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type: Letter
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title: Postcard from Fergus Goguel, Distillerie de l'Hermitage to Pernod Fils ordering a twenty-four-litre case of absinthe for Saint-Dié station, August 8, 1896
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identifier: NRA-L-000354
description: The Distillerie de l'Hermitage of Fergus Goguel orders one twenty-four-litre case of absinthe for immediate shipment to Saint-Dié station; the card is signed E. Goguel.
date: 1896-08-08
temporal: St-Dié, le 8 août 96
sort date: 1896-08-08
item sequence: 000354
type: Commercial correspondence
type: Postcard
type: Order
language: French
language: fr
creator: Fergus Goguel, Distillerie de l'Hermitage
recipient: Pernod Fils
place sent: Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France
spatial: Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France
spatial: Saint-Dié station, France
subject: Absinthe
subject: Orders
subject: Cases
subject: Litres
subject: Rail transport
subject: Fergus Goguel
subject: Distillerie de l'Hermitage
subject: Pernod Fils
subject: Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
subject: Pontarlier
incipit: DISTILLERIE DE L'HERMITAGE @fr
public transcript: [[label: Address panel and postal evidence]] CARTE POSTALE Ce côté est exclusivement réservé à l'adresse. DISTILLERIE DE L'HERMITAGE Fergus GOGUEL ST DIÉ-DES-VOSGES M. Pernod Fils Distillateur Pontarlier Doubs [[notes]] Postal marks: PONTARLIER 19 AOUT 96 DOUBS GARE DE ST DIÉ 8 AOUT 96 REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE 10 POSTES Later annotations: 612 @fr
public transcript: [[label: Message text]] DISTILLERIE DE L'HERMITAGE Fergus GOGUEL ST-DIÉ-DES-VOSGES St-Dié, le 8 août 96 Monsieur, Veuillez m'expédier en gare de St-Dié, de suite, 1 c[aisse] de 24 litres d'absinthe. Sincères salutations. E. Goguel [[notes]] Later annotations: 7398 90 Négt dist. ✓ @fr
public translation: [[label: Address panel and postal evidence]] POSTCARD This side is exclusively reserved for the address. HERMITAGE DISTILLERY Fergus GOGUEL ST DIÉ-DES-VOSGES Mr Pernod Fils Distiller Pontarlier Doubs [[notes]] Postal marks: PONTARLIER 19 AOUT 96 DOUBS GARE DE ST DIÉ 8 AOUT 96 REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE 10 POSTES Later annotations: 612
public translation: [[label: Message text]] HERMITAGE DISTILLERY Fergus GOGUEL SAINT-DIÉ-DES-VOSGES Saint-Dié, 8 August 1896 Sir, Please send immediately to Saint-Dié station one case containing twenty-four litres of absinthe. Yours sincerely. E. Goguel [[notes]] Later annotations: 7398 90 Merchant/distiller ✓
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provenance: Private collection, Neruda Archives.
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bibliographic citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000354.
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 St-Dié, le 8 août 96. Origin evidence: The dateline, business cachet and postal evidence identify the place of origin.
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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