Invoice from Ch. Navarre & Perny to... (1858)

NRA-L-000156 / 1858

Invoice from Ch. Navarre & Perny to Widow David for 257 litres of cognac, November 18, 1858

Ch. Navarre & Perny invoices Widow David, a fine-wine merchant in Toulouse, for a cask containing 257 litres of 1858 cognac at 59 degrees, priced at 120 francs per hectolitre for a total of 308.40 francs, payable four months from the invoice date.

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NRA-L-000156

NRA-L-000156 image 1 showing the address panel to Madame, widow David, a merchant at Toulouse, with postage stamp, numerous circular postmarks, manuscript forwarding and account notes, folds, seal residue and worn paper edges. — **Image 1**Address panel, postal evidence and docketing.

NRA-L-000156 image 2 showing a French invoice and account statement from Ch. Navarre and Perny at Cognac, dated 18 November 1858 and addressed to Madame, widow David, with itemized cognac entries, totals, manuscript calculations and fold lines. — **Image 2**Cognac invoice and account statement.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000156
Date: 1858-11-18
Original date: Cognac, le 18 Novembre 1858
Type: Invoice
Language: French / fr
Sender: Ch. Navarre & Perny
Recipient: Widow David
Places: Cognac, France / Toulouse, France
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel, postal evidence and docketing; Cognac invoice and account statement; 2 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000156.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Address panel, postal evidence and docketing

Original transcript

Madame Vve David
Négte en vins fins
à Toulouse
Hte Garonne

Notes

Postal marks:
COGNAC / 18 / NOV / 58
PARIS A BORDEAUX / 19 / NOV. / 58
PARIS AUX PYRENEES / 19 / NOV. / 58
TOULOUSE / 19 / NOV. / 58
CH. NAVARRE & PERNY / COGNAC

Later annotations:
Cognac le 19 9bre 1858
Ch. Navarre & Perny
1-308.40
Credité le 19 Xbre
Note aux échéances

Address panel, postal evidence and docketing

English translation

Madam, Widow David
Fine-wine merchant
Toulouse
Haute-Garonne

Notes

Postal marks:
COGNAC / 18 / NOV / 58
PARIS A BORDEAUX / 19 / NOV. / 58
PARIS AUX PYRENEES / 19 / NOV. / 58
TOULOUSE / 19 / NOV. / 58
CH. NAVARRE & PERNY / COGNAC

Later annotations:
Cognac the 19th of November 1858
Ch. Navarre & Perny
1-308.40
Credited the 19th of December
Note at maturities

Cognac invoice and account statement

Original transcript

CH. NAVARRE & PERNY
Négociants
COGNAC

Cognac, le 18 Novembre 1858

Madame Vve David Négte en vins fins
à Toulouse (Hte Garonne)

Doit à Ch. Navarre & Perny, suivant son ordre remis
à Notre sieur Jh Perny pour payer à quatre mois date de facture
pris en magasin à Cognac & chargé à ses périls & risques par
l'entremise de Marbœuf commissionnaire à 2. 4. 70 des % Ht en
10 jours

D D 139 Une futaille Cognac 1858 Bois à 59° contenant
257 Litres .................... L'hecto 120 .. 308 40
Double futaille ......................... 0 ""
F . . 308 40

Notes

Later annotations:
257
120
----
5140
257
----
308/40

Cognac invoice and account statement

English translation

CH. NAVARRE & PERNY
MERCHANTS
COGNAC

Cognac, 18 November 1858

Madam, Widow David, fine-wine merchant
Toulouse (Haute-Garonne)

Owes Ch. Navarre & Perny, pursuant to her order given to our Mr J.-h Perny, payable four months from the invoice date, taken from the warehouse at Cognac and loaded at her risk through the forwarding agent Marbœuf [the following commercial-rate notation is unclear in the manuscript: “à 2. 4. 70 des % Ht en 10 jours”].

D D 139 — One wooden cask of 1858 Cognac at 59°, containing 257 litres, at 120 francs per hectolitre: 308.40 francs.
Double cask: no charge.
Total: 308.40 francs.

Notes

Later annotations:
[Calculation]

Discovery Terms

Cognac
Invoices
Casks
Payment terms
Wine merchants
Ch. Navarre & Perny
Widow David
Marbœuf
Toulouse

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