Fragmentary letter from Pernod Fils... (1864)

NRA-L-000145 / 1864

Fragmentary letter from Pernod Fils to J. Turnbeuf & Neveu ordering demijohns, July 29, 1864

Surviving fragment of a Pernod Fils letter to the Jura glassmaking firm J. Turnbeuf & Neveu ordering ten strong demijohns and ten further demijohns of a specified capacity. The right-hand portion of the sheet is physically absent, so the remaining commercial clauses are transcribed only as fragments.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000145

NRA-L-000145 image 1 showing a surviving horizontal fragment of a folded address panel, with a postage stamp, Pernod fils handstamp, Pontarlier and Dijon postal marks, manuscript docketing and a ragged lower-right edge. — **Image 1**Fragmentary address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000145 image 2 showing a narrow surviving fragment of a Pernod fils letterhead and handwritten letter, with postal impressions, a red seal remnant, folds and an irregular missing right edge. — **Image 2**Fragmentary Pernod fils letter text.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000145
Date: 1864-07-29
Original date: 29 Juillet 1864 (cachet postal et note de classement)
Type: Order
Language: French / fr
Sender: Pernod Fils
Recipient: J. Turnbeuf & Neveu
Places: Pontarlier, France / Dole, France
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Documentary page 1; Documentary page 2; 2 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000145.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Documentary page 1

Original transcript

Messieurs
J. Turnbeuf & Neveu

Notes

Postal marks:
DOLE-DU-JURA / 30 / JUIL. / 64
PONTARLIER / 29 / JUIL. / 64 / (24)
PERNOD FILS / PONTARLIER

Later annotations:
M. Pernod fils a Pontarlier
le 29 juillet 1864

Documentary page 1

English translation

Messrs J. Turnbeuf & Neveu

Notes

Postal marks:
DOLE-DU-JURA / 30 / JUIL. / 64
PONTARLIER / 29 / JUIL. / 64 / (24)
PERNOD FILS / PONTARLIER

Later annotations:
M. Pernod fils in Pontarlier
July 29, 1864

Documentary page 2

Original transcript

PERNOD FILS
PONTARLIER (Doubs)

Messieurs […],

Votre lettre […]
parvenue, elle me […]
du 23 & m'annonce […]
comptez mettre dan[…]
Je suis suffisamm[…]
attendre la reprise d[…]
vous prie de m'envo[…]
10 bombonnes forte[…]
10 dites de 30 v 4[…]
En attendant […]
présente, Messieurs, […]

Notes

Editorial notes:
The right side of the page has been torn or cut off, resulting in fragmentary text.

Documentary page 2

English translation

PERNOD FILS
PONTARLIER (Doubs)

Gentlemen […],

Your letter […]
having arrived, it […]
of the 23rd and informs me […]
intend to put in […]
I am sufficiently […]
wait for the resumption of […]
I ask you to send me […]
10 strong demijohns […]
10 ditto of 30 v 4 […]
Meanwhile […]
I offer you, Gentlemen, […]

Notes

Editorial notes:
The right side of the page has been torn or cut off, resulting in fragmentary text.

Discovery Terms

Pernod Fils
Glass manufacture
Demijohns
Orders
J. Turnbeuf & Neveu
Pontarlier
Dole
Jura

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