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type: Letter
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title: Letter from J. J. Beaujean & fils to Hennessys & Turner, 1793-12-10
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identifier: NRA-L-000395
description: J. J. Beaujean & fils acknowledge and forward four recent letters from Hennessys & Turner and explain that future receipts need only be confirmed if a preceding letter goes astray.
date: 1793-12-10
temporal: Liege ce 10: xbre 1793
sort date: 1793-12-10
item sequence: 000395
type: Commercial correspondence
language: French
language: fr
creator: J. J. Beaujean & fils
recipient: Hennessys & Turner
place sent: Liège
spatial: Liège
spatial: Cognac
spatial: Liège–Cognac
subject: Cognac trade
subject: Hennessy
subject: Commercial correspondence
subject: Forwarded letters
subject: Postal networks
subject: Liège
incipit: Mr Hennessys & Turner @fr
public transcript: [[label: Address panel]] Messieurs Hennessys & Turner à Cognac @fr
public transcript: [[label: Letter text]] Mr Hennessys & Turner à Cognac Liege ce 10: xbre 1793 Messieurs! Les lettres que vous nous avez adressées le 13: 18: 21: 27 passé nous Sont bien parvenues, et parties par le premier courier pour leurs destinations. à present que vous vous refererez chaque fois à votre precedente de telle date, il ne Sera plus nécessaire de vous en accuser la réception, ne fut que cette précedente ne Soit égarée. Vos devoués amis J. J. Beaujean & fils 16 Décembre avec une lettre 3 @fr
public translation: [[label: Address panel]] Messrs Hennessys & Turner at Cognac
public translation: [[label: Letter text]] Mr Hennessys & Turner at Cognac Liege this 10 December 1793 Gentlemen! The letters that you addressed to us on the 13th, 18th, 21st, and 27th past have reached us safely, and left by the first courier for their destinations. Now that you will refer each time to your preceding one of such a date, it will no longer be necessary to acknowledge receipt to you, unless this preceding one should be lost. Your devoted friends J. J. Beaujean & fils 16 December with a letter 3
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rights holder: Neruda Archives
bibliographic citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000395.
research status: Every complete capture, documentary role, address panel, date, names, commercial evidence and postal evidence was directly checked against the authoritative images; unresolved readings remain explicitly marked. Date evidence: Dateline on P002; xbre is the historical abbreviation for December. Origin evidence: Dateline on P002 and Liège docket and postal evidence on P001.
transcription status: Image-checked raw transcription
translation status: Image-checked English translation
catalogue period: 1700–1799
date certainty: Exact
extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel and postal evidence; Letter text; 2 digital images.

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