Letter from Felix Barrelet to Andrieu... (1835)

NRA-L-000141 / 1835

Letter from Felix Barrelet to Andrieu Cadet ordering two bales of first-choice anise, October 11, 1835

Felix Barrelet asks Andrieu Cadet for a trial order of two bales of first-choice anise priced at 29 to 30 francs, requests prompt shipment to Pontarlier either to his address or to the commission agents Rosselet frères.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000141

NRA-L-000141 image 1 showing a folded address panel to a recipient in Albi, with postal marks, manuscript calculations, receiver docketing, folds and a red seal remnant. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000141 image 2 showing a handwritten commercial letter to a recipient in Albi, with dated heading, monetary amount, signature and folds. — **Image 2**Letter text and signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000141
Date: 1835-10-11
Original date: Motiers Travers, 11 8bre 1835
Type: Order
Language: French / fr
Sender: Felix Barrelet
Recipient: Andrieu Cadet
Places: Môtiers, Switzerland / Albi, France
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Documentary page 1; Documentary page 2; 2 digital images.
Signature: Felix Barrelet
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000141.

Rights & reuse

Reuse is welcome. Publicly available images may be reused for non-commercial purposes with attribution, and automated machine use is permitted with provenance. Commercial republication requires prior written permission.

Full rights & reuse terms

Publicly available images, transcriptions, translations, metadata and descriptions may be copied, shared, reproduced and republished, in whole or in part, for non-commercial purposes, provided that Neruda Archives is clearly credited and the relevant item identifier and stable URL are preserved. This permission includes non-commercial scholarly, educational, editorial, exhibition, website and social-media use. Automated machine use, including crawling, indexing, text and data mining, retrieval, embeddings and AI training by commercial and non-commercial systems, is permitted, provided provenance is retained where technically feasible and the item identifier and stable URL are preserved in source records or associated documentation. Commercial publication, commercial reproduction, resale, advertising use, paid access to a database or dataset and bulk redistribution of images require prior written permission. For the avoidance of doubt, permission is not required merely because an AI system or its operator is commercial. The images displayed and downloadable on this page are public access copies, and the permissions above apply to those files. Access to non-public source scans (preservation masters) or files specially prepared for print, where available, requires prior written agreement. Attribution may not be removed or replaced by false or misleading attribution.

Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Documentary page 1

Original transcript

Monsieur Andrieu Cadet
à Alby
Tarn

Notes

Postal marks:
ALBY / 17 / OCT / 1835
SUISSE / [illegible]
2
20
130

Later annotations:
Motiers Travers 11 8bre 1835
Felix Barrelet

68 = 31
15 = 18
83 49

68 31
36
31 119 31

1518
60 72
7 59
68 31
36

68 = 31
39 = 0
107 = 31

55
15
255
15
765
39 =

Documentary page 1

English translation

Mr Andrieu Cadet
Albi
Tarn

Notes

Postal marks:
ALBY / 17 / OCT / 1835
SUISSE / [illegible]
2
20
130

Later annotations:
[Docketing:] Motiers Travers October 11, 1835
Felix Barrelet

[Calculations:] 68 = 31
15 = 18
83 49

[Calculations:] 68 31
36
31 119 31

[Calculations:] 1518
60 72
7 59
68 31
36

[Calculations:] 68 = 31
39 = 0
107 = 31

[Calculations:] 55
15
255
15
765
39 =

Documentary page 2

Original transcript

Motiers Travers, 11 8bre 1835

Monsieur Andrieu Cadet à Alby

En réponse à votre honorée lettre du 4 court,
je vous demanderai pour un essai
2 balles anis 1er choix dans le prix de
29 à 30 f. J'aimerais que vous m'en
fissiez l'envoi à Pontarlier à mon adresse ou
celle de Mrs Rosselet frères, commissionnaires.

Dans cette attente j'ai l'honneur de vous
saluer bien sincèrement.
Felix Barrelet

Veuillez un peu presser l'expéd.n, S.V.P.

Notes

Later annotations:
107 = 31
39 = 0
68 = 31

Documentary page 2

English translation

Motiers Travers, 11 October 1835

Mr Andrieu Cadet, Albi

In reply to your esteemed letter of the 4th instant, I should like to order, by way of a trial, two bales of first-choice anise at a price of 29 to 30 francs. I should like you to send them to Pontarlier, either to my address or to that of Messrs Rosselet frères, commission agents.

Awaiting this, I have the honour to greet you very sincerely.
Felix Barrelet

Please expedite the shipment a little, if you please.

Notes

Later annotations:
[Calculations:] 107 = 31
39 = 0
68 = 31

Discovery Terms

Anise
Absinthe ingredients
Raw materials
Orders
Commission agents
Felix Barrelet
Andrieu Cadet
Rosselet frères
Môtiers
Albi
Pontarlier

Transcriptions and English translations are provided as working scholarly aids, not as replacements for the images of the original documents. Some readings may remain uncertain, especially where handwriting, spelling, damage, abbreviations, names or places are difficult.

Some transcriptions and translations may be prepared with the assistance of AI tools and reviewed by Neruda Archives before publication. Better readings, corrections and alternative translations are welcome when they are supported by the manuscript image, context or reliable sources.

When suggesting a correction, please include the item ID, the relevant line or image area, the proposed reading or translation, and the evidence for it.

Suggest a better reading or correction