Postcard from Auguste Bailly to... (1887)

NRA-L-000176 / 1887

Postcard from Auguste Bailly to Pernod Fils ordering four cases of twelve bottles of absinthe, November 13, 1887

G. Fromont, writing for the merchant Auguste Bailly, asks Pernod in Pontarlier to dispatch immediately four cases of twelve bottles of Pernod absinthe.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000176

NRA-L-000176 image 1 showing the postcard address panel to Pernod fils in Pontarlier, with postage stamp, postmarks and the sender's business mark. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000176 image 2 showing the handwritten postcard message sent from Crépy-en-Valois, with absinthe-trade correspondence and the sender's signature. — **Image 2**Postcard message and signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000176
Date: 1887-11-13
Original date: Crépy 13 9bre 1887
Type: Commercial correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Auguste Bailly
Recipient: Pernod
Places: Crépy-en-Valois, France / Pontarlier, France
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel and postal evidence; Message text; 2 digital images.
Signature: G. Fromont
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000176.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Address panel and postal evidence

Original transcript

Monsieur Pernod
Négociant
à Pontarlier
Doubs

Notes

Postal marks:
Auguste BAILLY
13 NOV 87
CRÉPY EN VALOIS
(Oise)
CRÉPY-EN-VALOIS
13
NOV
87
OISE
POSTE
10
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE

Address panel and postal evidence

English translation

Mr Pernod
Merchant
Pontarlier
Doubs

Notes

Postal marks:
Auguste BAILLY
13 NOV 87
CRÉPY EN VALOIS
(Oise)
CRÉPY-EN-VALOIS
13
NOV
87
OISE
POSTE
10
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE

Message text

Original transcript

Crépy 13 9bre 1887

Monsieur Pernod
Pontarlier

Veuillez me faire expédier de suite :
4 C/ 12 B. absinthe Pernod.

Agréez, Monsieur, mes saluts empressés.

P. M. A. Bailly, négt
G. Fromont

Notes

Postal marks:
PONTA[RLIER]
6 1/4
NOV
87
DOUBS

Later annotations:
30/7

Message text

English translation

Crépy, 13 November 1887

Mr Pernod
Pontarlier

Please arrange immediate dispatch to me of four cases containing twelve bottles each of Pernod absinthe.

Please accept, Sir, my earnest greetings.

For Mr A. Bailly, merchant
G. Fromont

Notes

Postal marks:
PONTA[RLIER]
6 1/4
NOV
87
DOUBS

Later annotations:
30/7

Discovery Terms

Absinthe
Orders
Cases
Bottles
Auguste Bailly
G. Fromont
Pernod Fils
Crépy-en-Valois
Pontarlier

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