Letter from Gustave Sassot to Sardin... (1875)

NRA-L-000399 / 1875

Letter from Gustave Sassot to Sardin & Darsy, 1875-03-19

Gustave Sassot places and discusses several orders for eaux-de-vie and spirits, reports complaints about a woody taste, and resigns his representation of Sardin & Darsy.

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NRA-L-000399

NRA-L-000399 image 1 showing a folded ruled-paper address panel to a firm in Cognac, with a blue postage stamp, postal marks, holes and docketing. — **Image 1**Address panel to a Cognac firm on ruled paper, with postage stamp and postal marks.

NRA-L-000399 image 2 showing a handwritten French commercial letter on ruled paper, with quantities, prices, a closing signature, folds and small holes. — **Image 2**Commercial letter on ruled paper, with quantities, prices and closing signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000399
Date: 1875-03-19
Original date: Epernay le 19 Mars 1875
Type: Commercial correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: Gustave Sassot
Recipient: Sardin & Darsy
Places: Épernay / Cognac / Épernay–Cognac
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel and postal evidence; Letter text; 2 digital images.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000399.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Address panel

Original transcript

Messieurs Sardin & Darsy
à Cognac
Charente

Address panel

English translation

Messieurs Sardin & Darsy
in Cognac
Charente

Letter text

Original transcript

GUSTAVE SASSOT
ÉPERNAY (CHAMPAGNE)
Epernay le 19 Mars 1875
228
89
Messieurs Sardin & Darsy à Cognac

Veuillez expédier
à Mr Gustave Buache, négociant à Epernay
1 foudre 4 hectolitres Gd Champagne 1874 60 degrés environ en plus f 170 l'h° logé
avec port
semblable à l'échantillon qui a été laissé, livrable fin avril, payable à 6 mois.
à Mr Tissart Chiecelin négociant à Epernay
1 foudre 2 hectolitres Esprit Gd Champagne 1872 89 degrés f 280 l'h° logé
avec port
livrable de suite, payable comme les affaires précédentes.
L'avant dernier envoi que vous avez fait à cet honorable client avait un goût
de bois, il vous a tourné ce qui lui reste. il a été convenu avec votre Mr Sardin
que vous lui ferez une bonification proportionnelle à la perte qu'il a subie
& qu'il a énumérée à votre dit Mr Sardin.
à Mr Gallet, négociant au Mesnil s/ Oger
1 foudre 2 hectolitres Petits Champagnes 1874 60 degrés f 110 l'h° logé
avec port
livrable de Cognac le 1/ avril prochain, payable à 90 jours escompte 3 %
D'ici là Mr Gallet vous demandera probablement un baril de 30 à 40 litres Cognac
vieux f 200. Ce client est aussi difficile qu'il paye bien veuillez
donc le servir en conséquence
Veuillez me débiter Moi même
de n° 2902 1 fut 113 litres Gd Champagne 1872 (eau de vie 60 d) f 200 l'h° logé
rendu franco sans commission (l'un compensant l'autre.)
J'ai le regret, Messieurs, de vous prévenir que je ne puis plus continuer à
vous représenter, cette décision est irrévocable & je vous saurai gré de n'insister ni par
lettre ni verbalement pour que je continue. Je tiens à votre disposition les
eaux de vie & esprits que vous avez chez moi; si j'y pensais pouvoir les placer dans
un délai de 2 ou 3 mois je vous dirais: tout en cessant de vous représenter je vous les placerai,
mais je ne pense pas que cela soit possible, aussi je crois qu'il serait préférable dans
votre intérêt, que je vous les retourne à Cognac. Quoiqu'il en soit j'attendrai vos ordres
afin de vous éviter tous frais inutiles. Vous m'adresserez notre reliquat de compte à
votre convenance. Veuillez, Messieurs, agréer mes civilités
G Sassot

Letter text

English translation

GUSTAVE SASSOT
ÉPERNAY (CHAMPAGNE)
Epernay the 19 March 1875
228
89
Messieurs Sardin & Darsy in Cognac

Please dispatch
to Mr Gustave Buache, merchant in Epernay
1 foudre 4 hectoliters Gd Champagne 1874 60 degrees approximately more f 170 the h° housed
with carriage
similar to the sample that was left, deliverable end of April, payable at 6 months.
to Mr Tissart Chiecelin merchant in Epernay
1 foudre 2 hectoliters Spirit Gd Champagne 1872 89 degrees f 280 the h° housed
with carriage
deliverable immediately, payable like the previous business.
The next to last shipment that you made to this honorable client had a taste
of wood, he has returned to you what remains to him. it was agreed with your Mr Sardin
that you will make him a proportional allowance for the loss that he has suffered
& that he has enumerated to your said Mr Sardin.
to Mr Gallet, merchant at Mesnil s/ Oger
1 foudre 2 hectoliters Petits Champagnes 1874 60 degrees f 110 the h° housed
with carriage
deliverable from Cognac the 1/ April next, payable at 90 days discount 3 %
Between now and then Mr Gallet will probably ask you for a barrel of 30 to 40 liters Cognac
old f 200. This client is as difficult as he pays well please
therefore serve him accordingly
Please debit me Myself
for n° 2902 1 fut 113 liters Gd Champagne 1872 (eau de vie 60 d) f 200 the h° housed
delivered free without commission (one compensating the other.)
I have the regret, Messieurs, to inform you that I can no longer continue to
represent you, this decision is irrevocable & I will be grateful to you not to insist either by
letter or verbally for me to continue. I hold at your disposition the
eaux de vie & spirits that you have at my place; if I thought I could place them in
a delay of 2 or 3 months I would tell you: while ceasing to represent you I will place them for you,
but I do not think that this is possible, therefore I believe that it would be preferable in
your interest, that I return them to you in Cognac. Whatever the case I will await your orders
in order to avoid you all useless expenses. You will address to me our balance of account at
your convenience. Please, Messieurs, accept my civilities
G Sassot

Discovery Terms

Cognac trade
Sardin & Darsy
Eau-de-vie
Foudres
Commercial representation
Épernay
Cognac
France — domestic trade

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