Letter from J. J. Vatinelle to H. &... (1875)

NRA-L-000128 / 1875

Letter from J. J. Vatinelle to H. & F. Duval concerning a complaint and a North African sales tour, August 16, 1875

J. J. Vatinelle encloses a complaint for H. & F. Duval to answer directly, describes the oppressive heat and quiet business in Algiers, and announces a sales tour through Constantine, Guelma, Bône and Tunis.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000128

NRA-L-000128 image 1 showing a folded blue-paper address panel to J. J. Duval in Pontarlier with a postage stamp, Algerian and French postal marks, manuscript docketing, folds and sealing-wax evidence. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000128 image 2 showing a handwritten commercial letter on blue paper dated at Algiers, with salutation to J. J. Duval, signature, folds and a circular postal impression. — **Image 2**Letter text and signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000128
Date: 1875-08-16
Original date: Alger le 16 Août 1875
Type: Commercial correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: J. J. Vatinelle
Recipient: H. & F. Duval
Places: Algiers, Algeria / Pontarlier, France
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Documentary page 1; Documentary page 2; 2 digital images.
Signature: J. J. Vatinelle
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000128.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Address panel

Original transcript

Messieurs
J. F. Duval
Distillateur Fabt absinthe
Pontarlier

Address panel

English translation

Messieurs
J. F. Duval
Distiller Absinthe manufacturer
Pontarlier

Documentary page 2

Original transcript

Alger le 16 Aout 1875
Messieurs J. F. Duval
Pontarlier
Je vous Confirme ma lettre [du 9?] et Celle ci
pour but d'une reclamation laquelle
vous joins pour que vous même y repondiez
directement
nouvelles de cette place qu'il y a une chaleur
a dessecher sur place et les affaires le Sont
tres peu de monde tous fuie les mauvais jours
fin de ce mois prend ma tournée Constantine
Guelmes Bône & Tunis
Recevez Messieurs mes
toutes Devouées Salutations
J. J. Vatinelle

Documentary page 2

English translation

Algiers the 16 August 1875
Messieurs J. F. Duval
Pontarlier
I confirm to you my letter [of the 9th?] and this one
has the purpose of a claim which
I enclose to you so that you yourself may answer it
directly
news of this place that there is a heat
to dry up on the spot and business is [too]
very few people everyone flees the bad days
end of this month take my tour Constantine
Guelma Bône & Tunis
Receive Messieurs my
all Devoted Greetings
J. J. Vatinelle

Discovery Terms

Absinthe
Commercial correspondence
Complaints
Sales travel
H. & F. Duval
J. J. Vatinelle
Algiers
Constantine
Guelma
Bône
Tunis
Pontarlier

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