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type: Letter
id: 1419
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title: Postcard from Ch. Jahan to Pernod Fils ordering three twelve-litre cases of absinthe for Saint-Paterne station, January 2, 1893
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identifier: NRA-L-000357
description: Ch. Jahan orders three cases of twelve litres of absinthe on the usual terms for shipment to Saint-Paterne station.
date: 1893-01-02
temporal: St-Christophe[-sur-le-Nais], 2/1/93
sort date: 1893-01-02
item sequence: 000357
type: Commercial correspondence
type: Postcard
type: Order
language: French
language: fr
creator: Ch. Jahan
recipient: Pernod Fils
place sent: Saint-Christophe-sur-le-Nais, France
spatial: Saint-Christophe-sur-le-Nais, France
spatial: Saint-Paterne station, France
subject: Absinthe
subject: Orders
subject: Cases
subject: Litres
subject: Rail transport
subject: Ch. Jahan
subject: Pernod Fils
subject: Saint-Christophe-sur-le-Nais
subject: Saint-Paterne
subject: Pontarlier
incipit: St-Christophe[-sur-le-Nais], 2/1/93 @fr
public transcript: [[label: Address panel and postal evidence]] CARTE POSTALE Ce côté est exclusivement réservé à l'adresse. Monsieur Pernod fils Pontarlier Doubs [[notes]] Postal marks: ST CHRISTOPHE-S-LE-NAIS / 5e 2 / JANV / 93 / INDRE-ET-LOIRE PONTARLIER / 6e 3 / JANV / 93 / DOUBS POSTE / 10 / REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE Later annotations: 43,00 @fr
public transcript: [[label: Message text]] St-Christophe[-sur-le-Nais], 2/1/93 (Indre-et-Loire) Monsieur Pernod Fils, Je vous prie de m'expédier en gare de St-Paterne 3 c[aisses] de 12 lit[res] d'absinthe. C[onditions] ord[inai]res h[abitu]elles. Agréez, Monsieur, mes saluts empressés. Ch. Jahan [[notes]] Later annotations: 3923 300 Réglé @fr
public translation: [[label: Address panel and postal evidence]] POSTCARD This side is exclusively reserved for the address. Mr Pernod fils Pontarlier Doubs [[notes]] Postal marks: ST CHRISTOPHE-S-LE-NAIS / 5e 2 / JANV / 93 / INDRE-ET-LOIRE PONTARLIER / 6e 3 / JANV / 93 / DOUBS POSTE / 10 / REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE Later annotations: 43.00
public translation: [[label: Message text]] Saint-Christophe-sur-le-Nais, 2 January 1893 (Indre-et-Loire) Mr Pernod Fils, Please send to Saint-Paterne station three cases, each containing twelve litres of absinthe, on the usual terms. Please accept, Sir, my earnest greetings. Ch. Jahan [[notes]] Later annotations: 3923 300 Settled
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bibliographic citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000357.
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-Christophe[-sur-le-Nais], 2/1/93. 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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