Postcard from Ed. Burckard to Pernod... (1899)

NRA-L-000166 / 1899

Postcard from Ed. Burckard to Pernod Fils confirming labels and two barrels, October 5, 1899

Ed. Burckard agrees with Pernod Fils's previous letter, asks for only the labels and urgent dispatch by slow freight of two ordered barrels, and clarifies that he had not made the order conditional on receiving empty original bottles.

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NRA-L-000166

NRA-L-000166 image 1 showing a red German postcard addressed to Maison Pernod fils in Couvet, with an Ed. Burckard company cachet, postage stamp and postmarks. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000166 image 2 showing a French business message to Maison Pernod fils about labels and two barrels, with signatures and a dated annotation. — **Image 2**Postcard message and signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000166
Date: 1899-10-05
Original date: Mulhouse, le 5 Octobre 1899
Type: Commercial correspondence
Language: French / fr / German / de
Sender: Ed. Burckard
Recipient: Pernod Fils (Veil-Picard & Cie)
Places: Mulhouse, France / Couvet, Switzerland
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel and postal evidence; Message text; 2 digital images.
Signature: Ed. Burckard
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000166.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Address panel and postal evidence

Original transcript

Maison Pernod fils
Veil-Picard & Cie
Couvet
Suisse

Notes

Postal marks:
MÜLHAUSEN
-5.10.99.12-1N
*(ELS.) 1 g*
BESANCON
12 5
4
99
DOUBS
COUVET
-6.X.99.VIII-
*

Later annotations:
399

20

Address panel and postal evidence

English translation

Maison Pernod fils
Veil-Picard & Cie
Couvet
Switzerland

Notes

Postal marks:
MÜLHAUSEN
-5.10.99.12-1N
*(ELS.) 1 g*
BESANCON
12 5
4
99
DOUBS
COUVET
-6.X.99.VIII-
*

Later annotations:
399

20

Message text

Original transcript

Maison Pernod fils, à Couvet

Je suis d'accord avec le contenu de
votre lettre d'hier. Veuillez donc ne
m'envoyer que les étiquettes et mettre en
route d'urgence, petite vitesse, les deux
barils commandés.

Votre dévoué
Ed. Burckard

P. S. Je n'avais pas subordonné l'exécution
de mes ordres à la condition de l'envoi des bout. vides ; j'avais
seulement insisté sur l'utilité qu'il y aurait, au point de vue
de la vente, à recevoir les bout.
d'origine vides.

Mulhouse, le 5 Octobre 1899

Notes

Later annotations:
9785/86

30/3

Nef-6 rue de la Bourse

Message text

English translation

Maison Pernod fils, Couvet

I agree with the contents of your letter of yesterday. Please therefore send me only the labels and dispatch urgently, by slow freight, the two barrels ordered.

Yours truly,
Ed. Burckard

P.S. I had not made execution of my orders conditional on the shipment of empty bottles; I had only stressed the advantage, from a sales point of view, of receiving empty original bottles.

Mulhouse, 5 October 1899

Notes

Later annotations:
9785/86

30/3

Nef-6 rue de la Bourse

Discovery Terms

Absinthe
Orders
Labels
Barrels
Bottles
Freight
Ed. Burckard
Pernod Fils
Veil-Picard & Cie
Mulhouse
Couvet

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