Postcard from E. Mathieu-Rohmer to... (1896)

NRA-L-000290 / 1896

Postcard from E. Mathieu-Rohmer to Veil-Picard & Cie, Maison Pernod Fils ordering a twenty-litre demijohn of Pernod absinthe for a publican in Anould, January 2, 1896

E. Mathieu-Rohmer orders a twenty-litre demijohn of Pernod fils absinthe for Mr Huguenin in Anould and asks that a returned sixty-five-litre barrel be reserved for a future shipment.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000290

NRA-L-000290 image 1 showing the address side of a postcard sent by E. Mathieu-Rohmer to Veil-Picard & Cie, Maison Pernod Fils, with contemporary postal and business marks. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000290 image 2 showing the handwritten message from E. Mathieu-Rohmer 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-000290
Date: 1896-01-02
Original date: Nancy, le 2 janvier 1896
Type: Commercial correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: E. Mathieu-Rohmer
Recipient: Veil-Picard & Cie, Maison Pernod Fils
Places: Nancy, France / Pontarlier, France
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel and postal evidence; Message text; 2 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000290.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Address panel

Original transcript

Messieurs Veil-Picard & Cie
absinthe Pernod fils
à Pontarlier
Doubs

Address panel

English translation

Messrs Veil-Picard & Co.
Pernod fils absinthe
Pontarlier
Doubs

Message text

Original transcript

Nancy, le 2 janvier 1896

Messieurs Veil-Picard & Cie,
Pontarlier,

Veuillez expédier de suite, pour mon compte et en mon nom :
1 bonb[onne] 20 lit[res] abs[inthe] Pernod fils à M. Huguenin, déb[it]ant à la Barrière d'Anould, en gare Anould (Vosges) — acquit.

Je compte sur la bonne qualité de cette absinthe et vous prie de recevoir mes civilités bien empressées.

Payable à Rambervillers.
Mathieu
20, rue Montesquieu
Nancy

N.B. Le 27 Xbre, je vous ai retourné de Bruyères le fût no 16173 — 65 lit[res], venant de chez M. Barotte, cafetier. Veuillez le mettre de côté pour servir à une de mes prochaines expéditions.

Message text

English translation

Nancy, 2 January 1896

Messrs Veil-Picard & Co., Pontarlier,

Please ship immediately, for my account and in my name, one twenty-litre demijohn of Pernod fils absinthe to Mr Huguenin, publican at the Barrière d'Anould, via Anould station (Vosges), under customs clearance.

I rely on the good quality of this absinthe and send my earnest regards.

Payable at Rambervillers.
Mathieu
20 rue Montesquieu
Nancy

P.S. On 27 December I returned to you from Bruyères barrel no. 16173, sixty-five litres, from Mr Barotte, café keeper. Please set it aside for one of my next shipments.

Discovery Terms

Absinthe
Orders
Demijohns
Barrels
Returnable containers
E. Mathieu-Rohmer
Veil-Picard & Cie
Maison Pernod Fils
Nancy
Anould
Pontarlier

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