.

NRA-L-000019 image 2 showing the main text page of Caroline Malye's New Year letter from Algiers, dated 31 December 1858.

NRA-L-000019 - Image 3: Unfolded-sheet view

Unfolded-sheet view.

NRA-L-000019 image 3 showing the unfolded sheet, including the address, closing and postal history.

NRA-L-000019 - Image 4: Closing, signature and date

Closing, signature and date.

NRA-L-000019 image 4 showing the closing, signature Caroline Malye, and date Algiers, 31 December 1858.

[[label: Address Panel]] A Monsieur Amable Fraisse Place de [Lille?] no 7 à Clermont Ferrand (Dep du puy de dôme)

[[label: Letter Text]] Cher Grand Papa C'est avec la même joie que les années précédentes que je viens renouveler les voeux que j'ai déja formés et que je forme encore pour ta félicité Si le ciel exauce mes Ardents Désirs j'aurai le bonheur de te voir continuer une vie longue et heureuse. Mon bonheur serait complet si je pouvais jouir de ta présence mais je fais à Dieu ce sacrifice tout en esperant qu'un jour peut être je pourrai enfin te serrer dans mes bras. Je te prie bon papa de souhaiter une bonne année à Célina

[[label: Closing and Signature]] Daigne agreer l'assurance du profond respect et de l'amour sincère que te porte Ta petite fille Caroline Malye Alger le 31 decembre 1858

[[label: Address Panel]] To Monsieur Amable Fraisse 7 Place de [Lille?] Clermont-Ferrand Puy-de-Dôme Department

[[label: Letter Text]] Dear Grandpapa, It is with the same joy as in previous years that I renew the wishes I have already made, and still make, for your happiness. If Heaven grants my Ardent Desires, I shall have the happiness of seeing you continue to enjoy a long and happy life. My happiness would be complete if I could enjoy your presence, but I make this sacrifice to God while hoping that perhaps one day I shall at last be able to hold you in my arms. Dear Papa, I ask you to wish Célina a happy New Year.

[[label: Closing and Signature]] Please accept the assurance of the profound respect and sincere love felt for you by Your granddaughter, Caroline Malye Algiers, 31 December 1858


Letter from Dupuy de Tavoie [identity unverified] to Monsieur de la Bardoüillere, 1777-03-17

French letter from the writer signing `Dupuy de tavoie` at Saumur to Monsieur de la Bardoüillere concerning excessive bailiff fees and summonses imposed on Chemon, the writer's brother-in-law.

La Graffinière, Cuon, Anjou / Maine-et-Loire, France

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Letter
French language

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NRA-L-000020 - Image 1: Address panel and exterior annotations

Address panel and exterior annotations.

NRA-L-000020 image 1 showing the address panel for Dupuy's letter to Monsieur de la Bardouillère at La Graffiniere.

NRA-L-000020 - Image 2: Letter text - Page 1

Letter text - Page 1.

NRA-L-000020 image 2 showing the first page of Dupuy's letter from Saumur, dated 17 March 1777, concerning cens and summons costs.

NRA-L-000020 - Image 3: Letter text - Page 2, closing and signature

Letter text - Page 2, closing and signature.

NRA-L-000020 image 3 showing the second page, closing and signature of Dupuy's 1777 letter.

[[label: Address Panel]] A Monsieur Monsieur de la Bardoüillere En Son Château de la Graffiniere P.sse de Cuon A la Graffiniere

[[label: Letter Text - Page 1]] Monsieur J'ai l'honneur de vous presenter mon Respect, Et mêmme de vous faire part que j'ai Eté Chargé Il y a 15. Jours et 3. semaines de la part de Mr Chemon mon beau frere demeurant prés Loudun de payer pour lui les Cens dont vous lui avez fait demande par 3. assignations separées, demande qui n'en Exigeoit qu'vne purement & Simplement pour vous payer 2.lt 5.s 11.d pour [l.s] années Echües au terme de la st. michel derniere 1776. Ce que le fermier du sr. Chemon a offert de payer lors qu'il S'est presenté en y payant des Rentes En froment qu'il Etoit Chargé de payer de la part dud. sr. Chemon. Voulez Vous bien me permettre de vous presenter Icy vne observation Sur la Conduite qu'a Tenu L'huissier Chargé de former action a votre Req.te Contre vos Censitaires L'huissier sur la Cupidité S'est Emparé ainsy que de M.rs les feudistes qui partagent les Emolumens des frais qu'ils font, ont à votre Requete fait Lâcher sur les Censiers de votre fief D'joune vne quantité D'assignations a divers particuliers le 9. Janv.er d.er Il est Etonnant que Monsieur fouches Votre procureur ait Eté chercher vn h.er De mouliherne pour Venir a saumur assigner vos Censitaires, pend.t qu'il y a des huissiers Sur les lieux mêmes, ou dumoin peu distanciés puisque la journée de l'huissier que l'on a pris Est de 15.lt A qui a formé de 30. assignations que l'on fait payer 3.lt 11.s 3.d chaque dans vn seul jour Pour Eviter de plus gros frais Jai satisfait mr fouches des Cens qui vous Etoient Dûs, Et en outre de 10.lt 13.s 9.d qu'il m'a fait payer pour le Coût de 3. assignations

[[label: Letter Text - Page 2]] Je suis à lieu de prouver que l'h.er a assigné le même jour 9. Janv.er d.er plus de 24. a 25. particuliers Sous vos Redevances A qui a 3.lt 11.s 3.d forment vn gros Capital et que l'on peut Regarder Comme Concussion le sr Chemon qui Respecte beaucoup l'avantage qu'il à d'étre Votre Censitaire ne peut se dispenser dans Ce moment de vous temoigner son mécontentement, et avant d'En porter Sa plainte et demande En Restitution Contre l'huissier dont j'et fort bien fondée, (Par avis M. le procureur du Roi de Saumur) Croit devoir vous prévenir de la Conduite que l'on a tenu Contre lui Et Comme vous etes judicieux et a lieu de faire Reprimer les abus qui se Commetent En pareille Circonstance Sur la vexation, M. Chemon Espère que vous Voudrez bien Lui faire Rendre justice et Satisfaction Sous peu En luy faisant Restituer par mr. fouches 7.lt 2.s 6.d que l'on a perçu Injustement par ce qu'il est Constant que l'on ne doit qu'vne assign.on de 3.lt 11.s 3.d et qui font des frais Encore assez honnétes pour vn principal de 2.lt 5.s 11.d J'ai vû de mes propres yeux sur l'état dressé par mr. fouches de toutes les Redevances que vous avez fait demander que l'on fait payer aux debiteurs 3.lt 11.s 3.d pour Chaque assign.on Ce qui est Ignominieux et que l'on est dans le Cas de faire taxer les frais de l'huissier. J'ai l'honneur d'Étre tres Respectueusement Monsieur Votre tres humble & tres ob.t Serviteur Dupuy de tavoie A Saumur le 17. mars 1777.

[[label: Address Panel]] To Monsieur Monsieur de la Bardoüillere at his Château de la Graffiniere Parish of Cuon La Graffiniere

[[label: Letter Text - Page 1]] Saumur, 17 March 1777 Sir, I have the honour to present my respects to you, and even to inform you that I was tasked 15 days and 3 weeks ago on behalf of Mr Chemon, my brother-in-law living near Loudun, to pay for him the cens which you demanded of him by 3 separate summonses, a demand which required only one purely and simply to pay you 2 livres 5 sols 11 deniers for the years due at the term of Michaelmas last, 1776. Which the tenant farmer of Sieur Chemon offered to pay when he presented himself, while paying the rents in wheat that he was tasked to pay on behalf of the said Sieur Chemon. Would you kindly allow me to present here an observation on the conduct held by the bailiff tasked with bringing action at your request against your censitaires. The bailiff, seized by greed, as well as the Messrs feudists who share the emoluments of the costs they generate, have at your request unleashed upon the censiers of your fief of D'joune a quantity of summonses to various individuals on 9 January of this year. It is astonishing that Monsieur Fouches, your attorney, went to find a bailiff from Mouliherne to come to Saumur to summon your censitaires, while there are bailiffs on the very spot, or at least at a short distance, since the day rate of the bailiff who was taken is 15 livres, who has drawn up 30 summonses that are charged at 3 livres 11 sols 3 deniers each in a single day. To avoid greater costs, I have satisfied Mr Fouches for the cens that were owed to you, and in addition for 10 livres 13 sols 9 deniers that he made me pay for the cost of 3 summonses.

[[label: Letter Text - Page 2]] I am in a position to prove that the bailiff summoned on the same day, 9 January of this year, more than 24 to 25 individuals subject to your dues, which at 3 livres 11 sols 3 deniers forms a large capital and which can be regarded as official extortion. Sieur Chemon, who highly respects the advantage he has of being your censitaire, cannot refrain at this moment from expressing his dissatisfaction to you, and before bringing his complaint and demand for restitution against the bailiff, which is very well founded (by the advice of the King's Prosecutor of Saumur), believes it his duty to warn you of the conduct that has been held against him. And as you are judicious and in a position to have the abuses repressed that are committed in such circumstances regarding harassment, Mr Chemon hopes that you will kindly have justice and satisfaction rendered to him shortly by having Mr Fouches restitute to him 7 livres 2 sols 6 deniers that were unjustly collected, because it is established that only one summons of 3 livres 11 sols 3 deniers is owed, and which still makes for quite decent costs for a principal of 2 livres 5 sols 11 deniers. I saw with my own eyes on the statement drawn up by Mr Fouches of all the dues you had demanded that the debtors are made to pay 3 livres 11 sols 3 deniers for each summons. Which is ignominious and puts one in the position of having the bailiff's costs officially assessed. I have the honour to be very respectfully, Sir, Your very humble and very obedient servant Dupuy de Tavoie

The preferred catalogue form follows the visible and transcribed closing `Dupuy de tavoie`, normalized in creator and title as Dupuy de Tavoie. The former alternative `de la Noüe` is not retained because no evidence in the current record supports it as a co-equal identity.

Cens arrears and disputed bailiff fees


Business letter from Poncet to Monsieur Boissonnet, avocat, à Privas, 1825-12-27

Poncet gives lawyer Boissonnet a detailed account of a failed silk-trading investment and loans to the Lapierre and Beaupré family, explaining the origin of an 18,000-franc claim and the surrounding legal dispute.

Virieu [?]
postal mark Le Péage
Privas, Ardèche, France

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Business letter
French language

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NRA-L-000021 - Image 1: Address panel and exterior annotations

Address panel and exterior annotations.

NRA-L-000021 image 1 showing the address panel for Poncet's legal letter to Monsieur Boissonnet, lawyer, in Privas.

NRA-L-000021 - Image 2: Letter text - Page 1

Letter text - Page 1.

NRA-L-000021 image 2 showing the first page of Poncet's letter from Virieu, dated 27 December 1825.

NRA-L-000021 - Image 3: Letter text - Page 2

Letter text - Page 2.

NRA-L-000021 image 3 showing the second page of Poncet's letter concerning the Beaupré and Lapierre claim.

NRA-L-000021 - Image 4: Letter text - Page 3, closing and signature

Letter text - Page 3, closing and signature.

NRA-L-000021 image 4 showing the final page, closing and signature Poncet.

[[label: Address Panel]] Monsieur Monsieur Boissonnet Avocat Privas (Ardèche)

[[label: Letter Text - Page 1]] Virieu - 27 Decembre 1825 Monsieur N'ayant pu me procurer le plaisir de vous voir pour vous faire part de ce qui s'étoit passé entre M.r Sabatier & moi au moment où j'allois me présenter à M.r le Président du Tribunal de votre ville, trouvez bon que je vous en entretienne & que je vous fasse connoître de quelle maniere je suis créancier de M.r Lapierre Beaupré pere, l'origine de ma créance, ce qui s'est passé dans l'intervalle du temps, & vous verrez si j'ai servi de prête nom à Beaupré fils ainsi qu'on cherche à le persuader à Messieurs les Juges. J'étois à attendre dans le corridor que M.r le président me donna audience, lorsque je me sentis frappé sur l'épaule, me retournant je me trouvai face à face avec M.r Sabatier qui me prodigua ses honnêtetés & les marques de son ancienne amitié & car je puis vous assurer que toutes les fois que j'ai été dans le cas de le voir, il me considéroit moins comme son client que comme son ami particulier. nous promenâmes ensemble environ trois quarts ou une heure & si long-temps que croyant que c'étoit de sa part une complaisance, je craignois d'en abuser. je fus bientot détrompé. je lui parlai de mon affaire, il eut l'air de ne pas m'entendre je continuai, il éluda la question en me parlant d'une indisposition qu'avoit alors son cheval & m'invitant à l'aller voir. Là dessus il me quitte pour aller parler au Président, en sort un instant après en me disant, c'est maintenant votre tour je vous confirme mon invitation. J'entrai chez M.r le Président, je fis ma déposition sans être pressé par ce magistrat dont je n'ai qu'à louer l'honnêteté. c'est après que je fus rendre ma visite à M.r Sabatier, j'avois tout lieu de croire qu'il seroit le premier à me parler de ce qui m'interessoit, point du tout j'éprouvai à ce sujet le même silence qu'auparavant, il ne fut question de rien pas même de la maladie de son cheval qu'il devoit si ardemment me montrer. Je sortis de chez lui peu satisfait & tout intrigué de l'entrevue qu'il s'étoit menagée avec moi & sa visite chez M.r le Président avant mon interrogatoire. sa conduite à mon égard a donc été une énigme que je n'ai su & que je ne puis encore expliquer.

[[label: Letter Text - Page 2]] Au surplus tout ce que je pourrois conjecturer n'aboutit à rien, Il n'est plus chargé de défendre mes intérêts je ne dois plus m'occuper de ce qu'il fait ou peut faire. Nous passerons à l'origine de ma créance : j'avois fait avec avantage quelques opérations sur les soies avec Beaupré fils. Nos comptes étoient réglés. quelque temps après sachant que j'avois de l'argent, il me proposa d'aller dans le Vivarais acheter des soies de compte à demi. ses sollicitations, son exactitude passée, le bénéfice que nous avoient procuré les dernieres opérations tout parloit en sa faveur je me laissai entrainer. je lui confiai six mille francs. Il partit avec cette somme, plusieurs jours s'écoulèrent & je n'avois point de nouvelles de Beaupré je devins inquiet j'en fis part à son Epouse qui me dit que son mari avoit été retenu par une indisposition, mais qu'il arriveroit bientot. j'attendis encore, Beaupré ne parut pas. mon inquiétude alors augmenta & je résolus d'aller sur les lieux pour savoir ce qu'étoit devenu mon argent. j'arrive chez M.r Lapierre, je lui demande son fils, il me repond qu'il est à st laurent des bains, j'y vais, je le trouve effectivement, je voulus connoître l'emploi de mon argent, il me dit qu'il en avoit donné une grande partie à son pere pour payer des créanciers qui le poursuivoient. je lui adressai de vifs reproches il s'excusa & me pria de ne pas faire de bruit qu'il m'accompagneroit chez son pere et qu'il se rendroit caution pour lui, ce qui en effet il fit : Ce fut dans ce moment que l'un et l'autre me fesant part de leur position ils me gagnèrent à leur prêter encore Douze Mille francs, me donnant à entendre en me montrant leurs propriétés qu'ils me vendroient leur fabrique & un pré; qu'il y avoit un bénéfice eut à faire, j'avoue que la vue de cette propriété me flatta & je consentis à leur prêter encore. M.r Lapierre pere me fit son billet de Dix huit mille francs. à cette époque j'avois une maison à Lyon, M.rs Reynaud & Genissieux qui me fesoient des fonds, je me rendis chez eux pour négocier ce billet. M.r Reynaud à qui je le présentai, me dit en le lisant, malheureux qu'avez vous fait le pere Lapierre doit plus qu'il n'a. je commençai à sentir que j'avois été un peu loin. quelques temps après je reçois une lettre de M.r Lapierre pere qui m'annonce qu'il est toujours dans l'intention de me vendre ce qu'il m'a offert & m'engage à l'aller voir. Dans ce temps là j'avois des fournitures de chevaux à faire à Privas j'y fus, j'y connoissois plusieurs personnes que je consultai, entr'autres M.r Linet aujourd'hui juge, M.r Jean De bosse & M.r Sabat de la charriere qui tous me conseillèrent de ne pas acheter. M.r Linet que vous êtes à portée de voir pourroit se rappeller mon nom & se souvenir qu'il m'a donné dans cette occasion comme dans bien d'autres ce bon conseil, je ne l'ai jamais oublié & lui en sais toujours gré. M.r Lapierre ayant appris que j'étois à Privas vint me voir et me renouvella ses propositions. je lui refusai en prétextant qu'il n'y avoit aucune convenance pour moi il me dit alors puisqu'il en est ainsi rangez vous avec mon fils, faites vous payer des six mille francs que vous lui avez prêtés, quant à moi je vais vous céder ma créance sur M.r Michel Notaire, s'élevant avec les intérêts à sept à huit mille francs, vous

[[label: Letter Text - Page 3]] vous vous en ferez payer, ce que je vous resterai ne sera pas considérable, je vais terminer la vente de quelques pieces de fonds & je vous désinteresserai entierement. Je me fis faire alors une déclaration des six mille francs par Beaupré fils & plus tard une obligation sur laquelle j'ai reçu trois mille francs à compte. Le pere Lapierre m'ayant remis les titres de sa créance sur M.r Michel je le poursuivis & par jugement du Tribunal je fus autorisé à recevoir trois mille francs pour les interets. Ces poursuites furent suspendues jusqu'à ce que l'on m'écrivit de Privas que le moment seroit favorable pour me faire payer de M.r Michel, & que pour y parvenir plutot il me convenoit de retirer mes pieces de chez M.r Sabatier qui servoit toute la famille & de les remettre à M.r .... dont on me donnoit l'adresse & dont je ne me suis pas rappelé le nom. c'est ce que je fis ainsi que vous le verrez par la quittance de M.r Sabatier ci-jointe accompagnée de l'obligation de Beaupré fils. On voudroit me présenter dans cette affaire comme le prête nom de Beaupré. M.r le Président lui-même m'a donné à connoître qu'on lui avoit dit que dans ce temps là je n'étois pas à meme de prêter de l'argent. Ces deux assertions sont aussi fausses qu'attentatoires à mon honneur que je veux défendre & auquel je tiens plus qu'à la somme qui m'est légitimement due. Pour s'en convaincre que l'on examine attentivement quels ont été mes rapports primitifs avec Beaupré qu'elle confiance je lui ai accordée, de quelle maniere il m'a mis en rapport avec son pere quels ont été les motifs qui m'ont porté à lui prêter, mes démarches & les dépenses que j'ai été obligé de faire, l'on verra alors si j'ai pu être si long-temps le prête nom dans une affaire où mon honneur & ma tranquillité ne pouvoient qu'être compromis & où il a fallu à tant de reprises différentes débourser de l'argent. à cette époque je n'avois pas dit-on des moyens : je pourrois prouver qu'alors j'avois un crédit ouvert dans la maison Reynaud Genissieux de Lyon, que j'étois propriétaire de deux petits Domaines & de Deux fabriques à soie considérables, que je fus obligé d'en vendre une pour faire face au remboursement que m'occasionna le [remboursement] non payement des billets de M.r Lapierre & qu'enfin je payois 300 francs d'impositions dans la commune de Pelussin. je tiens beaucoup à vous faire connoître ces circonstances pour vous servir dans l'instruction de mon affaire & vous mettre à meme de détruire la mauvaise impression que de faux rapports ont pu produire sur l'esprit de M.r le Président. Je bornerai là mon narré déja assez long, mais plus encore si j'étois entré dans tous les petits détails. je m'en rapporte à vous, à vos soins & à ce que vous m'avez dit lorsque j'eus l'honneur de vous faire mes adieux si vous pouvez savoir d'avance à quelle époque se rendra le jugement, j'oserai vous prier de m'en aviser, je ferai mon possible pour me rendre à Privas Dans cette attente, Agréez, Monsieur l'assurance de la considération distinguée De Votre très-humble & obeissant serviteur Poncet le 27 Xbre 1825.

[[label: Docketing on the Exterior Leaf]] Lettre de Mr. [Joriel?] et piece qu'elle renferme. quittance de Mr Sabatier inscription contre la femme lapierre. P. 37. P

[[label: Postal Marks on the Exterior Leaf]] LE PEAGE 4

[[label: Address Panel]] Monsieur Monsieur Boissonnet Lawyer Privas (Ardèche)

[[label: Letter Text - Page 1]] Virieu – 27 December 1825 Sir, Not having been able to secure the pleasure of seeing you to inform you of what had happened between Mr Sabatier and me at the moment I was going to present myself to the President of the Court of your town, please allow me to converse with you about it and to make known to you in what manner I am a creditor of Mr Lapierre Beaupré father, the origin of my claim, what happened in the intervening time, and you will see if I served as a front man for Beaupré son as they are trying to persuade the Judges. I was waiting in the corridor for the President to grant me an audience, when I felt a tap on my shoulder; turning around, I found myself face to face with Mr Sabatier, who lavished me with his courtesies and the marks of his old friendship, and for I can assure you that every time I had the occasion to see him, he considered me less as his client than as his personal friend. We walked together for about three quarters of an hour or an hour, and for so long that, believing it was a courtesy on his part, I feared abusing it. I was soon undeceived. I spoke to him of my case; he seemed not to hear me. I continued; he evaded the question by speaking to me of an indisposition his horse had at the time and inviting me to go and see it. Thereupon he left me to go and speak to the President, came out a moment later telling me, 'It is now your turn, I confirm my invitation.' I entered the President's office, I gave my deposition without being rushed by this magistrate, whose courtesy I can only praise. It was afterwards that I went to pay my visit to Mr Sabatier; I had every reason to believe he would be the first to speak to me of what interested me; not at all, I experienced on this subject the same silence as before; there was no mention of anything, not even of his horse's illness that he was so eager to show me. I left his place quite dissatisfied and thoroughly intrigued by the interview he had arranged with me and his visit to the President before my interrogation. His conduct towards me has therefore been an enigma that I have not known how to, and still cannot, explain.

[[label: Letter Text - Page 2]] Furthermore, anything I might conjecture leads to nothing. He is no longer in charge of defending my interests; I must no longer concern myself with what he does or might do. We shall move on to the origin of my claim: I had profitably carried out some transactions in silks with Beaupré son. Our accounts were settled. Some time later, knowing that I had money, he proposed that I go to the Vivarais to buy silks on a half-share basis. His solicitations, his past punctuality, the profit that the last operations had procured for us, everything spoke in his favour; I let myself be drawn in. I entrusted him with six thousand francs. He left with this sum, several days passed and I had no news of Beaupré. I became worried; I informed his Wife, who told me her husband had been delayed by an indisposition, but that he would arrive soon. I waited further, Beaupré did not appear. My worry then increased and I resolved to go to the location to find out what had become of my money. I arrive at Mr Lapierre's house, I ask him for his son; he answers that he is at St Laurent des Bains. I go there, I indeed find him; I wanted to know the use of my money. He told me he had given a large part of it to his father to pay creditors who were pursuing him. I addressed sharp reproaches to him; he apologised and begged me not to make a fuss, saying he would accompany me to his father's and that he would stand as guarantor for him, which he indeed did: It was at this moment that, both of them sharing their situation with me, they won me over to lend them another Twelve Thousand francs, giving me to understand by showing me their properties that they would sell me their factory and a meadow; that there was a profit to be made. I admit that the sight of this property flattered me and I consented to lend to them again. Mr Lapierre father made me his promissory note for Eighteen thousand francs. At that time, I had a firm in Lyon, Messrs Reynaud & Genissieux, who provided me with funds; I went to them to negotiate this note. Mr Reynaud, to whom I presented it, said to me upon reading it, 'Wretch, what have you done? Father Lapierre owes more than he has.' I began to feel I had gone a bit far. Some time later, I receive a letter from Mr Lapierre father announcing that he still intends to sell me what he offered me and urging me to go and see him. At that time, I had horse supplies to deliver in Privas; I went there. I knew several people there whom I consulted, among others Mr Linet, today a judge, Mr Jean De bosse and Mr Sabat de la charriere, who all advised me not to buy. Mr Linet, whom you are in a position to see, might recall my name and remember that he gave me on this occasion, as in many others, this good advice; I have never forgotten it and am always grateful to him for it.

[[label: Letter Text - Page 3]] Mr Lapierre, having learned I was in Privas, came to see me and renewed his proposals. I refused him, using the pretext that it was not suitable for me. He then said to me, 'Since it is so, settle with my son, get paid the six thousand francs you lent him; as for me, I will transfer to you my claim against Mr Michel, Notary, amounting with interest to seven or eight thousand francs, you you you will get paid from it, what I will owe you will not be considerable, I will finalise the sale of some pieces of land and I will pay you off entirely.' I then had a declaration of the six thousand francs made by Beaupré son, and later an obligation upon which I received three thousand francs on account. Father Lapierre having handed over to me the titles of his claim against Mr Michel, I pursued him and by judgment of the Court, I was authorised to receive three thousand francs for the interest. These proceedings were suspended until I was written to from Privas that the moment would be favourable to get paid by Mr Michel, and that to achieve this sooner, it suited me to withdraw my documents from Mr Sabatier, who served the whole family, and to hand them over to Mr .... whose address I was given and whose name I have not recalled. This is what I did, as you will see by the attached receipt from Mr Sabatier accompanied by the obligation of Beaupré son. They would like to present me in this affair as the front man for Beaupré. The President himself let me know that he had been told that at that time I was not in a position to lend money. These two assertions are as false as they are an attack on my honour, which I wish to defend and which I value more than the sum legitimately owed to me. To be convinced of this, let one examine attentively what my initial relations with Beaupré were, what trust I granted him, in what manner he put me in contact with his father, what were the motives that led me to lend to him, my steps and the expenses that I was obliged to incur; one will then see if I could have been the front man for so long in an affair where my honour and my peace of mind could only be compromised, and where it was necessary on so many different occasions to disburse money. At that time, it is said, I did not have the means: I could prove that I then had an open credit with the Reynaud Genissieux firm in Lyon, that I was the owner of two small estates and two considerable silk factories, that I was obliged to sell one to meet the repayment caused by the [repayment] non-payment of Mr Lapierre's notes, and that finally I paid 300 francs in taxes in the municipality of Pelussin. I am very keen to make these circumstances known to you to serve you in the preparation of my case and to enable you to destroy the bad impression that false reports may have produced on the mind of the President. I will limit my narrative there, already quite long, but even more so had I entered into all the small details. I rely on you, on your care, and on what you told me when I had the honour of bidding you farewell; if you can know in advance at what time the judgment will be rendered, I will dare to ask you to notify me; I will do my utmost to go to Privas. In this expectation, please accept, Sir, the assurance of my distinguished consideration. Your very humble and obedient servant, Poncet 27 December 1825

[[label: Docketing on the Exterior Leaf]] Letter from Mr. [Joriel?] and the document it contains. Receipt from Mr. Sabatier. Registration against Madame Lapierre. P. 37. P

[[label: Postal Marks on the Exterior Leaf]] LE PÉAGE 4


Letter from Protat [surname reading uncertain] to P. Grataloup Fils, inferred February 2, 1845

French letter from Protat [surname reading uncertain] to the merchant P. Grataloup Fils in Lyon, written at Mâcon on 2 February 1845. Postal and recipient docketing show transmission on 3–4 February 1845.

Exact: the old-form final figure in the dateline and the Mâcon–Lyon postal and recipient docketing form a consistent 2–4 February 1845 sequence.

Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

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NRA-L-000022 - Image 1: Address panel, docketing and postal marks

Address panel, docketing and postal marks.

NRA-L-000022 image 1 showing the address panel, docketing and postal marks for Protaty's letter to P. Grataloup Fils in Lyon.

NRA-L-000022 - Image 2: Letter text, closing and signature

Letter text, closing and signature.

NRA-L-000022 image 2 showing Protaty's letter from Mâcon, dated 2 February 1848, returning merchandise.

[[label: Address Panel]] A Monsieur P. Grataloup Fils negossien Place de lancie nne Douane [C No 1?] Lyon rhône

[[label: Letter Text]] Messieur Come - me - voiant Pat capable de vou peyers , vo mar - chendisse pare ce que la perrsonne , - qui m'avée tant gager je n'aves pat fai d'engajement a vece luis et il maquiter je sui ssobliger de vou ren voyer vo mare chendisse quereinte de vou les fere perdre j'sui sobligée de me re maitre a - mat jourenait . auxyto que jes - vu sela je nas ve pen core tou ches les marrchendisse euremen ; je vou les ranvoi , veu lier les re ce voir v sereviteur Protaty macon le 2 fevreir 1845

[[label: Docketing on the Exterior Leaf]] à Lyon 1845 Protat Tailleur le 4 fev

[[label: Postal Marks on the Exterior Leaf]] MACON / 3 / FEVR. / 45 P.P. [partial arrival mark] / 4 / FEVR. / 45

[[label: Address Panel]] To Monsieur P. Grataloup Fils Merchant, Place de l'ancienne Douane [C No 1?] Lyon, Rhône

[[label: Letter Text]] Sir, Seeing myself not capable of paying you for your merchandise, because the person who had hired me, I had made no agreement with him and he left me, I am obliged to send your merchandise back to you for fear of making you lose it. I am obliged to go back to my day labour. As soon as I saw that, I had not yet touched the merchandise, fortunately; I am sending it back to you, please receive it. Your servant Protaty Mâcon, 2 February 1845

[[label: Docketing on the Exterior Leaf]] Later docketing At Lyon 1845. Protat, tailor. 4 Feb. 4 February

[[label: Postal Marks on the Exterior Leaf]] MÂCON / 3 / FÉVR. / 45 P.P. [postage paid] [partial arrival mark] / 4 / FÉVR. / 45

Date conflict image-checked. Original date preserves the writer's 1848 wording; normalized Date is inferred as 1845 from docketing and the consecutive Mâcon/Lyon postal sequence. Protat is the preferred surname reading, but the reading remains uncertain. 'Place de l'ancienne Douane' is retained only in the delivery-address transcription, not as a place entity.


Letter from Marie Šoulová to the hutmaster at Skoky, routed through A. Syrový at Roztoky, 1874-05-10

Czech complaint by Marie Šoulová to the hutmaster at Skoky concerning her husband's wages, housing and the treatment she reports receiving. The exterior is addressed to A. Syrový, director of the ironworks at Roztoky, showing a distinct postal routing layer.

Hutmaster at Skoky [textual and functional addressee]

A. Syrový, director of the ironworks at Roztoky [postal addressee]

Budy (Křivoklát), Bohemia, Austria-Hungary

Historical correspondence
Private collection
Letter
Czech language

Ordinary Lives

NRA-L-000023 - Image 4: Letter text - View 2

Letter text - View 2.

NRA-L-000023 image 4 showing a second view of the written letter page of Marie Šoulová's 1874 letter from Budech.

NRA-L-000023 - Image 3: Letter text - View 1

Letter text - View 1.

NRA-L-000023 image 3 showing the written letter page of Marie Šoulová's 1874 letter from Budech.

NRA-L-000023 - Image 2: Address side, postal mark and seal - View 2

Address side, postal mark and seal - View 2.

NRA-L-000023 image 2 showing a second view of the addressed exterior, postal mark and seal of Marie Šoulová's 1874 letter.

NRA-L-000023 - Image 1: Address side, postal mark and seal - View 1

Address side, postal mark and seal - View 1.

NRA-L-000023 image 1 showing the addressed exterior, postal mark and seal of Marie Šoulová's 1874 letter.

[[label: Address Panel]] Ctený Pan, pan. A. Syrový Ředitel železných Hutí v Roztokách. pošta. Křivoklát.

[[label: Letter Text]] Ct. Pan. Hutmistr V Skokách ! Pozdrav Bůh! Já nýže psaná vám milost pane děkuji po Česku, že jste když jsem sě k Vám chtěla jíti sprosbou a žá,, dostí poptati jenom mocli muj manžel vydělá za měsíc Přesto svýdělku on mě na vyživu skorem nic nedává, Tak Jste my vzkázal, že [crossed out: mě vyhodíte] se mnou z Vašeho kanceláře dveře vyrazíte oběima rukama; a proč to nevím; Já si mislím že jsem Vám stim tak mnoho nebyla ublížila. 2. Mně bylo řeknuto, že mě necháte do harestu zavříti; ježto Vám děkuji za všecku tu Vaší starost. 3. Mně bylo řeknuto, že jsi namě zjednáte a mě zbyt necháte 4. Jste řekl mému muži aby mě mrše ani jeden Krejcar nedával a aby uté mrchy nebyl, že Vy mu milost pane byt sám dáte aby jsi vzal ksobě hospodyni. Teď od toho času co jste mu to milost pane z Vašich úst řekl, zdržuje se v huti v Kozárně u hlídačky a doma mě muj byt zamkl a Klíče sebou ve vaší továrně má. Děkuji Vám. Děkuji Vám. Děkuji Vám. Já si ale myslím, že já jsem Vám nikdy ani Krokem ani hnutím neublížila a Vy milost pane Jste mě tak mnoho a tak mnoho ublížil a omě tak mnoho obstaral S Bohem děkuji Vám po česku ! Ještě jednou S Bohem! v Buda dne 10ho Května 1874 Z Uctou Marie Šoulová, v Budech.

[[label: Postal Marks]] PÜRGLITZ / 11 / 5 / 74 / KRIVOKLAT [blue pencil:] 6k

[[label: Address Panel]] Honoured Sir, Mr. A. Syrový, Director of the Ironworks in Roztoky. Post office: Křivoklát.

[[label: Letter Text]] Honoured Mr Hutmaster in Skoky! God greet you! I, the undersigned, thank you, gracious sir, in the Czech way, that when I wanted to come to you with a plea and a request merely to ask how much my husband earns in a month, even though he gives me almost nothing from his earnings for my support, you sent word to me that you would knock the doors of your office off their hinges with me using both hands; and why I do not know; I think that I had not harmed you so greatly by doing this. 2. I was told that you would have me locked up in the lockup; for which I thank you for all your concern. 3. I was told that you would hire someone against me and have me beaten 4. You told my husband that he should not give me, the bitch, a single kreutzer and that he should not remain with that bitch, that you, gracious sir, would give him a flat yourself so that he might take a housekeeper. Now since the time you said this to him with your own lips, gracious sir, he has been staying at the ironworks in Kozárna with the watchwoman, and at home he locked my flat against me and keeps the keys with him at your factory. I thank you. I thank you. I thank you. But I think that I have never harmed you by a single step or movement, and you, gracious sir, have harmed me so much and so much and have taken such great care over me Farewell I thank you in the Czech way! Once again, farewell! in Buda on the 10th of May 1874 With respect Marie Šoulová, in Budy.

Recipient layers are separated from the image-checked text: the hutmaster at Skoky is the textual/functional addressee and A. Syrový at Roztoky is the postal addressee. The precise routing relationship beyond that evidence is not asserted.


Letter from M. G. to Monsieur Evrard, lawyer, 1843-04-20

French family and financial letter signed M G to Evrard, a lawyer at Tarascon, dated in the running text only `le 20 avril`. The catalogue year 1843 is derived from separate docketing and Avignon–Tarascon postal evidence.

Inferred year: day and month come from the manuscript dateline `le 20 avril`; the year 1843 is supplied by the separate docketing and consecutive postal evidence dated 20–21 April 1843.

Ordinary Lives

NRA-L-000024 - Image 1: Address panel, docketing and postal marks

NRA-L-000024 image 1 showing the address panel, docketing and postal marks for M. G.'s letter to Monsieur Evrard in Tarascon.

NRA-L-000024 - Image 2: Letter text - Page 1

Letter text - Page 1.

NRA-L-000024 image 2 showing the opening of M. G.'s French letter concerning debt and the Mont-de-Piété.

NRA-L-000024 - Image 3: Letter text - Page 2, closing and docketing

Letter text - Page 2, closing and docketing.

NRA-L-000024 image 3 showing the continuation, closing and docketing of M. G.'s French letter.

[[label: Address Panel]] A Monsieur Evrard, avocat Tarascon B. du rhône

[[label: Letter Text]] le 20 avril toi Seul bon Creancier, me donne l'esperance de me tirer de l'embarras ou je me trouve inutilement l'ai-je fait Connoitre a mes enfans, je n'ai point reçu de réponse Je vais te dire ce que je dois tout réunis c'est 600# Sur Cette Somme 150# ne Sont pas dans le Cas d'etre ramboursés de Suite il Sont du au mont de pieté pour Cela j'ai donnés en nantissement pour plus de 700# de linge à tout usage un Couvert et petites Culiér apresent j'ai à retirer le 22 juin 300# le 1er 9bre 100 le vingt deux Xbre 300 le tout dans l'éspace de huit mois après avoir acquité Cette Somme de 600# tu est mon Seul Creancier, Si je venois à mourir avant d'avoir Satisfait à Ce que je te dois par le present le present les valeurs que je laisserai Serviront a acquiter ma dette. j'aurois Soins en rentrans Chez toi de faire une declaration Comme quois je n'ai apportés que mes quelques nipes ayant vendu tout le reste pour satisfaire ceux a qui je devais il serois trop long de t'écrire de quelle manière je me suis arriéré ainsi j'ai besoind d'éviter les occasion de donner elle sont trop fréquente ici ma nourriture et ma toilette n'y sont pour rien je te t'assure c'est l'exacte vérité [md] Clerc ma dit le matin qu'on lui avoit demandé les appartemens c'est une honnette manière de ne pas prolongé mon séjour elle en as le droits je ne lui payé rien pour le mois d'avril, si j'avois osé lui dire je ne reste que forcément tout mon désir est de retourner d'où je viens c'est beaucoup écrire pour mes pauvres yeux ils sont toujour malade c'est ma feautte j'ai passé les fêtes de paques à pleurer attendant une réponse de mes deux fils que j'attend toujour. depuis près d'un mois adieu bon créancier il me tardent de te voir je t'embrasse ainsi quadèle et ta femme Ta tante M G je te remercie de m'avoir apris l'heureuse délivrance de fannette

[[label: Docketing Note]] 20^e avr. 1843 De ma tante [Goudon]

[[label: Postal Marks]] AVIGNON / 21 / AVRIL / 43 TARASCON-S-RHO[NE] / 21 / AVRIL / 43

[[label: Address Panel]] To Monsieur Evrard, lawyer Tarascon Bouches-du-Rhône

[[label: Letter Text]] 20 April You alone, good creditor, give me the hope of getting out of the predicament in which I find myself. I have tried in vain to make it known to my children; I have received no reply. I am going to tell you what I owe altogether: it is 600#. Of this sum, 150# cannot be repaid immediately; they are owed to the Mont-de-Piété. For this I gave in pledge more than 700# of linen for all uses, a place setting and small spoons. At present I have to redeem: 22 June 300# 1 November 100 22 December 300 All of it within the space of eight months. After having paid off this sum of 600#, you are my only creditor. If I were to die before having satisfied what I owe you by the present the present the valuables that I leave behind will serve to pay off my debt. I would take care upon returning to your home to make a declaration that I brought only my few belongings, having sold all the rest to satisfy those to whom I owed money. It would take too long to write to you how I fell into arrears, so I need to avoid opportunities for spending, they are too frequent here. My food and my clothing have nothing to do with it, I assure you you; it is the exact truth. [Mme] Clerc told me this morning that someone had asked her for the apartments. It is a polite way of not prolonging my stay; she has the right to do so, I paid her nothing for the month of April. If I had dared tell her I remain only because I am forced to, my whole desire is to return whence I came. This is a great deal of writing for my poor eyes. They are still ill; it is my fault. I spent the Easter holidays weeping, waiting for a reply from my two sons, which I am still waiting for, for almost a month. Farewell, good creditor. I long to see you. I embrace you, as well as Adèle and your wife. Your aunt M G I thank you for having told me of Fannette's safe delivery.

[[label: Docketing Note]] Later docket 20 Apr. 1843 From my aunt [Goudon]

[[label: Postal Marks]] AVIGNON / 21 / APRIL / 43 TARASCON-S-RHO[NE] / 21 / APRIL / 43

Original date preserves only the manuscript wording `le 20 avril`. The normalized date 1843-04-20 is evidence-qualified: 1843 comes from later docketing and postal marks, not from the running dateline.

Debt, pledged household goods and the Avignon Mont-de-piété


Administrative school report concerning absences in Oeffingen, 1846-11-13

German administrative school report dated at Oeffingen on 13 November 1846, concerning a school-board meeting convened to address school absences. The document includes an exterior address panel and a heavily overwritten lower section.

Unidentified school or municipal official, Oeffingen

Historical correspondence
Private collection
Administrative school report
School absences
School board
Day labor
German language

Ordinary Lives

NRA-L-000025 - Image 1: Address panel, exterior notes and postal mark

Address panel, exterior notes and postal mark.

NRA-L-000025 image 1 showing the address to the Reverend Parish Office, Deanery of Neuenburg, exterior notes and the Schliengen postal mark.

NRA-L-000025 - Image 2: Letter text - principal view

Letter text - principal view.

NRA-L-000025 image 2 showing the principal view of the German school report dated at Oeffingen on 13 November 1846.

NRA-L-000025 - Image 3: Letter text - overwritten lower section and overlapping detail

Letter text - overwritten lower section and overlapping detail.

NRA-L-000025 image 3 showing the overwritten lower section and overlapping detail of the German school report.

[[label: Address Panel]] An Hochwürdiges Pfarramt Dekanat Neuenburg

[[label: Letter Text]] An Ortsschulinsp. Oeffingen Großh. löbl. Schul = Inspektion Neuenburg Auf Hochdero verehrl. Schreiben vom 1. krt. so bald als möglich, ja an einem Schultage Schulvorstandssitzung zu halten in Sachen der Schulver= säumnisse betreffend, wurde am 10. d. M. in der Kirche die Sitzung auf den 12ten Vormittags 1/2 10 im Schulhause zu [machen?] verkündet, u da am 11. deßhalb Sitzung gehalten wurde, geschah in der Sitzung Eröffnung auf die abzu= haltende Sitzung am 12; Unterzeichneter wartete von ½ 10 bis ½ 11 Uhr, und nur ein Mitglied Joh. Mayer erschien. Es wird somit Hochderselben berichtet, daß nun weitere Sitzung in obigem Betreff nicht mehr stattfinden wird; und im Fall Hochd. H. gefälligst sich [dann/darum?] nun an mich wegen der Schulsache was längeres wenden sei. Soll etwas geschehen, so muß der hiesigen Stelle Nachfragung zugehen lassen. Nro 210 Oeffingen am 13 9br 1846. [FB Kolb HW.?]

[[label: Overwritten Lower Section]] [The lower half of the leaf is heavily overwritten and crossed out. A reliable continuous transcription is not possible.] Securely Legible Fragments [der Bürgermeister in Oeffingen] [Vorstandsmitglieder] [Hr. Pfarrer und der Schultheiß] [wegen Krankheit] [wegen Taglöhnung] [Schulvorstand] [13. 9br 1846]

[[label: Exterior Notes and Postal Mark]] [upside down:] Johann [upside down:] Mayer von hier SCHLIENGEN

[[label: Address Panel]] To The Reverend Parish Office Deanery of Neuenburg

[[label: Letter Text]] To the Local School Inspectorate Oeffingen To the Most Honourable Grand Ducal School Inspectorate, Neuenburg In response to Your Highly Esteemed Authority's letter of the 1st of the current month, to hold a school board meeting as soon as possible, indeed on a school day, concerning the matter of school absences, it was announced in church on the 10th of this month that the meeting would be held on the 12th at half past nine in the morning in the schoolhouse, and since a meeting was held on the 11th for this reason, notice was given in the meeting of the meeting to be held on the 12th; The undersigned waited from half past nine until half past ten, and only one member, Joh. Mayer, appeared. It is therefore reported to Your Esteemed Authority that no further meeting in the above matter will now take place; and in case Your Esteemed Authority should kindly address me at greater length now concerning the school matter. If anything is to happen, an inquiry must be sent to the local office. No. 210 Oeffingen, 13 November 1846. [illegible signature] [FB Kolb HW.?] [[notes]] 9br denotes November; 1/2 10 and 1/2 11 denote 9:30 and 10:30 respectively; krt. means the current month. Schultheiss is a historical village mayor or magistrate.

[[label: Overwritten Lower Section]] [The lower half of the leaf is heavily overwritten and crossed out; a reliable continuous transcription is not possible. Only fragments remain legible:] mayor in Oeffingen members of the school board the Reverend Pastor and the Schultheiß because of illness concerning the school absences because of ongoing day labour 13 November 1846

[[label: Exterior Notes and Postal Mark]] Exterior note Johann Mayer from here SCHLIENGEN


Letter from B. Hötte Söhne to Messrs Gme Gallien fils & Co with London fur price current, 1819-10-26

French-language commercial correspondence from B. Hötte Söhne in Münster to Messrs Gme Gallien fils & Co in Paris, dated 26 October 1819. The letter and its enclosed market price current concern the fur trade, commercial forwarding, market conditions and postal circulation between Münster and Paris.

Messrs Gme Gallien fils & Co, 25 rue Greneta, Paris

Historical correspondence
Commercial correspondence
Fur trade
London fur auction
International trade
Market prices
French language

Ordinary Lives

NRA-L-000026 - Image 1: Address panel, postal marks and routing annotations

Address panel, postal marks and routing annotations.

NRA-L-000026 image 1 showing the Paris address panel, Prusse par Givet routing mark and November 1819 arrival mark.

NRA-L-000026 - Image 2: Business letter from B. Hötte Söhne, Münster, dated 26 October 1819

Business letter from B. Hötte Söhne, Münster, dated 26 October 1819.

NRA-L-000026 image 2 showing the French business letter from B. Hötte Söhne concerning sealskins and fur orders.

NRA-L-000026 - Image 3: Enclosed price current from a London fur sale

Enclosed price current from a London fur sale.

NRA-L-000026 image 3 showing the tabular price current for Canadian and other furs sold in London in September 1819.

NRA-L-000026 - Image 4: Recipient's docketing note

Recipient's docketing note.

NRA-L-000026 image 4 showing the recipient's docketing note identifying Münster, Hötte and Sons, and 26 October 1819.

[[label: Address Panel]] Messrs Gme Gallien fils & Co rue Greneta No 25, en la maison de Roulage Paris

[[label: Postal Marks and Annotations]] PRUSSE / PAR / GIVET [1 1/4?] [crossed out: 105] 4 NOVEMBRE / 4 / 1819

[[label: Letter Text]] Messrs Gme Gallien [hole] & Co Paris Münster 26 Octob 1819. Selon vos ordres nous avons envoyé par l'exp de Mr. Em. Müller Pfortzhm F. M. un petit paquet en toil ciré contenant 10 peaux d'loups marins choisy, 103 [Rms?] dont nous souhaitons qu'ils arrivent bientot. Ci joint, nous avons l'honneur, de vous presenter le prix-court. de la derniere vente public à Londres. Quand vous aurez besoin de plusieurs peaux des renards bleus ou des sacs d'Hamster dont vous avez recu deja quelques, ou des sacs des ventres de petitgris travaillés Weissenfels Couleur bleu a 15 ecus, blanches a 9 ecus, veuillez bien nous donner vos ordres. En expectant que vous avez eu un bonne voyage en retournant de Leipzig nous avons l'honneur de vous saluer Vos devoués B Hötte Söhne.

[[label: Enclosed Fur Price Current]] Vente public [tear] Canada faite à Londres le 1 [tear] Septembr 1819 Quantité peaux de Prix de la 1ere qualité 2de qual: 3me qual: 31,830. Marmottes 3/6 a 3/8 1/6 a 2/ 1/ part seulement vendu. 4,371. d'Ours noirs - rien vendu 567 d° & des oursons noirs - rien vendu 271. d'Ours gris & bruns - rien vendu 60,300 Mardres de Canada 7/ a 8/ 4/6 a 5/ 3/ a 3/6 part seulemt vendu. 10,250. Loutres - pas vendu 25/ a 28/ 9/ a 15. 2,900 Lignes rien vendu. 113 Loups cerviers 14/6 a 16/9 bien melées. 1,363 Chats de loups [sir.] rien vendu 1,600 Loups - rien vendu. 230 Tigres rien vendu. 39,600. Visons. tres fin a 3/2 a 4/ pas vendu, pas vendu. 9,300 Renards rouges. 20/ 10/ a 12/ 5/ a 7/6. 600 d° croisées - 25/ - 10/ a 15. 24 d° argentées très melées [81/ / 103/] 1600 d° de tartare rien vendu; on a offert 1/ 2,800 fishers 9/ 6/ a 7/ [3/ /] les Drawbacks sont encore a diminuer de ces prix.

[[label: Docketing Note]] Munster Hotte & fils freres du 26 8bre 1819

[[label: Address Panel]] Messrs Gme Gallien Fils & Co 25 rue Greneta, at the haulage house Paris

[[label: Postal Marks and Annotations]] PRUSSIA / VIA / GIVET [1 1/4?] [crossed out: 105] 4 NOVEMBER / 4 / 1819

[[label: Letter Text]] Messrs Gme Gallien [hole] & Co., Paris Münster, 26 October 1819. In accordance with your orders, we have sent via the forwarding service of Mr Em. Müller in Pforzheim a small parcel in waxed cloth, marked F. M., containing 10 selected sealskins weighing 103 pounds, which we hope will arrive soon. Enclosed, we have the honour to present to you the price current of the latest public sale in London. Whenever you require more blue-fox skins or hamster-skin linings, of which you have already received some, or linings of squirrel bellies worked in Weissenfels - blue at 15 écus, white at 9 écus - please be so kind as to give us your orders. Trusting that you had a good journey returning from Leipzig, we have the honour to greet you. Your devoted B Hötte Söhne. [[notes]] Gme abbreviates Guillaume. The letter was written on 26 October 1819; the address side records arrival in Paris on 4 November 1819.

[[label: Enclosed Fur Price Current]] Enclosed fur price current Public sale of Canadian furs, held in London on 1 September 1819. Quantity - type of skin - price of 1st quality - 2nd quality - 3rd quality - remarks 31,830 marmots - 3/6 to 3/8 - 1/6 to 2/ - 1/ - only part sold. 4,371 black bears - nothing sold 567 ditto and black bear cubs - nothing sold 271 grey and brown bears - nothing sold 60,300 Canadian martens - 7/ to 8/ - 4/6 to 5/ - 3/ to 3/6 - only part sold. 10,250 otters - not sold - 25/ to 28/ - 9/ to 15/. 2,900 swans - nothing sold. 113 Canada lynxes - 14/6 to 16/9 - well mixed. 1,363 skins marked "Chats de loups sir." - nothing sold 1,600 wolves - nothing sold. 230 tigers - nothing sold. 39,600 minks - very fine at 3/2 to 4/ - not sold - not sold. 9,300 red foxes - 20/ - 10/ to 12/ - 5/ to 7/6. 600 cross foxes - 25/ - 10/ to 15/. 24 silver foxes, very mixed - 81/ to 103/ 1,600 Tartar foxes - nothing sold; 1/ was offered 2,800 fishers - 9/ - 6/ to 7/ - 3/7 The drawbacks are still to be deducted from these prices. [[notes]] The enclosure is a market price current from a London public sale of Canadian and other furs in September 1819, communicating quantities, quality grades, prices, unsold lots and customs drawbacks to continental merchants. In this context, loups marins means seals, loups cerviers denotes Canada lynxes, petitgris is squirrel or miniver fur, and fishers are North American mustelids. Lignes and Chats de loups are preserved because their species are not securely identified.

[[label: Docketing Note]] Later manuscript record [Münster Hotte & sons, brothers 26 October 1819.]

A fur consignment and a London price current


Letter from R. C. Campion to J. Phillips concerning property conveyancing, 1841-10-11

English legal correspondence from R. C. Campion in Exeter to J. Phillips at Beach Cottage, Hastings, dated 11 October 1841. The letter concerns a possible property transaction and detailed questions of conveyancing, leases, possession and stamp duties, followed by a brief personal postscript.

Historical correspondence
Legal correspondence
Property law
Conveyancing
Stamp duties
Professional careers
English language

Ordinary Lives

NRA-L-000027 - Image 1: Address panel with Exeter and Hastings postal marks

Address panel with Exeter and Hastings postal marks.

NRA-L-000027 image 1 showing the address to J. Phillips at Beach Cottage, Hastings, with Exeter and Hastings postal marks from October 1841.

NRA-L-000027 - Image 2: Letter text - Page 1

Letter text - Page 1.

NRA-L-000027 image 2 showing page 1 of R. C. Campion's English letter from Exeter to J. Phillips, dated 11 October 1841.

NRA-L-000027 - Image 3: Letter text - Page 2

Letter text - Page 2.

NRA-L-000027 image 3 showing page 2 of R. C. Campion's letter discussing lease and release, livery of seisin and the chain of title.

NRA-L-000027 - Image 4: Letter text - Page 3 and postscript

Letter text - Page 3 and postscript.

NRA-L-000027 image 4 showing page 3 and the postscript of R. C. Campion's letter concerning property conveyancing, stamp duty and his son's career.

[[label: Address Panel]] J. Phillips Esqre Beach Cottage Hastings

[[label: Letter Text]] Exeter 11 Octr 1841 Dear Phillips, I am sorry to say that I can't find your former Letter containing the particulars of the Policy & Mr Moore says that he has destroyed my former letter to him, so that we neither of us know the particulars _ He will not make an offer till after you have given him a price _ If therefore you will send me the parlars & the price you intend to ask, I will endeavour to get him to purchase or make an offer _ I am afraid that he wants to make too [crossed out: easy?] favorable a bargain for himself, but I will do all I can . As to my Conveyce of the Reversion in fee _ Shod not the origl Lease be recited, & agreemt for sale subject to the sd Lease without taking any notice of the Mortgage, to Vendors & then the Conveyce, to Hold the Premes "with the benefit of the Rents & Covts contd in the sd recited Indre of "Lease, but subject to the sd Lease," unto & to the Use of the Purchr his Hrs & Asss? You say a Com law Lease _ which is done I suppose by using "demise & grant," instead of Bargn & Sale, & all the rest will be like the lse & Rlse for a year, except the latter pt referring to the Statute, & stating the intent to be to take a Release of the Revon _ [crossed out: Don't you think] I understand that the Town Council can't make the use Bar & Sale for a Year. If a Common Law Lease be made, must there be Livery of Seisin. This will be troublesome as the origl Lease is mortgaged to me, I suppose it can't be said that the purchr will be in possn under that Lease _ Cold not this Revon be conveyed by Grant without any Lease for a Year If Livery of Seisin be made, I suppose it must be stated to be done (by indorsemt) with consent of the Lessee of the present Lease _ Mr Rowe was the origl Lessee & he assigned to Mr Gliddon, who mortgaged it to me and intends to buy the Revon in fee _ Mr Gliddon now occupies the premises _ The Indorsemt wold state that possn was taken by the Com Law Lessee with the consent of _ _ who? _ Mr Gliddon or Mr Campion the Tenant in possession _ By 4 Vict ch 21 (passed this Year) Every Release without a Lease for a Year, which shall be expd to be made in pursce of this Act shall be as effectl as if the Releasor had exed a Lease for a Year the Rels havg the same Stamp as the Lease for a Year - As this Stat does not say Bargn & Sale for a Year, does not the word Lease for a Year include a Com Law Lease as well as a Bargn & Sale for a Year - I shd like to avoid the Com Law Lease if it cd be done with safety. The progressive duty for a mortge is 20/ & for a Deed 25/. - If both Deed & mortge Stamps be taken, I suppose the highest progressive (25/) wd be best, but not both progressive Stamps I am very much obliged to you for your advice herein. As you do not complain in your letter I conclude you are tolerably well & am glad, you find Hastings agree, notwithstanding the Weather is so unfavorable - Yours very truly R C Campion I don't think there is a chance of doing any thing at the Bar without very extraordinary abilities, therefore I think I shall prepare my son for the Church. [[notes]] Authorial revisions: interlinear insertions are integrated at the position intended by the writer. Canceled wording is identified in square brackets as crossed out; no canceled reading is silently adopted.

[[label: Postal Marks and Annotations]] EXETER / OC 12 / 1841 / B HASTINGS / OC 14 / 1841 / [A?] [manuscript marks:] [1/2?] / 11

Conveyancing reform in an 1841 legal letter


Letter from Carl Brants to W. J. Sekera, 1866-02-26

German professional correspondence from pharmacist Carl Brants in Vienna to W. J. Sekera, pharmacist in Münchengrätz, dated 26 February 1866. The letter concerns delayed correspondence, professional obligations and an association's opinion on Sekera's manuscript. The folded address side bears Vienna and Münchengrätz postal markings.

Münchengrätz / Mnichovo Hradiště, Bohemia, Austrian Empire

Historical correspondence
Professional correspondence
Pharmacists
Collegial relations
Professional associations
Manuscript review
Photographic portrait exchange
German language

Ordinary Lives

NRA-L-000028 - Image 1: Address panel and postal evidence

Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000028 image 1 showing the address to W. J. Sekera, pharmacist in Muenchengraetz, with Austrian postage and postal markings.

NRA-L-000028 - Image 2: Letter text - Page 1, upper section

Letter text - Page 1, upper section.

NRA-L-000028 image 2 showing the upper section of page 1 of Carl Brants's German letter from Vienna, dated 26 February 1866.

NRA-L-000028 - Image 3: Letter text - Page 1, lower section

Letter text - Page 1, lower section.

NRA-L-000028 image 3 showing the lower section of page 1 of Carl Brants's German letter concerning professional correspondence and a manuscript.

NRA-L-000028 - Image 4: Letter text - Page 2 and signature

Letter text - Page 2 and signature.

NRA-L-000028 image 4 showing page 2 and the signed closing of Carl Brants's German letter dated 26 February 1866.

[[label: Address Panel]] S. Wohlgeboren Herrn W. J. Sekera p. t. Apotheker & c. zu Münchengrätz

[[label: Letter Text - Page 1]] [Embossed letterhead:] CARL BRANTS APOTHEKER. Wien d. 26. Febr. 1866. Mein lieber Herr College! Ihr letztes Schreiben vom 23. Febr. ist der Ausdruck eines gekränkten und durch mein Nichtschreiben beleidig= ten Collegens, was ich um so mehr bedauern müßte, da es gewiß nicht meine Sache, gegen irgend Jemanden nicht collegial zu handeln, noch viel weniger einen alten verdienstvollen Collegen nicht zu achten. Sie müssen aber auch gerecht seyn und meine Verhältnisse betrachten: ich habe ein großes Geschäft, bin Gremial= Vorstand, Gemeinderath und Schulaufseher und habe so viel zu thun, daß mir factisch die Zeit zu kurz wird und da lasse ich mich im Beantworten der Briefe unterstützen, was hier um so angezeigter war, weil der Verein sein Urtheil über Ihr Manuscript abzu= geben hatte. Ich habe den Brief nicht gelesen, erwarte aber nicht, daß er nur im Entferntesten unartig wäre, wo ich dann gleich um die Einsendung ersuchen müßte, denn ich dulde dem H. Redacteur nicht das Geringste und verlange auch von ihm nichts Unrechtes.

[[label: Letter Text - Page 2]] Indem ich auf diese meine Aeußerung erwarte, daß Ihr Unwille gegen mich verschwinden wird, lege ich Ihnen meine Photographie bey, damit Sie stets das Bild eines ehrenhaften und festen Charakters, den nichts in der Welt ändert, vor sich haben. Nun leben Sie recht wohl, sind Sie mir herzlich gegrüßt und nehmen Sie die Ver= sicherung meiner aufrichtigsten Collegialität als Ihr Freund C. Brants mp.

[[label: Address Panel]] To His Well-Born Mr. W. J. Sekera p. t. apothecary, etc. in Münchengrätz

[[label: Letter Text - Page 1]] [Embossed letterhead:] CARL BRANTS, PHARMACIST. APOTHECARY. Vienna, 26 Feb. 1866. My dear Mr Colleague! Your last letter of 23 Feb. is the expression of a colleague who is hurt and offended by my not writing, which I should regret all the more, since it is certainly not my way to act uncollegially towards anyone, much less to fail to respect an old and deserving colleague. But you must also be fair and consider my circumstances: I have a large business, I am head of the guild, a local councillor and school inspector, and I have so much to do that I am factually running short of time, and so I have others assist me in answering letters, which was all the more appropriate here because the association had to give its verdict on your manuscript. I have not read the letter, but I do not expect that it was even remotely impolite, in which case I would immediately have to request that it be sent to me, for I tolerate not the slightest thing from Mr Editor, nor do I demand anything improper of him.

[[label: Letter Text - Page 2]] In the expectation that, following this statement of mine, your displeasure towards me will disappear, I enclose my photograph so that you may always have before you the image of an honourable and firm character that nothing in the world changes. Now fare very well, receive my heartfelt greetings and accept the assurance of my most sincere collegiality as your friend C. Brants, in his own hand [[notes]] The closing abbreviation mp. represents manu propria, indicating that the signature is in the sender's own hand.


Letter from Tabitha Devereux to Joseph Story, 1826-09-14

English family correspondence from Tabitha Devereux in Johnston, Rhode Island, to her half-brother Joseph Story in Salem, Massachusetts, dated 14 September 1826. The letter concerns claims to property inherited through Tabitha's mother, Ruth Ruddock, probate accounts, and land associated with the Ruddock heirs near Copp's Hill in Boston. The folded address panel bears a Providence postmark dated 18 September.

Tabitha Devereux (born Tabitha Story), Johnston, Rhode Island

Joseph Story, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Salem, Massachusetts; half-brother of the sender

Johnston, Rhode Island
Boston, Massachusetts
Copp's Hill, Boston
Salem, Massachusetts

Historical correspondence
Family correspondence
Inheritance claims
Probate accounts
Women's property rights
Family justice
Religious rhetoric
Ruddock family
Joseph Story
English language

Ordinary Lives

NRA-L-000029 - Image 1: Address panel with Providence postal mark

Address panel with Providence postal mark.

NRA-L-000029 image 1 showing the address to the Honorable Joseph Story in Salem and the Providence, Rhode Island postmark dated 18 September.

NRA-L-000029 - Image 2: Letter text - Page 1, upper section

Letter text - Page 1, upper section.

NRA-L-000029 image 2 showing the beginning of Tabitha Devereux's letter from Johnston, Rhode Island, dated 14 September 1826.

NRA-L-000029 - Image 3: Letter text - Page 1, lower section

Letter text - Page 1, lower section.

NRA-L-000029 image 3 showing the lower overlapping capture of page 1, including references to the Ruddock heirs and probate accounts.

NRA-L-000029 - Image 4: Letter text - Page 2, upper section

Letter text - Page 2, upper section.

NRA-L-000029 image 4 showing the upper section of page 2 of Tabitha Devereux's appeal concerning family property and justice.

NRA-L-000029 - Image 5: Letter text - Page 2, lower section

Letter text - Page 2, lower section.

NRA-L-000029 image 5 showing the lower section of page 2, including the writer's religious appeal and transition to the final page.

NRA-L-000029 - Image 6: Letter text - Page 3, upper section

Letter text - Page 3, upper section.

NRA-L-000029 image 6 showing the beginning of page 3 with Tabitha Devereux's resolve to expose the matter to the world.

NRA-L-000029 - Image 7: Letter text - Page 3, lower section and signature

Letter text - Page 3, lower section and signature.

NRA-L-000029 image 7 showing the lower section of page 3 and the signature of Tabitha Devereux.

[[label: Address Panel]] Honble Joseph Story. Salem.

[[label: Letter Text - Page 1]] Johnston September 14, 1826 Brother I taken the Liberty to write these Lines to you to inform you when I Arived in Boston that I was told that theire was a peace of Land Belongin to the Ruddock Ears Back of Copes Hill & that the Ears is to Cum & Lay theire Clames Or the town will take it I want you to Sea a Bout it for I think Now it is time that I had Sumthing of my mothers Property Out of All that my father had I ask not for any thing That Was my fathers but for my mothers & my father had my mothers Share and this is £ 950.0.0 And then [Dreaws?] a third more for his Expences This is Abiel Ruddock & theire is 4 Shears Unsold And Unpaid wich is 1385. 14. 6. by the Ballance of John Ruddock Esq. Now Brother Ware is it all That not One of four Children has One Cent of it & Now that they had a mother Share you in my place Would you Rested tell this day No you would not I Apeal to your Consince was theire Ever so much Ungustis done before when my Sister and my Self went to Get that a mount that Lays On the Probat Book to this day 927. 6. if you Can doe Justis for Others I wish for Justis done for me You Cum to this State to doe Justis for Others & Me not for One of your One family Sprang from The Same father you did and if that my father had Not have had that property in his hands you Could Not have bean Edecucated as you ware No more Then the Rest of my Brothers you told me & my Sister Roda that your father Ronge his Children

[[label: Letter Text - Page 2]] by not Chargen Us Children with Bord if their was Nothing how Could he Charge No he Never Ronge you any of your Part Hee has Ronge Us for you for you have it All O Cruel father to take from them that it Belong to & Give to them it did not belong To I have it all in Black & wite and the Last a Count that my father Rendend in the yr 1793. and there he Left to the Ears £829.2=3 from his One a Count and their has bean no a Count Seteld Sence then And that is 33 years So that it is not Out Lawd as you tryd to make me beleave if that all the Rest of them had what Belong to them weare is Ourn O Brother I a Peale To heaven as my Witnes that Great Ungustis has bean done me & Now I must Raise a Louder Cry to heven for Justis my hevenly father Says that Vengences is mine and I Will Repay he has bean my father Eversence My Mother for Suke me he has bean my Procter Preserver and Benefator and I hav[e] got Trust him to Doe all things for me for with Out him I Can not doe any thing Brother you Go from place to place to doe Justis & Now I Cry for it from you & from heaven for God shews the Way to take His Eije is Upon me Now & may he add his Blessin to it and if that you Dont incline To Sea in to it for me I must

[[label: Letter Text - Page 3]] Expose it to the World God Streanthen me I Can doe all things for all power is in His hands and none Can Pluck them from Him he Can Cill and he Can make a Live And him that is Excoalted he Can make Low And him that is Low he Can Exuolt and None That Ever put their trust in him Nead be Afraid for he says I will be with you to The World End Brother you have Given me mony from time to time I have felt Every thankfull for it I have it all minited down and if that it is Ever in my power I will pay it But When you Gave it me you sayd that it was a free Gift Brother Look at this Letter and at things and sea if I ant Reason to Cry for Justis Place your Self in my place and then you Sea How it is I Shall not Rest tell I Sea Ware I Can have Something Or Nothing it is with You to Doe it you may think hard of me I Can think harder of you for you Noe more then I doe The time the town has Required and the Ears Can have it by payen the Expences Cusin Ruddo[ck] Can have it by pain the Expences and pain the Rest of the Ears if he wishes & it is you that have deprived me of my All I hope Sister Haret is Better and your family is well & all the Rest of Broth & Sister We are all Better Then we have bean for this Season I Remain your Sister Tell Death Tabitha Devereux [[notes]] The writer's phonetic spelling, capitalization and lineation are preserved. The overlapping photographs have been merged into three physical pages without repeating text. The single bracketed reading [Dreaws?] remains uncertain.

Family relationship verified; probate and land claims require further research

Image-checked modernized English reading

A family appeal concerning Ruddock property