Postcard from Corand & Welsch to... (1886)

NRA-L-000306 / 1886

Postcard from Corand & Welsch to Pernod Fils adding a feuillette cask of absinthe to an order for fifty bottles, April 9, 1886

Corand & Welsch, successors to Maison Tarpin, ask Pernod Fils to add one feuillette cask of absinthe to their existing order for fifty bottles.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000306

NRA-L-000306 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-000306 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-000306
Date: 1886-04-09
Type: Commercial correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Corand & Welsch
Recipient: Pernod Fils
Places: Lyon, France / Pontarlier, France
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel and postal evidence; Message text; 2 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000306.

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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.

Monsieur Pernod fils
distillateur
à Pontarlier
Doubs

Notes

Postal marks:
LYON
8 E 9
AVRIL
86
DEPART
PONTARLIER
2E 10
AVRIL
86
DOUBS
POSTE
10
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE

Address panel and postal evidence

English translation

POSTCARD
This side is exclusively reserved for the address.

Mr Pernod fils
distiller
Pontarlier
Doubs

Notes

Postal marks:
LYON
8 E 9
AVRIL
86
DEPART
PONTARLIER
2E 10
AVRIL
86
DOUBS
POSTE
10
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE

Message text

Original transcript

Nous vous prions de joindre aux 50 bouteilles que nous vous avons commandées une feuillette absinthe.

Recevez nos salutations empressées.

Corand & Welsch

FABRIQUE DE LIQUEURS
Ancienne Maison TARPIN
CORAND & WELSCH, Succ[esseu]rs
Rue des Remparts d'Ainay, 24
LYON

Message text

English translation

Please add one feuillette cask of absinthe to the fifty bottles we ordered from you.

Yours sincerely,

Corand & Welsch

LIQUEUR FACTORY
Former Maison TARPIN
CORAND & WELSCH, Successors
24 rue des Remparts d'Ainay
LYON

Discovery Terms

Absinthe
Order amendments
Casks
Bottles
Corand & Welsch
Maison Tarpin
Pernod Fils
Lyon
Pontarlier

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