Postcard from Fuchet Fils Aîné to... (1898)

NRA-L-000266 / 1898

Postcard from Fuchet Fils Aîné to Pernod Fils ordering four twelve-bottle cases, June 2, 1898

Fuchet Fils Aîné orders four cases of twelve bottles of Pernod Fils on the usual terms and asks whether delivery will be routed to Clamecy station through the Nevers depot.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000266

NRA-L-000266 image 1 showing the address side of a postcard sent by Fuchet Fils Aîné to Pernod Fils, with contemporary postal and business marks. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000266 image 2 showing the handwritten message from Fuchet Fils Aîné 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-000266
Date: 1898-06-02
Original date: 2 juin 1898
Type: Commercial correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Fuchet Fils Aîné
Recipient: Pernod Fils
Places: Dornecy, France / Pontarlier, France
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel and postal evidence; Message text; 2 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000266.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Address panel and postal evidence

Original transcript

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

Maison Pernod fils
Pontarlier
Doubs

Notes

Postal marks:
PONTARLIER
2E 3
JUIN
98
DOUBS
DORNECY
3E 2
JUIN
98
NIEVRE

Later annotations:
804

Address panel and postal evidence

English translation

FRENCH REPUBLIC
POSTCARD
This side is exclusively reserved for the address.

Maison Pernod fils
Pontarlier
Doubs

Notes

Postal marks:
PONTARLIER
2E 3
JUIN
98
DOUBS
DORNECY
3E 2
JUIN
98
NIEVRE

Later annotations:
804

Message text

Original transcript

FUCHET Fils Aîné
DORNECY (Nièvre)

Nég[ocian]t, gare Clamecy
2 juin 1898

Maison Pernod fils
Pontarlier

Veuillez me faire expédier de suite quatre caisses Pernod fils à 12 b[outeille]s.

Conditions habituelles.
Salutations empressées.

Fuchet

[Note :] Vous allez sans doute le faire livrer en gare Clamecy par le dépôt de Nevers ?

Message text

English translation

FUCHET Elder Son
DORNECY (Nièvre)

Merchant, Clamecy station
2 June 1898

Maison Pernod fils
Pontarlier

Please have four cases of Pernod fils, each containing twelve bottles, sent to me immediately.

Usual terms.
Earnest greetings.

Fuchet

[Note:] You will presumably have it delivered to Clamecy station through the Nevers depot?

Discovery Terms

Absinthe
Orders
Cases
Bottles
Depots
Rail transport
Fuchet Fils Aîné
Pernod Fils
Dornecy
Clamecy
Nevers
Pontarlier

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