Railway letter to H. & F. Duval... (1876)

NRA-L-000138 / 1876

Railway letter to H. & F. Duval concerning a cask of absinthe held at Charleroi, June 9, 1876

The stationmaster at Gray informs H. & F. Duval that a cask of absinthe addressed to the lemonade maker Janoyer at Charleroi remains held at that station, which is requesting their instructions concerning the dispute.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000138

NRA-L-000138 image 1 showing a folded brown-paper address panel to H. and F. Duval in Pontarlier, with a postage stamp, postal marks, manuscript docketing, seal remnant and folds. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000138 image 2 showing a Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée railway form from Gray with handwritten notice to H. and F. Duval, official markings, signature, folds and a missing upper-left corner. — **Image 2**Railway notice and handwritten letter text.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000138
Date: 1876-06-09
Original date: Gray, 9 Juin 76
Type: Railway correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Stationmaster, Gray station, Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée Railway
Recipient: H. & F. Duval
Places: Gray, France / Pontarlier, France
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Documentary page 1; Documentary page 2; 2 digital images.
Signature: Andrel, stationmaster
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000138.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Documentary page 1

Original transcript

Messieurs H. & F. Duval
Pontarlier,
(Doubs)

Notes

Postal marks:
GARE DE GRAY / 6E / 9 / JUIN / (69)
GRAY / 9 / JUIN / 76 / CR. AUX.
PONTARLIER / 3E / 10 / JUIN
BESANCON / 9 / JUIN / 76

Later annotations:
Gray 9 Juin 1876
Le Chef de Gare

R le 11 d[it]o

fût en souffrance à Charleroi

C B B sur Paris
+ E A D Besançon

C A D com-Italien
C. M

Documentary page 1

English translation

Messrs H. & F. Duval
Pontarlier,
(Doubs)

Notes

Postal marks:
GARE DE GRAY / 6E / 9 / JUIN / (69)
GRAY / 9 / JUIN / 76 / CR. AUX.
PONTARLIER / 3E / 10 / JUIN
BESANCON / 9 / JUIN / 76

Later annotations:
Gray 9 June 1876
The Stationmaster

Received the 11th ditto

cask held up at Charleroi

[Routing/accounting note]

[Routing/accounting note]

Documentary page 2

Original transcript

CHEMINS DE FER
DE
PARIS À LYON ET À LA MÉDITERRANÉE
EXPLOITATION
Gare de GRAY — T.t P.V.
N° 22771

Gray, 9 Juin 76

Messieurs H. & F. Duval
Pontarlier (Doubs)

Comme suite à votre honorée
du 29 écoulé, datée de Couvet,
répondant à la mienne n° 21217
du 29 même mois, j'ai l'honneur
de vous informer que le fût absinthe
D 5164, ad. Janoyer, limonadier
à Charleroi, est toujours en
souffrance à cette gare, qui
insiste pour obtenir vos instructions
au sujet de ce litige.

Recevez, Messieurs, mes civilités.
Le Chef de Gare
Andrel

P.-L.-M. — MOD. 82 A. (1864). — JOBARD.

Notes

Later annotations:
Vireux
3/7 Juin

Pontarlier 7697 - 30 / 4 -

Documentary page 2

English translation

PARIS–LYON–MÉDITERRANÉE RAILWAY
OPERATIONS
GRAY STATION — LOW-SPEED FREIGHT
No. 22771

Gray, 9 June 1876

Messrs H. & F. Duval
Pontarlier (Doubs)

Further to your esteemed letter of the 29th of last month, dated at Couvet, replying to my no. 21217 of the 29th of the same month, I have the honour to inform you that the cask of absinthe D 5164, addressed to Janoyer, a lemonade maker at Charleroi, is still being held at that station. The station insists on receiving your instructions concerning this dispute.

Please accept, Gentlemen, my compliments.
The Stationmaster
Andrel

Notes

Later annotations:
Vireux
3/7 June

Pontarlier 7697 - 30 / 4 -

Discovery Terms

Absinthe
Rail transport
Casks
Undelivered freight
Commercial disputes
H. & F. Duval
Janoyer
Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée Railway
Gray
Charleroi
Pontarlier

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