Letter from Alphonse Loup to Pernod... (1860)

NRA-L-000110 / 1860

Letter from Alphonse Loup to Pernod fils offering an absinthe harvest, August 6, 1860

Alphonse Loup offers Pernod fils his forthcoming crop of 3,500 to 4,000 livres of first-quality petite absinthe, delivered free to Pontarlier on the previous year's terms, and also offers grande absinthe at the prevailing price.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000110

NRA-L-000110 image 1 showing the folded address panel to Pernod fils in Couvet with postal marks, red rate notation, manuscript docketing, a seal remnant and irregular edge losses. — **Image 1**Address panel, postal evidence and docketing.

NRA-L-000110 image 2 showing a French letter dated at Môtiers and addressed to Pernod fils in Couvet concerning absinthe, with a closing signature and lower-edge paper loss. — **Image 2**Letter text and signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000110
Date: 1860-08-06
Original date: Motiers le 6 Août 1860.
Type: Commercial correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Alphonse Loup
Recipient: Pernod fils
Places: Môtiers, Switzerland / Couvet, Switzerland
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel, postal evidence and docketing; Letter text and signature; 2 digital images.
Signature: Alphonse Loup
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000110.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Address panel, postal evidence and docketing

Original transcript

Messieurs Pernod fils
à Couvet
[underlined]

Notes

Postal marks:
PONTARLIER / 7 / AOUT / 1860
MOTIERS TRAVERS / 6 / AOUT / 60
5

Later annotations:
Motiers le 6 Août 1860
Alph Loup
Va rdo
le dix

Address panel, postal evidence and docketing

English translation

Messrs Pernod fils
in Couvet
[underlined]

Notes

Postal marks:
PONTARLIER / 7 / AOUT / 1860
MOTIERS TRAVERS / 6 / AOUT / 60
5

Later annotations:
Môtiers the 6th of August 1860
Alph Loup
Will be answered
the tenth

Letter text and signature

Original transcript

Motiers le 6 Août 1860.

Messieurs Pernod fils à Couvet

Ma récolte petite Absinthe sera de 3500 à 4000 livres
doisje vous garder la totalité?
Je vous garanti de l'Absinthe premier choix nous y
mettons tous nos soins.
Je vous la rendrai franco Pontarlier comme l'année
passée et aux mêmes conditions. dite moi par une
lettre ce que je dois faire et si vous accepter.
En attendant le plaisire de vous lire recever Messieurs
les salutations sincères de votre devoué
Alphonse Loup

P.S. Nous pouvons aussi vous fournir
de la Grande Absinthe au cours
qui se fera. le dite

Letter text and signature

English translation

Môtiers, 6 August 1860.

Messrs Pernod fils in Couvet

My crop of petite absinthe will amount to 3,500 to 4,000 livres. Should I reserve all of it for you?
I guarantee first-quality absinthe; we are taking every care with it.
I shall deliver it free to Pontarlier, as last year and on the same terms. Tell me by letter what I should do and whether you accept.
While awaiting the pleasure of hearing from you, please accept, Gentlemen, the sincere greetings of your devoted servant,
Alphonse Loup

P.S. We can also supply you with grande absinthe at the price that is established.

Discovery Terms

Absinthe
Petite absinthe
Grande absinthe
Harvests
Commercial correspondence
Pernod
Alphonse Loup
Môtiers
Couvet
Pontarlier

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