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type: Letter
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title: Postcard from Vauthey to Pernod Fils ordering a case of fifty bottles of absinthe, June 5, 1894
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identifier: NRA-L-000337
description: Vauthey, a liquor merchant in Saint-Jean-de-Losne, orders one case containing fifty bottles of absinthe for immediate shipment.
date: 1894-06-05
temporal: Saint-Jean-de-Losne, le 5/6 1894
sort date: 1894-06-05
item sequence: 000337
type: Commercial correspondence
type: Postcard
type: Order
language: French
language: fr
creator: Vauthey
recipient: Pernod Fils
recipient: Pernod
place sent: Saint-Jean-de-Losne, France
spatial: Saint-Jean-de-Losne, France
spatial: Pontarlier, France
subject: Absinthe
subject: Orders
subject: Cases
subject: Bottles
subject: Vauthey
subject: Pernod Fils
subject: Saint-Jean-de-Losne
subject: Pontarlier
incipit: Saint-Jean-de-Losne, le 5/6 1894 @fr
public transcript: [[label: Address panel and postal evidence]] CARTE POSTALE Ce côté est exclusivement réservé à l'adresse. Monsieur Pernod Fils Négociant Pontarlier Doubs [[notes]] Postal marks: PONTARLIER 6E 6 JUIN 94 DOUBS ST. JEAN DE LOSNE 6 JUIN COTE D'OR ST. JEAN DE LOSNE 6 JUIN COTE D'OR ST. JEAN DE LOSNE 6 JUIN COTE D'OR @fr
public transcript: [[label: Message text]] Saint-Jean-de-Losne, le 5/6 1894 Monsieur Pernod, Pontarlier, Envoyez-moi, je vous prie, de suite une caisse de 50 bouteilles absinthe. En attendant, j'ai bien l'honneur de vous saluer. Vauthey [[notes]] Postal marks: VAUTHEY LIQUORISTE ST. JEAN DE LOSNE (Côte d'Or) Later annotations: Nég[ociant] 900 1250 @fr
public translation: [[label: Address panel and postal evidence]] POSTCARD This side is exclusively reserved for the address. Mr Pernod Fils Merchant Pontarlier Doubs [[notes]] Postal marks: PONTARLIER 6E 6 JUIN 94 DOUBS ST. JEAN DE LOSNE 6 JUIN COTE D'OR ST. JEAN DE LOSNE 6 JUIN COTE D'OR ST. JEAN DE LOSNE 6 JUIN COTE D'OR
public translation: [[label: Message text]] Saint-Jean-de-Losne, 5 June 1894 Mr Pernod, Pontarlier, Please send me immediately one case of fifty bottles of absinthe. Yours faithfully, Vauthey [[notes]] Postal marks: VAUTHEY LIQUORISTE ST. JEAN DE LOSNE (Côte d'Or) Later annotations: Merchant 900 1250
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rights holder: Neruda Archives
bibliographic citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000337.
research status: Both complete postcard captures, address-first documentary order, transcription, complete English translation, names, dates, quantities, postal evidence and public metadata were directly image-checked; any materially uncertain reading remains explicitly qualified. Date evidence: The manuscript dateline states Saint-Jean-de-Losne, le 5/6 1894. Origin evidence: The dateline, business cachet and postal evidence identify the place of origin. Recipient layers: postal addressee — Pernod Fils; textual addressee — Pernod.
transcription status: Image-checked raw transcription
translation status: Image-checked English translation
date certainty: Exact
extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel and postal evidence; Message text; 2 digital images.

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