Postcard from Ch. Klein to Pernod... (1899)

NRA-L-000165 / 1899

Postcard from Ch. Klein to Pernod Fils ordering a sixteen-litre demijohn of absinthe, July 13, 1899

Ch. Klein, an innkeeper at 8 rue Kléber in Mulhouse, orders from Pernod Fils a demijohn containing about sixteen litres of absinthe, of the same quality and on the same terms as before.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000165

NRA-L-000165 image 1 showing a red German postcard addressed to Maison Pernod fils in Pontarlier, with a postage stamp, postmarks and a red circular mark. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000165 image 2 showing a French message concerning a bonbonne of absinthe, with a signature and later docketing. — **Image 2**Postcard message and signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000165
Date: 1899-07-13
Original date: Mulhouse le 13.7.99
Type: Commercial correspondence
Language: French / fr / German / de
Sender: Ch. Klein
Recipient: Pernod Fils
Places: Mulhouse, France / Pontarlier, France
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel and postal evidence; Message text; 2 digital images.
Signature: Ch. Klein
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000165.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Address panel and postal evidence

Original transcript

Maison Pernod fils
Pontarlier (Doubs)

Notes

Postal marks:
MÜLHAUSEN (ELSASS) 13 7 99 12-1N
PONTARLIER DOUBS 24 JUIL 99

Address panel and postal evidence

English translation

Maison Pernod fils
Pontarlier (Doubs)

Notes

Postal marks:
MÜLHAUSEN (ELSASS) 13 7 99 12-1N
PONTARLIER DOUBS 24 JUIL 99

Message text

Original transcript

Mr le Directeur de la maison Pernod fils
Pontarlier

Veuillez m'envoyer 1 bonbonne d'Absinthe environ 16 litres,
qualité comme précédemment et aux
mêmes conditions.

Agréez mes sincères salutations
Ch. Klein, aubergiste
Rue Kléber 8

Mulhouse le 13.7.99

Notes

Later annotations:
3

2661

N 2

307

Message text

English translation

Mr Director of Maison Pernod fils
Pontarlier

Please send me one demijohn containing about sixteen litres of absinthe, of the same quality as before and on the same terms.

Please accept my sincere greetings,
Ch. Klein, innkeeper
8 rue Kléber

Mulhouse, 13 July 1899

Notes

Later annotations:
3

2661

N 2

307

Discovery Terms

Absinthe
Orders
Demijohns
Inns
Ch. Klein
Pernod Fils
Mulhouse
Pontarlier

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