Postcard from Richon Massicot to... (1889)

NRA-L-000334 / 1889

Postcard from Richon Massicot to Pernod Fils ordering two casks containing fifty and twenty and a half litres of absinthe, June 1, 1889

Richon Massicot of the Épicerie Moderne orders one fifty-litre cask and one twenty-and-a-half-litre cask of absinthe.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000334

NRA-L-000334 image 1 showing the address side of a postcard sent by Richon Massicot to Pernod Fils, with contemporary postal and business marks. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000334 image 2 showing the handwritten message from Richon Massicot 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-000334
Date: 1889-06-01
Original date: Lyon, le 1er juin 89
Type: Commercial correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Richon Massicot
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-000334.

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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
à Pontarlier
Doubs

Notes

Postal marks:
LYON LES TERREAUX 1 JUIN 89
LYON LES TERREAUX 1 JUIN 89
PONTARLIER DOUBS 2 JUIN 89

Address panel and postal evidence

English translation

POSTCARD
This side is exclusively reserved for the address.

Mr Pernod fils
Pontarlier
Doubs

Notes

Postal marks:
LYON LES TERREAUX 1 JUIN 89
LYON LES TERREAUX 1 JUIN 89
PONTARLIER DOUBS 2 JUIN 89

Message text

Original transcript

Lyon, le 1er juin 89

Monsieur Pernod fils,
Pontarlier,

Veuillez m'expédier :
1 f[ût] 50 lit[res] absinthe
1 f[ût] 20 1/2 [litres absinthe]

Salutations empressées.

ÉPICERIE MODERNE
RICHON MASSICOT
1 JUIN 89
13, rue d'Algérie, 13
LYON

Notes

Later annotations:
30 j. domicile

Acquit déb[?]

V

Message text

English translation

Lyon, 1 June 1889

Mr Pernod fils,
Pontarlier,

Please send me one cask containing fifty litres of absinthe and one cask containing twenty and a half litres of absinthe.

Yours sincerely.

ÉPICERIE MODERNE
RICHON MASSICOT
1 JUNE 1889
13 rue d'Algérie
LYON

Notes

Later annotations:
30 days; domicile

Acquit déb[?]

V

Discovery Terms

Absinthe
Orders
Casks
Litres
Épicerie Moderne
Richon Massicot
Pernod Fils
Lyon
Pontarlier

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