Postcard from Claverie Fils to Pernod... (1883)

NRA-L-000206 / 1883

Postcard from Claverie Fils to Pernod concerning missing bottle labels, July 13, 1883

Claverie Fils reports receiving a shipment of absinthes without the labels needed for bottling and asks Pernod to send the missing labels promptly.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000206

NRA-L-000206 image 1 showing the address side of a postcard sent by Claverie Fils to Pernod, with contemporary postal and business marks. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000206 image 2 showing the handwritten message from Claverie Fils to Pernod, with contemporary annotations and the sender's signature or business mark. — **Image 2**Postcard message and signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000206
Date: 1883-07-13
Original date: Pau le 13 Juillet 1883
Type: Commercial correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Claverie Fils
Recipient: Pernod
Places: Pau, France / Pontarlier, France
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel and postal evidence; Message text; 2 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000206.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Address panel and postal evidence

Original transcript

CARTE POSTALE
Ce côté est exclusivement réservé à l'adresse.

Monsieur Pernod
Distillateur
à Pontarlier

Notes

Postal marks:
PAU / 14 JUIL 83 / BASSES-PYRÉNÉES
PONTARLIER / 15 JUIL 83 / DOUBS
10c République Française postage stamp

Address panel and postal evidence

English translation

POSTCARD
This side is exclusively reserved for the address.

Mr Pernod
Distiller
Pontarlier

Notes

Postal marks:
PAU / 14 JUIL 83 / BASSES-PYRÉNÉES
PONTARLIER / 15 JUIL 83 / DOUBS
10c République Française postage stamp

Message text

Original transcript

VINS & SPIRITUEUX
CLAVERIE FILS
10, Place Bosquet, à PAU

Pau le 13 Juillet 1883

Monsieur Pernod
Pontarlier

J'ai reçu de votre envoi d'absinthes et n'y ai pas vu figurer des étiquettes qui me sont nécessaires pour la mise en bouteilles. Veuillez, je vous prie, me les envoyer au plus tôt.

Recevez mes sincères salutations.

Claverie fils

[Note au crayon : « Combien ? »]

Notes

Postal marks:
VINS & SPIRITUEUX
LIQUEURS & SIROPS
CLAVERIE FILS
10, Place Bosquet, à PAU
[Illegible circular stamp]

Later annotations:
Combien?

Message text

English translation

WINES & SPIRITS
CLAVERIE FILS
10 place Bosquet, PAU

Pau, 13 July 1883

Mr Pernod
Pontarlier

I have received your shipment of absinthes and did not find the labels that I need for bottling. Please send them to me as soon as possible.

Please accept my sincere greetings.

Claverie Fils

[Pencilled note: “How many?”]

Notes

Postal marks:
VINS & SPIRITUEUX
LIQUEURS & SIROPS
CLAVERIE FILS
10, Place Bosquet, à PAU
[Illegible circular stamp]

Later annotations:
How many?

Discovery Terms

Absinthe
Labels
Bottling
Shipments
Claverie Fils
Pernod
Pau
Pontarlier

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