Item 24: Letter from Alphonse de Lamartine to “Monsieur,” [in French] , 1891 April 10
Item — Box: 4, Folder: 24
Dates
- Created: 1891 April 10
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Letter
Condition Note:
Good. Slight tear in bottom, middle seam when letter is open.
Measurements:
8 in. x 5 ¼ in. (closed); 10 ½ in. x 8 in. (open)
Description:
The letter is authored on April 10, 1891, by French author, poet, and statesman, Alphonse de Lamartine, to an unknown recipient named “Monsieur”. In the letter, Lamartine is sending his thank you, for a contributor’s voting interest, along with a voucher of his gratitude. He then proceeds to discuss financial business with the letter’s recipient. He speaks to borrowing money for the time with the intention of paying them back after he receives money for a journal of his. After retiring from politics, Lamartine had sustained himself on writings across various subjects, such as literary criticism and history. Under a great deal of stress from his creditors, Lamartine spent the remainder of his life publishing monthly installments of the Cours familier de littérature as a sole means of financial stability. The year, 1851, has been deduced through a handwriting comparison of Laramtine’s other letters. The date 1851 would make sense with the content of his letter, as he lost the Presidential election in 1848 to Louis Napoléon Bonaparte. His address of his contributor's support during that race may be what the voucher spoken of in his letter concerns. He also concludes his letter with his gratitude for the recipient’s voting interest.
Location:
Macon, France
Transcription:
Front, Closed:
Monsieur
Va ici avec mon remerciments un bon pour les interets de 209
Vuily(?) m’en envoyer la Recu.
Madame de Lamartine en Sauvée es mon indipontior (?) en Paris. Je vous remeri et voter interet.
Lamartine
10 avril 1891
P.s J'ai 20,000 a recevoir en octobre –(?) mon Journal pourriez-vous J'eus me mois ou Le manier(?)
Me horirer a emprunter 14000 a Macon pour Langue(?) 19 janvier 1892? Je vous rembourserai sur en 14000 les 4000 que Je vous dois encor. Tout a la sous Vous gérer resinions et seulement dans plus grande aisan(?) a l’argent Comptant dans mon mileuri(?) et dans ma fin d'arrive. J’ai encor 70000 a recevoir entre Janvier es Julliet 189-(?) L[amartine]
Translation Attempt: [Go here with my thanks a voucher for the interests of 209. —(?) send me a receipt. ] [Mrs. Lamartine … in Paris. I thank you for your voter interest. Lamartine. P.S. I have 20,000 to receive in October [from/with] the newspaper could you send it to me one month and I will handle it]
[Can you(?)] schedule to borrow 14000 from Macon for —(?) January 19th 1892? I will pay you back on [the] 14000 and what I still owe you.]
[Everything under your management —(?) and only in greater —(?) has the money in my —(?) and in my final/end arrival. I still have 7000 to receive between January and July 1899(?) L[amartine]]
Me horirer a emprunter 14000 a Macon pour Langue(?) 19 janvier 1892? Je vous rembourserai sur en 14000 les 4000 que Je vous dois encor. Tout a la sous Vous gérer resinions et seulement dans plus grande aisan(?) a l’argent Comptant dans mon mileuri(?) et dans ma fin d'arrive. J’ai encor 70000 a recevoir entre Janvier es Julliet 189-(?) L[amartine]
Translation Attempt: [Go here with my thanks a voucher for the interests of 209. —(?) send me a receipt. ] [Mrs. Lamartine … in Paris. I thank you for your voter interest. Lamartine. P.S. I have 20,000 to receive in October [from/with] the newspaper could you send it to me one month and I will handle it]
[Can you(?)] schedule to borrow 14000 from Macon for —(?) January 19th 1892? I will pay you back on [the] 14000 and what I still owe you.]
[Everything under your management —(?) and only in greater —(?) has the money in my —(?) and in my final/end arrival. I still have 7000 to receive between January and July 1899(?) L[amartine]]
Source
- Lamartine, Alphonse de, 1790-1869 (Person)
Repository Details
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