Postcard from Jules Trompette... (1898)

NRA-L-000237 / 1898

Postcard from Jules Trompette concerning the return of a full 71-litre barrel, February 21, 1898

Jules Trompette reports sending barrel no. 1490, with a capacity of 71 litres, by slow freight and asks that it be returned full.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000237

NRA-L-000237 image 1 showing the address side of a postcard sent by Jules Trompette, Café du Commerce to Pernod Fils, with contemporary postal and business marks. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000237 image 2 showing the handwritten message from Jules Trompette, Café du Commerce to Pernod Fils, with contemporary annotations and the sender's signature or business mark. — **Image 2**Postcard message and signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000237
Date: 1898-02-21
Original date: Verdun, 21. 2. 98
Type: Commercial correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Jules Trompette, Café du Commerce
Recipient: [Not written; destination Pontarlier]
Places: Verdun, France / Pontarlier, France
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel and postal evidence; Message text; 2 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000237.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Address panel

Original transcript

[No handwritten addressee; destination postmark: Pontarlier]

Address panel

English translation

[No handwritten addressee; destination postmark: Pontarlier]

Message text

Original transcript

Verdun, 21. 2. 98

Je v[ous] ai expédié dernièrement mon fût no 1490 — 71 litres — p[eti]te vitesse.

Prière de vouloir bien me le réexpédier plein.

Recevez, Messieurs, mes salutations empressées.

Jules Trompette
Café du Commerce
Rue St-Esprit

Notes

Contemporary note:
n'est pas encore arrivé

Message text

English translation

Verdun, 21 February 1898

I recently sent you my barrel no. 1490, holding 71 litres, by slow freight.

Please be so kind as to send it back to me full.

Please accept, Gentlemen, my earnest greetings.

Jules Trompette
Café du Commerce
Rue St-Esprit

Notes

Contemporary note:
has not yet arrived

Discovery Terms

Absinthe trade
Barrels
Returnable containers
Slow freight
Jules Trompette
Café du Commerce
Pernod Fils
Verdun
Pontarlier

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