Letter from Bille Frères to Pernod... (1828)

NRA-L-000104 / 1828

Letter from Bille Frères to Pernod fils requesting prices for absinthe extract, September 16, 1828

Bille Frères report an enquiry from a Hamburg house for 300 bottles of superior-quality absinthe extract and ask Pernod fils for his best prices for that quantity.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000104

NRA-L-000104 image 1 showing address panel and postal evidence. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000104 image 2 showing letter text. — **Image 2**Letter text.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000104
Date: 1828-09-16
Original date: Chaux defonds le 16 Septembre 1828
Type: Commercial correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Bille Frères
Recipient: Pernod fils
Places: La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland / Couvet, Switzerland
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel and postal evidence; Letter text; 2 digital images.
Signature: Bille Frères
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000104.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Address panel and postal evidence

Original transcript

[Address panel]
Monsieur Pernod Fils
a Couvet

Notes

Postal marks:
CHAUX DE FONDS
11

Later annotations:
Chaux defonds 16 7bre 1828
Bille freres
R le 17
R. le dit

964925738

N° 6

Address panel and postal evidence

English translation

[Address panel]
Mr. Pernod Fils
at Couvet

Notes

Postal marks:
CHAUX DE FONDS
11

Later annotations:
Chaux-de-Fonds September 16, 1828
Bille brothers
Received on the 17th
Answered on the same day

[Archival number 964925738]

[Archival number 6]

Letter text

Original transcript

Chaux defonds le 16 Septembre 1828
Monsieur Pernod Fils a Couvet

Nous avons une demande d'une maison de hamburg
de 300 bouteilles extrait d'absynthe qualité supérieure
comme celle que nous recumes dans le tems de
Monsr. Borel Per[?] de v/v lorsque vous etiez attaché
a cette maison. Veuillez en reponse nous faire
connaitre vos prix les plus justes pour une pareille
quantité & recevoir Monsieur nos salutations cordiales
Bille Freres

Letter text

English translation

Chaux-de-Fonds, September 16, 1828
Mr. Pernod Fils at Couvet

We have a request from a house in Hamburg
for 300 bottles of superior quality absinthe extract
like the one we received in the past from
Mr. Borel Per[?] of your town when you were attached
to that house. Please, in your reply, let us
know your fairest prices for such a
quantity and receive, Sir, our cordial greetings.
Bille Brothers

Discovery Terms

Absinthe
Absinthe extract
Commercial correspondence
Price enquiry
Pernod
La Chaux-de-Fonds
Hamburg
Couvet

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