Letter from L. F. Lambelet to Pernod... (1861)

NRA-L-000112 / 1861

Letter from L. F. Lambelet to Pernod fils acknowledging fourteen drafts, February 28, 1861

L. F. Lambelet acknowledges fourteen drafts on France totalling 2,650.25 francs and records a net value of 2,637 francs for 21 March.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000112

NRA-L-000112 image 1 showing the folded address panel to Pernod fils in Couvet with a circular postal mark, red rate notation, docketing, a seal remnant and an upper paper loss. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000112 image 2 showing a short French commercial letter dated at Verrieres with figures, a closing signature, a circular postal mark and a large left-edge paper loss. — **Image 2**Letter text and signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000112
Date: 1861-02-28
Original date: Verrières le 28 fevrier 1861
Type: Commercial correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: L. F. Lambelet
Recipient: Pernod fils
Places: Verrières, Switzerland / Couvet, Switzerland
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel and postal evidence; Letter text and signature; 2 digital images.
Signature: L. F. Lambelet
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000112.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Address panel and postal evidence

Original transcript

Monsieur
Pernod fils
Couvet

Notes

Postal marks:
COUVET 1 MARS 61 [Swiss cross]
10

Later annotations:
Verrières 28. fevrier 1861
L. F. Lambelet
R 1er Mars
Rp 21
1/2

Address panel and postal evidence

English translation

Mr.
Pernod fils
Couvet

Notes

Postal marks:
COUVET 1 MARS 61 [Swiss cross]
10

Later annotations:
Verrières February 28, 1861
L. F. Lambelet
Received March 1
Replied 21
1/2

Letter text and signature

Original transcript

L. F. LAMBELET
Verrières-Suisses

Verrières le 28 fevrier 1861

Monsieur Pernod fils à Couvet

Votre honorée lettre de ce jour m'apporte
f 2650. 25 quatorze traites sur France dont je
vous reconnais [à 1/2 % ?] en
f 2637 v/ 21 mars. Votre dévoué

pp L F Lambelet
[signature]

Notes

Postal marks:
COUVET 1 MARS 61 [Swiss cross]

Letter text and signature

English translation

L. F. LAMBELET
VERRIÈRES, SWITZERLAND

Verrières, 28 February 1861

Mr. Pernod fils in Couvet

Your honoured letter of today brings me fourteen drafts on France totalling 2,650.25 francs, which I acknowledge [at 1/2 per cent?] at a net value of 2,637 francs for 21 March.
Yours devotedly,

pp L. F. Lambelet
[signature]

Notes

Postal marks:
COUVET 1 MARS 61 [Swiss cross]

Discovery Terms

Commercial correspondence
Bills of exchange
Remittances
Pernod
L. F. Lambelet
Verrières
Couvet
France

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