Postcard from P. Segaut Fils to... (1900)

NRA-L-000278 / 1900

Postcard from P. Segaut Fils to Veil-Picard & Cie, Maison Pernod Fils ordering twenty cases of twelve litres of Pernod absinthe, October 2, 1900

P. Segaut Fils orders twenty cases, each containing twelve litres of Pernod absinthe, for prompt shipment on the usual terms.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000278

NRA-L-000278 image 1 showing the address side of a postcard sent by P. Segaut Fils to Veil-Picard & Cie, Maison Pernod Fils, with contemporary postal and business marks. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000278 image 2 showing the handwritten message from P. Segaut Fils to Veil-Picard & Cie, Maison Pernod Fils, with contemporary annotations and the sender's signature or business mark. — **Image 2**Postcard message and signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000278
Date: 1900-10-02
Original date: 2 OCT 1900
Type: Commercial correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: P. Segaut Fils
Recipient: Veil-Picard & Cie, Maison Pernod Fils
Places: Tonnerre, France / Pontarlier, France
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel and postal evidence; Message text; 2 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000278.

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Transcript and English translation

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Address panel

Original transcript

Messieurs Veil-Picard & Cie
Maison Pernod fils

Address panel

English translation

Messrs Veil-Picard & Co.
Maison Pernod fils

Message text

Original transcript

Distillerie de la Côte St-Pierre
P. SEGAUT FILS
2 OCT 1900
TONNERRE (Yonne)

Messieurs Veil-Picard & Cie,
Maison Pernod, Pontarlier.

Veuillez m'expédier très promptement :
20 caisses de 12 litres, absinthe Pernod.
Conditions habituelles.

Agréez, Messieurs, mes sincères salutations.

P. Segaut fils

Message text

English translation

Distillery of the Côte St-Pierre
P. SEGAUT FILS
2 OCTOBER 1900
TONNERRE (Yonne)

Messrs Veil-Picard & Co.,
Maison Pernod, Pontarlier.

Please send me very promptly:
twenty cases of twelve litres of Pernod absinthe.
Usual terms.

Please accept, Gentlemen, my sincere greetings.

P. Segaut Fils

Discovery Terms

Absinthe
Orders
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Litres
P. Segaut Fils
Veil-Picard & Cie
Maison Pernod Fils
Tonnerre
Pontarlier

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