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type: Letter
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title: Letter from Robt. Williamson to Bellot & Foucaud concerning cognac samples forwarded from Liverpool to Dublin, 1864-12-29
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identifier: NRA-L-000446
description: Acting on instructions from Harrison's of Liverpool, Robt. Williamson informs Bellot & Foucaud that a case of samples marked GE, carried by the Tamaulipas, was forwarded by steamer to Mr Fitzgerald in Dublin on 17 December.
date: 1864-12-29
temporal: Charente 29th December 1864
sort date: 1864-12-29
item sequence: 000446
type: Commercial correspondence
language: English
language: en
creator: Robt. Williamson
recipient: Bellot & Foucaud
place sent: Charente, France
spatial: Charente, France
spatial: Cognac, Charente, France
spatial: Charente–Cognac; samples Liverpool–Dublin
subject: Cognac trade
subject: Commercial correspondence
subject: Cognac samples
subject: Forwarding
subject: Steamships
subject: Tamaulipas (ship)
subject: Harrison's of Liverpool
subject: Robt. Williamson
subject: Bellot & Foucaud
subject: Mr Fitzgerald
subject: Liverpool
subject: Dublin
subject: Cognac
subject: Britain
incipit: Charente 29th December 1864
public transcript: [[label: Address panel]] Messrs Bellot & Foucaud Négociant à Cognac [[notes]] Editorial notes: The address and historical trade-house wording were checked against the authoritative address-panel image and preserved as one correspondent entity.
public transcript: [[label: Letter text - page 1]] Charente 29th December 1864 Gentlemen Been instructed by Messrs Harrison's of Liverpool to advise you that the case of Samples GE per Tamaulipas has been forward to Mr Fitzgerald Dublin by the Steamer of the 17th Inst I am Gentlemen yours Respectfully Robt Williamson.
public translation: [[label: Address panel]] Messrs Bellot & Foucaud Merchant in Cognac [[notes]] Editorial notes: The address and historical trade-house wording were checked against the authoritative address-panel image and preserved as one correspondent entity.
public translation: [[label: Letter text - page 1]] Charente 29th December 1864 Gentlemen Been instructed by Messrs Harrison's of Liverpool to advise you that the case of Samples GE per Tamaulipas has been forward to Mr Fitzgerald Dublin by the Steamer of the 17th Inst I am Gentlemen yours Respectfully Robt Williamson.
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rights holder: Neruda Archives
bibliographic citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000446.
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: The dateline reads Charente 29th December 1864 and the signature reads Robt Williamson. Origin evidence: Charente is written in the dateline; no more specific origin is asserted.
transcription status: Image-checked raw transcription
translation status: Image-checked English translation
catalogue period: 1850–1874
date certainty: Exact
extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel and postal evidence; Letter text - page 1; 2 digital images.

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