Postcard from L. Folly to Pernod Fils... (1900)

NRA-L-000303 / 1900

Postcard from L. Folly to Pernod Fils requesting that payment due dates for more than two hundred bottles be moved to the end of March, December 31, 1900

L. Folly asks Pernod Fils to consolidate the due dates for more than two hundred bottles taken from the depot that month and defer them until the end of March, in accordance with an earlier letter.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000303

NRA-L-000303 image 1 showing the complete address side of the postcard, with the recipient address, postage, postmarks and contemporary business or filing marks. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000303 image 2 showing the complete handwritten or printed postcard message, with contemporary annotations and the sender's signature or business mark. — **Image 2**Postcard message and signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000303
Date: 1900-12-31
Original date: Poitiers, 31 Xbre 1900
Type: Commercial correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: L. Folly
Recipient: Maison Pernod Fils
Places: Poitiers, France / Pontarlier, France
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel and postal evidence; Message text; 2 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000303.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Address panel and postal evidence

Original transcript

ÉPICERIE ET MARCHÉ NOTRE-DAME
Chocolat-Louit
L. FOLLY
197, Grand'Rue, 197
POITIERS

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

Maison Pernod fils
Absinthe
Pontarlier
Doubs

Notes

Postal marks:
POITIERS / VIENNE / 31 DEC 00
POITIERS / VIENNE / 31 DEC 00
PONTARLIER / DOUBS / 1 JANV 01
10c POSTE REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE stamp

Later annotations:
ÉPICERIE ET MARCHÉ NOTRE-DAME
Chocolat-Louit
L. FOLLY
197, Grand'Rue, 197
POITIERS

039

Editorial notes:
The address side has two areas of paper loss, likely from the removal of a label or tape, obscuring parts of the handwritten address.

Address panel and postal evidence

English translation

NOTRE-DAME GROCERY AND MARKET
Chocolat-Louit
L. FOLLY
197 Grand'Rue
POITIERS

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

Maison Pernod fils
Absinthe
Pontarlier
Doubs

Notes

Postal marks:
POITIERS / VIENNE / 31 DEC 00
POITIERS / VIENNE / 31 DEC 00
PONTARLIER / DOUBS / 1 JANV 01
10c POSTE REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE stamp

Later annotations:
GROCERY AND NOTRE-DAME MARKET
Chocolat-Louit
L. FOLLY
197, Grand'Rue, 197
POITIERS

039

Editorial notes:
The address side has two areas of paper loss, likely from the removal of a label or tape, obscuring parts of the handwritten address.

Message text

Original transcript

Poitiers, 31 Xbre 1900

Monsieur,

Je viens vous demander de réunir les échéances de mes marchandises prises ce mois au dépôt, dont le total est de plus de 200 b[outei]lles, et me les mettre à fin mars, comme vous me l'avez, sur ma demande, accordé par lettre des premiers jours de ce mois.

Sincères salutations.

L. Folly
Nég[ocian]t, 197 Grand'Rue

Message text

English translation

Poitiers, 31 December 1900

Sir,

I am writing to ask you to consolidate the due dates for the goods I took from the depot this month, totalling more than two hundred bottles, and to move them to the end of March, as you granted at my request in a letter during the first days of this month.

Yours sincerely,

L. Folly
Merchant, 197 Grand'Rue

Discovery Terms

Absinthe
Payment terms
Due dates
Depots
Bottles
L. Folly
Pernod Fils
Poitiers
Pontarlier

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