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type: Letter
id: 1488
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title: Postcard from C. Julliard to E. Pernod & Cie proposing sales representation and requesting absinthe samples and terms, June 19, 1893
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identifier: NRA-L-000380
description: C. Julliard, a wine sales representative serving Paris and its suburbs, offers to represent E. Pernod & Cie and requests absinthe samples at four strengths, prices, sales terms and commission information.
date: 1893-06-19
temporal: Neuilly-s[ur]-Seine, 19 juin 93
sort date: 1893-06-19
item sequence: 000380
type: Commercial correspondence
type: Postcard
language: French
language: fr
creator: C. Julliard
recipient: E. Pernod & Cie
place sent: Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
spatial: Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
spatial: Pontarlier, France
subject: Absinthe
subject: Sales representation
subject: Samples
subject: Prices
subject: Sales terms
subject: Commissions
subject: C. Julliard
subject: E. Pernod & Cie
subject: Neuilly-sur-Seine
subject: Paris
subject: Pontarlier
incipit: C. JULLIARD @fr
public transcript: [[label: Address panel and postal evidence]] CARTE POSTALE Ce côté est exclusivement réservé à l'adresse. Messieurs E. Pernod & Cie Pontarlier Fabricants d'absinthe Doubs [[notes]] Postal marks: PONTARLIER / 20 / JUIN / 93 / DOUBS NEUILLY S/SEINE / 1E 20 / JUIN / 93 / SEINE 10 REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE POSTES @fr
public transcript: [[label: Message text]] C. JULLIARD REPRÉSENTATIONS 4, rue Théophile-Gautier NEUILLY-PARIS Neuilly-s[ur]-Seine, 19 juin 93. Messieurs E. Pernod & Cie, Faisant la représentation pour les vins, je visite Paris et tout spécialement la banlieue ; ma clientèle se compose de limonadiers- restaurateurs, hôteliers et m[archan]ds de vins. Je pourrais offrir vos produits. Si cela peut vous être agréable, dites-le- moi et envoyez-moi des échantillons d'absinthe à 50, 55, 60 et 72 degrés, les prix et conditions de vente, en m'indiquant la remise que vous m'accorderiez. Bien à vous, C. Julliard [[notes]] Later annotations: Indiquer les conditions de vente @fr
public translation: [[label: Address panel and postal evidence]] POSTCARD This side is exclusively reserved for the address. Messrs E. Pernod & Co. Pontarlier Absinthe manufacturers Doubs [[notes]] Postal marks: PONTARLIER / 20 / JUIN / 93 / DOUBS NEUILLY S/SEINE / 1E 20 / JUIN / 93 / SEINE 10 REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE POSTES
public translation: [[label: Message text]] C. JULLIARD REPRESENTATION 4 rue Théophile-Gautier NEUILLY-PARIS Neuilly-sur-Seine, 19 June 1893 Messrs E. Pernod & Co., As a wine sales representative, I call on customers in Paris and especially in the suburbs. My clientele consists of café and restaurant proprietors, hoteliers and wine merchants. I could offer your products; if this interests you, please tell me and send samples of absinthe at 50, 55, 60 and 72 degrees, together with prices and terms of sale and the commission you would grant me. Yours truly, C. Julliard [[notes]] Later annotations: State the terms of sale
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bibliographic citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000380.
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 Neuilly-s[ur]-Seine, 19 juin 93. Origin evidence: The dateline, business cachet and postal evidence identify the place of origin.
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extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel and postal evidence; Message text; 2 digital images.

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