Letter from Hugo to Pernod fils... (1878)

NRA-L-000122 / 1878

Letter from Hugo to Pernod fils requesting a 40-litre cask, April 5, 1878

Hugo, a confectioner-distiller in Libourne, explains that a 107-litre cask will be placed with another house and asks Pernod fils to send a 40-litre cask on the same terms.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000122

NRA-L-000122 image 1 showing the folded graph-paper address panel to Pernod fils in Pontarlier with a postage stamp, postal marks, receiver docketing, upper paper loss and an irregular lower-left edge. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000122 image 2 showing a handwritten letter on graph paper with a dated heading, signature, folds, a large loss at the right edge and an irregular lower-left edge. — **Image 2**Letter text and signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000122
Date: 1878-04-05
Original date: Libourne le 5 Avril 1878
Type: Commercial correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Hugo
Recipient: Pernod fils
Places: Libourne, France / Pontarlier, France
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Documentary page 1; Documentary page 2; 2 digital images.
Signature: Hugo
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000122.

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Transcript and English translation

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Address panel

Original transcript

Monsieur
Pernod fils
Négociant à Pontarlier
Doubs

Address panel

English translation

Mr.
Pernod fils
Merchant in Pontarlier
Doubs

Documentary page 2

Original transcript

Libourne le 5 Avril 1878

Monsieur

J'ai oublié dans ma demande de vous dire
la quantité qu'il me fallait : et vous m'avez [mot perdu dans la lacune]
un fut de 107 Litres que je placerai dans
autre maison. Veuillez aussitôt ma lettre reçue
m'expédier un fut de 40 Litres dans les mêmes
conditions que l'autre.

J'ai l'honneur de vous saluer

Hugo

Documentary page 2

English translation

Libourne, 5 April 1878

Sir,

In my request I forgot to tell you the quantity I needed, and you [word lost in the paper gap] me a 107-litre cask, which I shall place with another house. As soon as you receive my letter, please send me a 40-litre cask on the same terms as the other.

I have the honour to salute you.

Hugo

Discovery Terms

Commercial correspondence
Orders
Casks
Distillers
Pernod
Hugo
Libourne
Pontarlier

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