Postcard from Pichard Leroux to... (1885)

NRA-L-000333 / 1885

Postcard from Pichard Leroux to Pernod Fils ordering three cases of absinthe via Neuillé-Pont-Pierre, November 19, 1885

Pichard Leroux, successor to M. Cissard, orders two twelve-litre cases and one twenty-four-litre case of absinthe for Château-la-Vallière station via Neuillé-Pont-Pierre.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000333

NRA-L-000333 image 1 showing the address side of a postcard sent by Pichard Leroux to Pernod Fils, with contemporary postal and business marks. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000333 image 2 showing the handwritten message from Pichard Leroux 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-000333
Date: 1885-11-19
Original date: Château-la-Vallière, 19 9bre 85
Type: Commercial correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Pichard Leroux
Recipient: Pernod Fils
Places: Château-la-Vallière, France / Château-la-Vallière station, France
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel and postal evidence; Message text; 2 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000333.

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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.

M. Pernod fils
Distillateur
Pontarlier
Doubs

Notes

Postal marks:
CHATEAU-LA-VALLIERE / 19 / NOV / 85 / INDRE-ET-LOIRE
PONTARLIER / 20 / NOV / 85 / DOUBS
PARIS [partial]
POSTE / 10 / REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE

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:
CHATEAU-LA-VALLIERE / 19 / NOV / 85 / INDRE-ET-LOIRE
PONTARLIER / 20 / NOV / 85 / DOUBS
PARIS [partial]
POSTE / 10 / REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE

Message text

Original transcript

Château-la-Vallière, 19 9bre 85
Indre-et-Loire

Monsieur Pernod fils
à Pontarlier,

Veuillez m'expédier gare Château-la-Vallière, via Neuillé-Pont-Pierre :
2 caisses de 12 litres absinthe
1       "       " 24     "       "

J'ai bien l'honneur de vous saluer.

Pichard Leroux
successeur de M. Cissard.

Notes

Later annotations:
Nég[ocian]t 30 j. gare [lecture incertaine]

Renogt. [lecture incertaine]

Message text

English translation

Château-la-Vallière, 19 November 1885
Indre-et-Loire

Mr Pernod fils,
Pontarlier,

Please send to Château-la-Vallière station via Neuillé-Pont-Pierre two cases of twelve litres of absinthe and one case of twenty-four litres.

Yours faithfully,

Pichard Leroux
successor to M. Cissard.

Notes

Later annotations:
Merchant; 30 days; station [uncertain reading]

Renogt. [uncertain reading]

Discovery Terms

Absinthe
Orders
Cases
Litres
Rail transport
Pichard Leroux
M. Cissard
Pernod Fils
Château-la-Vallière
Neuillé-Pont-Pierre
Pontarlier

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