Letter from Gebrüder von Arx to... (1861)

NRA-L-000115 / 1861

Letter from Gebrüder von Arx to Pernod fils concerning payment and label colours, January 20, 1861

Gebrüder von Arx settle an account of 37.45 francs and discuss using yellow paper and light or dark bronze colour for Pernod labels after an unexplained mix-up.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000115

NRA-L-000115 image 1 showing the folded address panel to Pernod fils in Couvet with a circular postmark, receiver docketing, seal remnant and a torn lower edge. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000115 image 2 showing a German-language handwritten letter with dated heading, calculations, signature, folds and a paper loss at the left edge. — **Image 2**Letter text and signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000115
Date: 1861-01-20
Original date: Olten, am 20ten Jan 1861.
Type: Commercial correspondence
Language: German / de
Sender: Gebrüder von Arx
Recipient: Pernod fils
Places: Olten, Switzerland / Couvet, Switzerland
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Documentary page 1; Documentary page 2; 2 digital images.
Signature: Gebrüder von Arx
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000115.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Documentary page 1

Original transcript

Monsieur
Pernod fils
à
Couvet
Canton de Neuchâtel

Notes

Postal marks:
[circular date stamp] OLTEN 20 JANV 61
[red crayon] 15

Later annotations:
Olten 20 Janvier 1861
frèrs von Arx

Documentary page 1

English translation

Pernod fils
Couvet
Canton of Neuchâtel

Notes

Postal marks:
[circular date stamp] OLTEN 20 JANV 61
[red crayon] 15

Later annotations:
Olten 20 January 1861
frères von Arx

Documentary page 2

Original transcript

Herrn Pernod fils in Couvet
Olten, am 20ten Jan 1861.

Im Begleite Ihres Werthen vom 18 ct
haben Sie die Güte, uns an baar:
F 36.. 30 c/ zu senden womit wir zuzüglich
   1.. 15 für 3% Sconto
—
m F 37.. 45 Ihre Rechnung bei uns bis heute
verbindlich dankend geordnet haben.
Das Nächstemal wollen wir für diese
Etiquetten Gelb verwenden wie Muster, wenn Sie uns
solches retournieren, indem es gleichviel kostet, ob
wir dazu helle oder dunkle Bronzefarbe nehmen
sollen. Es ist uns ganz unbegreiflich, wie diese
Verwechslung statt gefunden hat.
Mit Hochachtung zeichnen ganz ergebenst
Gebrüder von Arx.

Documentary page 2

English translation

Pernod fils in Couvet
Olten, on the 20th of Jan. 1861.

Enclosed with your esteemed [letter] of the 18th inst.
you have the goodness to send us in cash:
F 36.30 c/ with which we, plus
   1.15 for 3% discount
—
with F 37.45 have settled your account with us up to today
with obliging thanks.
Next time we will want to use yellow for these
labels like the sample, if you
return it to us, since it costs the same whether
we are to use light or dark bronze color
for it. It is completely incomprehensible to us how this
mix-up occurred.
With great respect, we sign very devotedly
Gebrüder von Arx.

Discovery Terms

Commercial correspondence
Labels
Printing
Packaging
Payments
Pernod
Gebrüder von Arx
Olten
Couvet

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