Postcard from L. Pougheol to Pernod... (1885)

NRA-L-000274 / 1885

Postcard from L. Pougheol to Pernod Fils ordering forty-eight litres and requesting prices for larger absinthe containers, September 7, 1885

L. Pougheol orders forty-eight litres of absinthe in two cases for direct shipment to customers, requests carriage-paid prices for barrels and carboys of various capacities, and asks for advertising pictures.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000274

NRA-L-000274 image 1 showing the address side of a postcard sent by L. Pougheol to Pernod Fils, with contemporary postal and business marks. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000274 image 2 showing the handwritten message from L. Pougheol 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-000274
Date: 1885-09-07
Original date: Montauban, 7 7bre 1885
Type: Commercial correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: L. Pougheol
Recipient: Pernod Fils
Places: Montauban, France / Pontarlier, France
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel and postal evidence; Message text; 2 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000274.

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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.

Messieurs Pernod fils
Liquoristes
à Pontarlier
Doubs

Notes

Postal marks:
MONTAUBAN / 12E / SEPT. / 85 / TARN ET GARONNE
MONTAUBAN / 12E / SEPT. / 85 / TARN ET GARONNE
PONTARLIER / 3E / 9 / SEPT. / 85 / DOUBS

Address panel and postal evidence

English translation

POSTCARD
This side is exclusively reserved for the address.

Messrs Pernod fils
Liqueur makers
Pontarlier
Doubs

Notes

Postal marks:
MONTAUBAN / 12E / SEPT. / 85 / TARN ET GARONNE
MONTAUBAN / 12E / SEPT. / 85 / TARN ET GARONNE
PONTARLIER / 3E / 9 / SEPT. / 85 / DOUBS

Message text

Original transcript

Montauban, 7 7bre 1885

Monsieur,

Veuillez diriger à l'ordre de [destinataire incertain] : 48 litres d'absinthe, avec estampille, en 2 caisses de 24 lit. chacune, avec envoi direct de Pontarlier à mes clients pour mon compte.

Quel prix de votre absinthe en fût de 60 à 70 lit. et en fûts ou bonbonnes de diverses contenances, franco ?

Mes dévouées civilités.

L. Pougheol

Quelques tableaux, s. v. p.

Notes

Postal marks:
ENTREPOT DE LA GDE CHARTREUSE / L. POUGHEOL, Succr NOLIN / MONTAUBAN

Later annotations:
N

9972

Message text

English translation

Montauban, 7 September 1885

Sir,

Please consign to the order of [uncertain addressee] forty-eight litres of absinthe, bearing the required stamp, in two cases of twenty-four litres each, for direct dispatch from Pontarlier to my customers on my account.

What is the carriage-paid price of your absinthe in barrels of sixty to seventy litres and in barrels or carboys of various capacities?

Yours devotedly,

L. Pougheol

A few advertising pictures, please.

Notes

Postal marks:
ENTREPOT DE LA GDE CHARTREUSE / L. POUGHEOL, Succr NOLIN / MONTAUBAN

Later annotations:
[Letter N]

9972

Discovery Terms

Absinthe
Orders
Cases
Litres
Barrels
Carboys
Prices
Direct shipping
Advertising
L. Pougheol
Pernod Fils
Montauban
Pontarlier

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