Postcard from Raoul Dupont to Pernod... (1898)

NRA-L-000356 / 1898

Postcard from Raoul Dupont to Pernod Fils ordering eight twelve-bottle cases of Pernod by slow freight, March 23, 1898

Raoul Dupont's Granville business orders eight cases of twelve bottles of Pernod for immediate shipment by slow freight; the employee's signature is difficult to read.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000356

NRA-L-000356 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-000356 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-000356
Date: 1898-03-23
Original date: Granville, 23 mars 1898
Type: Commercial correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Raoul Dupont
Recipient: Pernod Fils
Places: Granville, France / Pontarlier, France
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel and postal evidence; Message text; 2 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000356.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Address panel and postal evidence

Original transcript

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

Monsieur Pernod fils
Pontarlier
Doubs

Notes

Postal marks:
GRANVILLE / 10E / 23 / MARS / 98 / MANCHE
GRANVILLE / 10E / 23 / MARS / 98 / MANCHE

Later annotations:
734

Address panel and postal evidence

English translation

FRENCH REPUBLIC
POSTCARD
This side is exclusively reserved for the address

Mr Pernod fils
Pontarlier
Doubs

Notes

Postal marks:
GRANVILLE / 10E / 23 / MARS / 98 / MANCHE
GRANVILLE / 10E / 23 / MARS / 98 / MANCHE

Later annotations:
734

Message text

Original transcript

RAOUL DUPONT
GRANVILLE (Manche)
CONSIGNATION — COMMISSION
MORUES — SELS — VINS & LIQUEURS

Granville, 23 mars 1898

Monsieur Pernod fils, Pontarlier,

Veuillez, je vous prie, m'envoyer de suite P.V. 8 caisses Pernod fils de 12 b[outeill]es.

Saluts sincères.

Roupsard [lecture incertaine]

Notes

Postal marks:
RAOUL DUPONT
GRANVILLE (Manche)
CONSIGNATION
COMMISSION
23 MAR 1898
MORUES-SELS
VINS & LIQUEURS

Later annotations:
Négt

30/3

Message text

English translation

RAOUL DUPONT
GRANVILLE (Manche)
CONSIGNMENT — COMMISSION
COD — SALT — WINES & LIQUEURS

Granville, 23 March 1898

Mr Pernod fils, Pontarlier,

Please send me immediately by slow freight eight cases of Pernod fils, each containing twelve bottles.

Yours sincerely.

Roupsard [uncertain reading]

Notes

Postal marks:
RAOUL DUPONT
GRANVILLE (Manche)
CONSIGNATION
COMMISSION
23 MAR 1898
MORUES-SELS
VINS & LIQUEURS

Later annotations:
Merchant

30/3

Discovery Terms

Absinthe
Pernod
Orders
Cases
Bottles
Slow freight
Raoul Dupont
Pernod Fils
Granville
Pontarlier

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