Postcard from Cauville of Café Potard... (1894)

NRA-L-000177 / 1894

Postcard from Cauville of Café Potard to Pernod Fils sending an empty barrel and two cases of empty bottles, May 7, 1894

Cauville, successor at Café Potard in Beauvais, informs Pernod Fils et Cie that an empty barrel and two cases of empty bottles have been sent carriage paid to the station and asks for their value to be credited on the next invoice.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000177

NRA-L-000177 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-000177 image 2 showing the handwritten postcard message sent from Beauvais, with absinthe-trade correspondence and the sender's signature. — **Image 2**Postcard message and signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000177
Date: 1894-05-07
Original date: Beauvais 7 mai 94
Type: Commercial correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Cauville, Café Potard
Recipient: Pernod Fils et Cie
Places: Beauvais, France / Pontarlier, France
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel and postal evidence; Message text; 2 digital images.
Signature: Cauville
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000177.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Address panel and postal evidence

Original transcript

Messieurs Pernod fils et Cie
Absinthe
à Pontarlier
Doubs

Notes

Postal marks:
Postmark: BEAUVAIS / 8E 7 / MAI / 94 / OISE
Postmark: BEAUVAIS / 8E 7 / MAI / 94 / OISE
Postmark: PONTARLIER / 1E 9 / MAI / 94 / DOUBS
Postage stamp: 10c REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE

Address panel and postal evidence

English translation

Messrs Pernod fils et Cie
Absinthe
Pontarlier
Doubs

Notes

Postal marks:
Postmark: BEAUVAIS / 8E 7 / MAI / 94 / OISE
Postmark: BEAUVAIS / 8E 7 / MAI / 94 / OISE
Postmark: PONTARLIER / 1E 9 / MAI / 94 / DOUBS
Postage stamp: 10c REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE

Message text

Original transcript

Beauvais 7 mai 94

Messieurs Pernod fils et Cie

Je vous envoie ce jour franco gare un fût vide et 2 caisses bouteilles vides. Vous voudrez bien me porter la valeur de cet envoi en compte sur ma première facture.

J'ai l'honneur de vous saluer.

Cauville

Notes

Postal marks:
Sender's cachet: CAFE POTARD / CAUVILLE Succr / BEAUVAIS

Later annotations:
[Ajouts au crayon :] fût voyageur vide ; qui se trouvent à votre disposition
[Calculs de compte en marge, partiellement illisibles]

Message text

English translation

Beauvais, 7 May 1894

Messrs Pernod fils et Cie

Today I am sending you, carriage paid to the station, one empty barrel and two cases of empty bottles. Please credit the value of this consignment against my next invoice.

I have the honour to greet you.

Cauville

Notes

Postal marks:
Sender's cachet: CAFE POTARD / CAUVILLE Succr / BEAUVAIS

Later annotations:
[Pencil additions:] empty returnable barrel; which are at your disposal
[Partly illegible accounting figures in the margin]

Discovery Terms

Absinthe trade
Empty containers
Barrels
Bottles
Café Potard
Cauville
Pernod Fils
Beauvais
Pontarlier

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