Letter from Fritz Duval to Vve A.... (1879)

NRA-L-000157 / 1879

Letter from Fritz Duval to Vve A. Cabrol Jeune & Cie arranging Jules Haas's return from Buenos Aires, July 3, 1879

Fritz Duval, successor to Dubied Père & Fils, asks Vve A. Cabrol Jeune & Cie to arrange second-class steamship passage from Buenos Aires to Bordeaux for the ill Jules Haas, to verify his identity from two signed documents, to advance the fare and to notify him at the Hôtel Américain.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000157

NRA-L-000157 image 1 showing the address panel to the widow A. Cabrol jeune and Company at Bordeaux, with Couvet company mark, postage stamp, circular postmarks, large manuscript docketing and fold lines. — **Image 1**Address panel, postal evidence and docketing.

NRA-L-000157 image 2 showing the opening page of a French commercial letter dated at Couvet, Switzerland, on 6 July 1879, concerning travel to Buenos Aires, with closely written cursive text and fold lines. — **Image 2**Opening page of the commercial letter.

NRA-L-000157 image 3 showing the continuation and closing page of the French commercial letter, with Buenos Aires instructions, signature identifying Fritz Duval as successor to Dubied pere et fils, folds and paper discoloration. — **Image 3**Continuation, closing and signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000157
Date: 1879-07-03
Original date: Couvet (Suisse) le 3 Juillet 1879
Type: Commercial correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Fritz Duval
Recipient: Vve A. Cabrol Jeune & Cie
Places: Couvet, Switzerland / Bordeaux, France
Extent: 3 documentary sides: Address panel, postal evidence and docketing; Opening page of the commercial letter; Continuation, closing and signature; 3 digital images.
Signature: Fritz Duval
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000157.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Address panel, postal evidence and docketing

Original transcript

Messieurs
Vve A. Cabrol Jeune & Cie
allées de Chartres 9 à
Bordeaux

Notes

Postal marks:
C[O]UVET 3 VII 79
PARIS 4 JUIL 79
PARIS 4 JUIL 79

Later annotations:
Duval

Couvet 3 Juillet 1879

Reçue le 4
Rép...... 11

Address panel, postal evidence and docketing

English translation

Messrs Vve A. Cabrol Jeune & Cie
9 allées de Chartres
Bordeaux

Notes

Postal marks:
C[O]UVET 3 VII 79
PARIS 4 JUIL 79
PARIS 4 JUIL 79

Later annotations:
Duval

Couvet 3 July 1879

Received the 4th
Replied...... 11th

Opening page of the commercial letter

Original transcript

Couvet (Suisse) le 3 Juillet 1879

Messieurs Vve A Cabrol Jeune & Cie allées de Chartres
N° 9 à Bordeaux

J'ai l'honneur Messieurs de m'en référer à
la circulaire dont je vous envoie un exemplaire inclus.
Le but de ces lignes est de vous demander
de nouveau un service, ce serait de faciliter le retour
en Europe du jeune Mr Jules Haas, dont vous avez
déjà soigné jadis l'embarquement pour l'Amérique & qui
se trouve actuellement à "l'Hôtel Américain, Calle 25
" de Mayo à Buenos-ayres".
Pour cela je vous prierais de bien vouloir
demander le passage en Seconde Classe, de Buenos-Ayres
à Bordeaux pour Mr Jules Haas aux deux Compagnies
de Bateaux à vapeur qui font ce service savoir:
à la Pacific Steam Navigation Compny. &
aux Messageries Maritimes
de manière à ce que le jeune homme, qui est malade
parait-il, puisse profiter du premier départ.
Voici deux bulletins qui portent la signature
de Mr Haas & que je vous prie de remettre aux Compagnies
en question pour qu'il soit possible de constater son
identité.
Je prends en outre la liberté de profiter de
votre crédit pour vous prier de demander aux deux Compagnies
d'accorder le passage, moyennant payement chez vous
Messieurs à l'arrivée à Bordeaux. J'aurai soin de

Opening page of the commercial letter

English translation

Couvet (Switzerland), 3 July 1879

Messrs Vve A. Cabrol Jeune & Cie
9 allées de Chartres, Bordeaux

Gentlemen, I have the honour to refer to the circular of which I enclose a copy. The purpose of these lines is to ask you for another service: to facilitate the return to Europe of the young Mr Jules Haas. You previously arranged his embarkation for America, and he is now staying at the Hôtel Américain, Calle 25 de Mayo, Buenos Aires.

I should therefore be grateful if you would ask the two steamship companies operating this route—the Pacific Steam Navigation Company and the Messageries Maritimes—for second-class passage from Buenos Aires to Bordeaux for Mr Jules Haas, so that the young man, who is said to be ill, may take the first available sailing.

Enclosed are two documents bearing Mr Haas's signature. Please submit them to the companies concerned so that his identity can be verified.

I further take the liberty of relying on your credit and ask you to request that the two companies grant the passage, with payment to be made to you upon his arrival in Bordeaux. I shall arrange to

Continuation, closing and signature

Original transcript

vous rembourser tous vos débours & frais de la part
des parents.
S'il est possible de donner communication à
Mr Jules Haas Hotel américain Calle 25 de Mayo
à Buenos-Ayres
de la facilité de départ qui lui est accordée, l'on vous
serait également des plus obligé de le faire par prochain
courrier.
Je vous prie de m'excuser Messieurs si
j'use si fréquemment de votre complaisance &
je vous prie d'agréer mes salutations empressées
Fritz Duval
Successeur de
Dubied Père & fils

Continuation, closing and signature

English translation

reimburse all your outlays and expenses on the parents' behalf.

If it is possible to notify Mr Jules Haas, Hôtel Américain, Calle 25 de Mayo, Buenos Aires, of the passage arrangements granted to him, we should likewise be most obliged if you would do so by the next mail.

Please excuse me, Gentlemen, for calling so frequently upon your kindness, and accept my earnest greetings.
Fritz Duval
Successor to Dubied Père & Fils

Discovery Terms

Transatlantic travel
Steamships
Passenger transport
Illness
Fritz Duval
Jules Haas
Vve A. Cabrol Jeune & Cie
Dubied Père & Fils
Pacific Steam Navigation Company
Messageries Maritimes
Couvet
Buenos Aires
Bordeaux

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