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type: Letter
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title: Postcard from G. Didiot-Becker to Pernod Fils requesting the railway receipt for two missing cases of absinthe, February 19, 1895
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identifier: NRA-L-000361
description: G. Didiot-Becker reports that two cases of absinthe shipped on February 1 have not arrived and asks for the railway receipt in order to file a claim.
date: 1895-02-19
temporal: Étain, le 19 février 1895
sort date: 1895-02-19
item sequence: 000361
type: Commercial correspondence
type: Postcard
type: Delivery complaint
language: French
language: fr
creator: G. Didiot-Becker
recipient: Pernod Fils
place sent: Étain, France
spatial: Étain, France
spatial: Pontarlier, France
subject: Absinthe
subject: Shipments
subject: Missing deliveries
subject: Railway receipts
subject: Claims
subject: G. Didiot-Becker
subject: Pernod Fils
subject: Étain
subject: Pontarlier
incipit: Étain, le 19 février 1895 @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: ETAIN 4S 19 FEVR 95 MEUSE PONTARLIER 7E 20 FEVR 95 DOUBS POSTE 10 REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE @fr
public transcript: [[label: Message text]] Étain, le 19 février 1895 Monsieur, N'ayant pas encore reçu les 2 caisses d'absinthe de votre expédition du 1er février, veuillez, je vous prie, m'adresser le récépissé de mise en gare de façon à ce que je fasse ma réclamation au chemin de fer. Recevez mes salutations. G. Didiot-Becker [[notes]] Later annotations: 1.7262 expd. [lecture partielle] Parties le 6 ct @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: ETAIN 4S 19 FEVR 95 MEUSE PONTARLIER 7E 20 FEVR 95 DOUBS POSTE 10 REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
public translation: [[label: Message text]] Étain, 19 February 1895 Sir, As I have still not received the two cases of absinthe from your shipment of 1 February, please send me the railway consignment receipt so that I can submit my claim to the railway company. Yours sincerely. G. Didiot-Becker [[notes]] Later annotations: 1.7262 dispatched [partial reading] Sent on the 6th of this month
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bibliographic citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000361.
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 Étain, le 19 février 1895. 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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