concept
Promissory note (veksel)
Promissory note
also: veksel
A legal IOU (veksel) commonly circulated as informal credit among the Russian merchant and petty-official classes, listed as part of a bride's threadbare dowry inventory for comic effect.
Reading notes
- The Virtuous Tavern-Keeper §15 promissory note
A veksel, a legal IOU commonly circulated as informal credit -- each loan Tsutsykov advances is formally papered, quietly building a claim on the estate.
- Captions for Drawings §89 A promissory note for 300 rubles, due 1889
A veksel, a legal IOU commonly exchanged as informal credit or dowry filler among the Russian merchant and petty-official classes -- listed among the dowry's threadbare inventory as a punchline.