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type: Letter
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title: Letter from Veuve J. Beaujean & fils to Hennessys & Turner, 1793-11-08
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identifier: NRA-L-000396
description: Veuve J. Beaujean & fils acknowledge Hennessys & Turner's letters and report forwarding four enclosures for British correspondents including Wyld & Johnson, John Shoolbred, Charles Herries & Co and Richard Sanderson.
date: 1793-11-08
temporal: Liége ce 8: 9bre 1793
sort date: 1793-11-08
item sequence: 000396
type: Commercial correspondence
language: French
language: fr
creator: Veuve J. Beaujean & fils
recipient: Hennessys & Turner
place sent: Liège
spatial: Liège
spatial: Cognac
spatial: Liège–Cognac; Cognac–Britain
subject: Cognac trade
subject: Hennessy
subject: British market
subject: Forwarded letters
subject: Commercial correspondence
subject: Liège
subject: Britain
incipit: Mrs Hennessys & Turner @fr
public transcript: [[label: Address panel]] A Messieurs Messieurs Hennessys & Turner Negts à Cognac @fr
public transcript: [[label: Letter text]] Mrs Hennessys & Turner à Cognac Liége ce 8: 9bre 1793 Messieurs Vos honorées lettres du 16: 21: 28: 7bre: 28 & 30 passé nous sont bien parvenües, et vos incluses ont toûjours parti d'abord pour leurs destinations; vos 4 dernieres profiteront de notre premier Courier pour l'Angleterre, vous en annoncez 5, mais nous n'en avons trouvé que 4, qui sont pour Mrs Wyld & Johnson, John Shoolbred, Chs Herries & Co, et Richd Sanderson. Vos devoués La Ve J: Beaujean & fils @fr
public translation: [[label: Address panel]] To Messrs Messrs Hennessys & Turner Merchants in Cognac
public translation: [[label: Letter text]] Messrs Hennessys & Turner in Cognac Liège this 8 November 1793 Gentlemen Your honored letters of 16, 21, 28 September, 28 & 30 ultimo have reached us safely, and your enclosures have always departed immediately for their destinations; your last 4 will take advantage of our first Courier for England, you announce 5 of them, but we only found 4, which are for Messrs Wyld & Johnson, John Shoolbred, Charles Herries & Co, and Richard Sanderson. Your devoted The Widow J. Beaujean & sons
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bibliographic citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000396.
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; 9bre is the historical abbreviation for November. Origin evidence: Dateline on P002 and Liège docket on P001.
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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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