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title: Letter from Gustave Sassot to Sardin & Darsy, 1875-03-19
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description: Gustave Sassot places and discusses several orders for eaux-de-vie and spirits, reports complaints about a woody taste, and resigns his representation of Sardin & Darsy.
date: 1875-03-19
temporal: Epernay le 19 Mars 1875
sort date: 1875-03-19
item sequence: 000399
type: Commercial correspondence
language: French
language: fr
creator: Gustave Sassot
recipient: Sardin & Darsy
place sent: Épernay
spatial: Épernay
spatial: Cognac
spatial: Épernay–Cognac
subject: Cognac trade
subject: Sardin & Darsy
subject: Eau-de-vie
subject: Foudres
subject: Commercial representation
subject: Épernay
subject: Cognac
subject: France — domestic trade
incipit: GUSTAVE SASSOT @fr
public transcript: [[label: Address panel]] Messieurs Sardin & Darsy à Cognac Charente @fr
public transcript: [[label: Letter text]] GUSTAVE SASSOT ÉPERNAY (CHAMPAGNE) Epernay le 19 Mars 1875 228 89 Messieurs Sardin & Darsy à Cognac Veuillez expédier à Mr Gustave Buache, négociant à Epernay 1 foudre 4 hectolitres Gd Champagne 1874 60 degrés environ en plus f 170 l'h° logé avec port semblable à l'échantillon qui a été laissé, livrable fin avril, payable à 6 mois. à Mr Tissart Chiecelin négociant à Epernay 1 foudre 2 hectolitres Esprit Gd Champagne 1872 89 degrés f 280 l'h° logé avec port livrable de suite, payable comme les affaires précédentes. L'avant dernier envoi que vous avez fait à cet honorable client avait un goût de bois, il vous a tourné ce qui lui reste. il a été convenu avec votre Mr Sardin que vous lui ferez une bonification proportionnelle à la perte qu'il a subie & qu'il a énumérée à votre dit Mr Sardin. à Mr Gallet, négociant au Mesnil s/ Oger 1 foudre 2 hectolitres Petits Champagnes 1874 60 degrés f 110 l'h° logé avec port livrable de Cognac le 1/ avril prochain, payable à 90 jours escompte 3 % D'ici là Mr Gallet vous demandera probablement un baril de 30 à 40 litres Cognac vieux f 200. Ce client est aussi difficile qu'il paye bien veuillez donc le servir en conséquence Veuillez me débiter Moi même de n° 2902 1 fut 113 litres Gd Champagne 1872 (eau de vie 60 d) f 200 l'h° logé rendu franco sans commission (l'un compensant l'autre.) J'ai le regret, Messieurs, de vous prévenir que je ne puis plus continuer à vous représenter, cette décision est irrévocable & je vous saurai gré de n'insister ni par lettre ni verbalement pour que je continue. Je tiens à votre disposition les eaux de vie & esprits que vous avez chez moi; si j'y pensais pouvoir les placer dans un délai de 2 ou 3 mois je vous dirais: tout en cessant de vous représenter je vous les placerai, mais je ne pense pas que cela soit possible, aussi je crois qu'il serait préférable dans votre intérêt, que je vous les retourne à Cognac. Quoiqu'il en soit j'attendrai vos ordres afin de vous éviter tous frais … @fr
public translation: [[label: Address panel]] Messieurs Sardin & Darsy in Cognac Charente
public translation: [[label: Letter text]] GUSTAVE SASSOT ÉPERNAY (CHAMPAGNE) Epernay the 19 March 1875 228 89 Messieurs Sardin & Darsy in Cognac Please dispatch to Mr Gustave Buache, merchant in Epernay 1 foudre 4 hectoliters Gd Champagne 1874 60 degrees approximately more f 170 the h° housed with carriage similar to the sample that was left, deliverable end of April, payable at 6 months. to Mr Tissart Chiecelin merchant in Epernay 1 foudre 2 hectoliters Spirit Gd Champagne 1872 89 degrees f 280 the h° housed with carriage deliverable immediately, payable like the previous business. The next to last shipment that you made to this honorable client had a taste of wood, he has returned to you what remains to him. it was agreed with your Mr Sardin that you will make him a proportional allowance for the loss that he has suffered & that he has enumerated to your said Mr Sardin. to Mr Gallet, merchant at Mesnil s/ Oger 1 foudre 2 hectoliters Petits Champagnes 1874 60 degrees f 110 the h° housed with carriage deliverable from Cognac the 1/ April next, payable at 90 days discount 3 % Between now and then Mr Gallet will probably ask you for a barrel of 30 to 40 liters Cognac old f 200. This client is as difficult as he pays well please therefore serve him accordingly Please debit me Myself for n° 2902 1 fut 113 liters Gd Champagne 1872 (eau de vie 60 d) f 200 the h° housed delivered free without commission (one compensating the other.) I have the regret, Messieurs, to inform you that I can no longer continue to represent you, this decision is irrevocable & I will be grateful to you not to insist either by letter or verbally for me to continue. I hold at your disposition the eaux de vie & spirits that you have at my place; if I thought I could place them in a delay of 2 or 3 months I would tell you: while ceasing to represent you I will place them for you, but I do not think that this is possible, therefore I believe that it would be preferable in your interest, that I return them to you in Cogn…
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bibliographic citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000399.
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 and Epernay postmark on P001. Origin evidence: Printed letterhead and dateline on P002; EPERNAY postal mark on P001.
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translation status: Image-checked English translation
catalogue period: 1875–1899
date certainty: Exact
extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel and postal evidence; Letter text; 2 digital images.

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