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type: Letter
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title: Postcard from Raoul Dupont to Pernod Fils ordering eight twelve-bottle cases of Pernod by slow freight, March 23, 1898
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identifier: NRA-L-000356
description: 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.
date: 1898-03-23
temporal: Granville, 23 mars 1898
sort date: 1898-03-23
item sequence: 000356
type: Commercial correspondence
type: Postcard
type: Order
language: French
language: fr
creator: Raoul Dupont
recipient: Pernod Fils
place sent: Granville, France
spatial: Granville, France
spatial: Pontarlier, France
subject: Absinthe
subject: Pernod
subject: Orders
subject: Cases
subject: Bottles
subject: Slow freight
subject: Raoul Dupont
subject: Pernod Fils
subject: Granville
subject: Pontarlier
incipit: RAOUL DUPONT @fr
public transcript: [[label: Address panel and postal evidence]] 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 @fr
public transcript: [[label: Message text]] 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 @fr
public translation: [[label: Address panel and postal evidence]] 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
public translation: [[label: Message text]] 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
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provenance: Private collection, Neruda Archives.
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bibliographic citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000356.
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 Granville, 23 mars 1898. 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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