Letter from Mathieu to Monsieur Soulet, 1813-06-09

Mathieu relays news of Chrétien's finances, work, portrait drawing and homesickness, then discusses his own serious fall and relationships within the extended family.

Family correspondence
Homesickness
Portrait drawing
Convalescence
Rochefort
Champdeniers

Family correspondence
Personal correspondence

Ordinary Lives

NRA-L-000421 - Image 1: Address panel with postal marks, docketing and a wax seal

Address panel with postal marks, docketing and a wax seal.

NRA-L-000421 image 1 showing the folded address panel with postal marks, manuscript docketing and a red wax seal.

NRA-L-000421 - Image 2: Letter text - Page 1

Letter text - Page 1.

NRA-L-000421 image 2 showing the first page of a handwritten French family letter dated 9 June 1813.

NRA-L-000421 - Image 3: Letter text - Page 2

Letter text - Page 2.

NRA-L-000421 image 3 showing the continuation of the handwritten French family letter.

NRA-L-000421 - Image 4: Letter text - Page 3 and signature

Letter text - Page 3 and signature.

NRA-L-000421 image 4 showing the closing page and signature of the handwritten French family letter.

[[label: Address panel]] A Monsieur Monsieur Soulet marchand près la halle a Champdeniers Dept. des deux Sèvres

[[label: Letter text - Page 1]] Rochefort Le 9 juin 1813. Monsieur et Cher Parent, J'ai reçu une lettre de Chretien du 26 mai; il me charge de vous témoigner la reconnaissance et l'attachement dont il est pénétré pour vous et votre aimable famille; il a dit-il envoyé de l'argent à Mr. Péquillan, et il attend qu'il lui en ait accusé la reception pour lui en envoyer d'autre. Vous voyez par là qu'il n'est pas dans la gêne. Il m'a dit que son travail lui donne assez d'aisance, qu'il est fort occupé, et qu'il vient de faire, en crayon le portrait d'une jeune personne de 17 ans, de la plus belle figure et d'une fortune colossale. Vous voyez que ça n'est pas pour lui. aussi Ce beau visage ne le

[[label: Letter text - Page 2]] Console-t-il pas d'être éloigné de sa patrie, de ses parens et de ses amis. Sa lettre me ferait craindre qu'il ne soit bientot attaqué de la maladie du pays. Cependant il m'a dit qu'il se porte fort bien, ce qui me fait espérer que sa gaieté naturelle l'emportera sur ses Idées mélancoliques. je lui reponds aujourd'hui et lui dis bien des choses pour vous. je suis très faché que mon accident ait privé mad. mathieu de vous voir à la foire de niort. je m'attendais dans cet evenement, qui a été assez serieux pour moi puisque je marche à peine, et que je serais fort heureux si dans deux mois j'en suis quitte, a quelque marque d'amitié de la part de Mad. jarry ou d'une demoiselle modeste à qui j'avais écrit; mais la premiere a juré de ne pas écrire à la fille, qui n'a d'autre tort envers elle que de ne pas pouvoir mener son mari, et la seconde m'a écrit une lettre tardive dans laquelle elle plaisantait agréablement

[[label: Letter text - Page 3]] sur ma maladresse de m'etre laissé tomber au moment du départ de Mr mathieu. Je pardonne à Mlle modeste, un peu de legereté à cause de son age; mais j'avoue que je ne sais quel jugement porter de la conduite de Mad. jarry. il faut que l'air de St Symphorien enleve à ceux qui le respirent toute espèce de sensibilité. il n'en est pas ainsi de l'air de Champdeniers, et si tous les hommes avaient le Cœur aussi bon que le Père de modeste nous verrions bientot renaitre l'age d'or. agréez je vous prie, et presentez à toute votre famille mes sentimens d'estime et d'amitié. Adolphe qui devient un grand paresseux embrasse son parrain Mathieu

[[label: Address panel]] To Mister Mister Soulet merchant near the market in Champdeniers Dept. of Deux-Sèvres

[[label: Letter text - Page 1]] Rochefort, June 9, 1813 Sir and dear relative, I received a letter from Chrétien dated May 26. He asks me to express to you the gratitude and affection he feels for you and your delightful family. He says he has sent money to Mr Péquillan and is waiting for him to acknowledge receipt before sending more. You can see from this that he is not in financial difficulty. He told me that his work provides him with a comfortable living, that he is very busy, and that he has just drawn in pencil the portrait of a seventeen-year-old young woman of the greatest beauty and possessing a colossal fortune. You can see that she is not for him. Nor does that beautiful face

[[label: Letter text - Page 2]] console him for being far from his homeland, his relatives and his friends. His letter makes me fear that he may soon be afflicted by homesickness. Nevertheless, he says that he is very well, which makes me hope that his natural cheerfulness will prevail over his melancholy thoughts. I am replying to him today and saying many things to him on your behalf. I am very sorry that my accident prevented Madame Mathieu from seeing you at the Niort fair. In this event—which was quite serious for me, since I can scarcely walk and shall count myself very fortunate if I am free of it within two months—I had expected some mark of friendship from Madame Jarry or from a young lady named Modeste, to whom I had written. But the former has sworn not to write to the girl, whose only fault toward her is that she cannot manage her husband, while the latter sent me a belated letter in which she pleasantly joked

[[label: Letter text - Page 3]] about my clumsiness in allowing myself to fall just as Mr Mathieu was leaving. I forgive Mademoiselle Modeste a little frivolity on account of her age, but I confess that I do not know what judgement to make of Madame Jarry’s conduct. The air of Saint-Symphorien must deprive everyone who breathes it of every kind of feeling. The air of Champdeniers is not like that, and if all men had hearts as good as Modeste’s father, we would soon see the Golden Age return. Please accept, and convey to your whole family, my sentiments of esteem and friendship. Adolphe, who is becoming very lazy, embraces his godfather. Mathieu

Every complete capture, documentary role, address panel, date, names, places, postal evidence, transcription and translation was checked against the authoritative images; unresolved readings remain explicitly qualified. Date evidence: Dateline on P002. Origin evidence: Rochefort dateline on P002. Recipient layers: postal addressee — Monsieur Soulet, merchant near the market; textual addressee — Monsieur Soulet, the writer's relative.


Letter from J. Bte Bascle to Charles Bascle, 1850-10-14

J. Bte Bascle writes to his son Charles about reconciliation between brothers, staffing and commercial travel for the family firm, and the health of Corine and Daniel.

Charles Bascle, merchant of Bordeaux
Charles Bascle, the writer's son
Charles Bascle

Family reconciliation
Family business
Commercial travellers
Family correspondence
Jonzac
Rouen

Family correspondence
Business correspondence

Ordinary Lives

NRA-L-000422 - Image 1: Address panel with postal marks and manuscript docketing

Address panel with postal marks and manuscript docketing.

NRA-L-000422 image 1 showing the folded address panel with postal marks and manuscript docketing.

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NRA-L-000422 - Image 2: Letter text - Page 1

Letter text - Page 1.

NRA-L-000422 image 2 showing the first page of a handwritten French family letter dated 14 October 1850.

NRA-L-000422 - Image 3: Letter text - Page 2 and signature on the unfolded sheet; the right half repeats the address panel visible in Image 1

Letter text - Page 2 and signature on the unfolded sheet; the right half repeats the address panel visible in Image 1.

NRA-L-000422 image 3 showing the continuation and signature of the handwritten French family letter on an unfolded sheet whose right half repeats the address panel shown in image 1.

[[label: Address panel]] Monsieur Chle Bascle, negt de Bordeaux, Poste restante, à Rouen. Seine infre

[[label: Letter text - Page 1]] Jonzac le 14 8bre 1850. Mon cher fils, Ta mère & moi, sommes on ne peut plus satisfaits du contenu de ta lettre du 11 Ct. tu comprendras combien nous sommes heureux de voir tes vœux et les notres exhaussés. Comme toi, nous sentions le besoin d'une explication, qui d'après tout ne pouvait tourner qu'à ton avantage, avantage que ta conduite et la force des choses devaient nécessairement amener. que Dieu, veuille mes chers enfants, vous faire la grace de vous conserver en bonne harmonie, sans cela point d'heureux succès. Tant qu'à la perte que vous faites de Mr L..... tu dois t'en consoller facilement, car d'après ce que tu m'as souvent dit, il donnait plutot de la perte à la maison que du profit, ainsi point de regrèt. je pense que Victor, sans trop se fatiguer pourra bien faire deux ou trois voyages par an, pour soigner la clientelle de Paris et de ses environs. Tant qu'au voyageur de la bretagne, tout a concouru pour qu'il ne fasse rien; (son début, et précédé par armand.) Je pense que ton frère le remerciera, et qu'il tachera de s'en procurer un autre, ce qui n'est pas chose facile. Comme tu me le dis mon bon fils, il faut oblier tout le passé, et pardonner à ceux qui ont été cause de tout

[[label: Letter text - Page 2; address panel repeated within full-sheet capture]] le désagrément que tu as éprouvé, j'ai l'assurance que ton frère, dont les sentiments généreux ont pûs etres comprimés à ton égard, sera désormais pour toi ce qu'il doit etre, et qu'il se trouvera heureux d'avoir pour le seconder un frère digne de toute son affection. Hier dimanche, nous avons eus le plaisir de voir et d'embrasser notre chère fille Corine, ainsi que le bon petit Daniel, ils se portent l'un et l'autre à merveille, l'air de la campagne leurs est ont ne peut plus salutaire. Ta mère se joint à moi, mon cher fils pour t'embrasser bien tendrement Ton Père, J. Bte Bascle P.S. toute la famille se porte bien.

[[label: Address panel]] Mr Charles Bascle, merchant of Bordeaux, Poste restante, in Rouen. Seine-Inférieure

[[label: Letter text - Page 1]] Jonzac, October 14, 1850 My dear son, Your mother and I could not be more satisfied with the contents of your letter of the 11th of this month. You will understand how happy we are to see your wishes and ours fulfilled. Like you, we felt the need for an explanation which, all things considered, could only turn to your advantage—an advantage that your conduct and the force of circumstances were bound to bring about. May God grant you, my dear children, the grace to remain in good harmony; without that, there can be no happy outcome. As for the loss of Mr L....., you should easily console yourself, for according to what you have often told me, he brought the firm more loss than profit; therefore, no regrets. I think Victor, without tiring himself excessively, could very well make two or three trips a year to look after the clientele in Paris and its surroundings. As for the travelling salesman from Brittany, everything conspired to prevent him from accomplishing anything—his beginning, and Armand having gone before him. I think your brother will dismiss him and try to find another, which is not easy. As you tell me, my good son, we must forget the whole past and forgive those who caused all

[[label: Letter text - Page 2; address panel repeated within full-sheet capture]] the unpleasantness you experienced. I am confident that your brother, whose generous feelings toward you may have been restrained, will henceforth be to you what he should be, and that he will be happy to have, to assist him, a brother worthy of all his affection. Yesterday, Sunday, we had the pleasure of seeing and embracing our dear daughter Corine, as well as dear little Daniel. Both are wonderfully well; the country air is extremely beneficial to them. Your mother joins me, my dear son, in embracing you very tenderly. Your father, J. Bte Bascle P.S. The whole family is well.

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Official notice from the Rochefort Registration and Domains Office to Madame Cacaud, 1830-07-24

The Rochefort Registration and Domains Office requires Madame Cacaud to pay 150 francs 70 centimes in stamp duties and fines incurred by her late husband for keeping medical visit and credit journals on unstamped paper.

Stamp duty
Fines
Estate administration
Medical practice
Unstamped paper
Registration and Domains
Rochefort

Official notice
Administrative correspondence

Ordinary Lives

NRA-L-000423 - Image 1: Address panel with postal marks and manuscript docketing

NRA-L-000423 image 1 showing the folded address panel with postal marks and manuscript docketing.

NRA-L-000423 - Image 2: Printed registration and estates notice completed with manuscript entries and calculations

Printed registration and estates notice completed with manuscript entries and calculations.

NRA-L-000423 image 2 showing a printed French registration and estates notice completed with manuscript entries, calculations and signatures.

[[label: Address panel]] A Madame Madame veuve Cacaud chez Mr. Villeneau, rue des grandes allées A Rochefort.

[[label: Official notice]] [3.e P.ie N.o 4.] BUREAU de Rochefort, N.o 80 et 81 du Sommier. C.n Nota. Il faut rap- porter au Bureau cet Avertissement, avec les pièces et titres re- latifs à la demande; et s'il y a lieu à une déclaration estima- tive pour donation, succession ou autre- ment, la partie rap- portera le bail, ou toute autre pièce cons- tatant le revenu des biens. DIRECTION GÉNÉRALE DE L'ENREGISTREMENT ET DES DOMAINES. Madame Vous êtes invitée à vous présenter dans la huitaine au Bureau de l'Enregistrement, pour acquitter la somme de Cent-cinquante francs 70 centimes montant des droits de timbre dus et des amendes encourues par feu Mr Cacaud, médecin, votre mari, pour avoir tenu sur papier non timbré ainsi qu'il appert de l'inventaire reçu par Mr Artaud, not.re le 8 Janvier 1830, 1.o le livre journal de ses visites et crédits du 14 Mars 1821 au 14 9.bre 1826; 2.o Un autre livre journal aussi de ses visites et crédits du 14 9.bre 1826 au 27 8.bre 1829, servant de base à 2200 f. de créances établies à l'actif porté au dit Inventaire. Le présent Avertissement donné pour éviter les frais de poursuites, le 24 Juillet 1830. Le Receveur de l'Enregistrement et des Domaines, [signature] Rue Royale n.o 60. Amende . . . . . . . . . . 50 f. " 30 feuillets à 10 c.e . . . 30 = " 80 = " Décime . . . . . . 8 88 = " Amende . . . 50 f. " feuillets à 10 c. 7 = " décime . . . . 5.70 62.70 Total . . . 150.f 70 art. 9 de la loi du 16 Juin 1824 papier registre, du petit au moyen 5 c. par feuille et 10 centimes par feuillet quelque soit la dimension

[[label: Address panel]] To Madame Madame, widow of Mr Cacaud, at Mr Villeneau’s, rue des grandes allées, in Rochefort.

[[label: Official notice]] [3rd Part, No. 4] OFFICE OF ROCHEFORT Nos 80 and 81 of the register Note. This notice must be brought back to the office together with the documents and titles relating to the demand. If an estimated declaration is required for a gift, estate or otherwise, the party shall bring the lease or any other document establishing the income from the property. GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF REGISTRATION AND DOMAINS Madame, You are requested to appear within eight days at the Registration Office in order to pay the sum of one hundred and fifty francs and 70 centimes, representing stamp duties owed and fines incurred by your late husband, Mr Cacaud, physician, for having kept the following records on unstamped paper, as appears from the inventory drawn up by Mr Artaud, notary, on January 8, 1830: 1. the journal of his visits and credits from March 14, 1821 to November 14, 1826; 2. another journal, likewise recording his visits and credits, from November 14, 1826 to October 27, 1829, which formed the basis for 2,200 francs in receivables entered among the assets in the said inventory. This notice is issued to avoid the costs of legal proceedings, July 24, 1830. The Receiver of Registration and Domains, [signature] Rue Royale no. 60. Fine .......... 50 francs 30 leaves .......... 30 francs Subtotal .......... 80 francs Additional décime .......... 8 francs Subtotal .......... 88 francs Fine .......... 50 francs Leaves .......... 7 francs Additional décime .......... 5.70 francs Subtotal .......... 62.70 francs Total .......... 150 francs 70 centimes Article 9 of the law of June 16, 1824: register paper, from small to medium, 5 centimes per sheet and 10 centimes per leaf, whatever its dimensions.

Every complete capture, documentary role, address panel, date, names, places, postal evidence, transcription and translation was checked against the authoritative images; unresolved readings remain explicitly qualified. Date evidence: Issue date written in the official notice on P002. Origin evidence: Rochefort office heading and issue statement on P002. Recipient layers: postal addressee — Madame Cacaud, widow; textual addressee — Madame Cacaud, widow of the physician Mr Cacaud.


Letter from A. Leveau to Otard Dupuy & Co concerning British orders, shipping and invoice disputes, 1850-04-13

A. Leveau forwards and discusses British orders for Otard Dupuy & Co, including shipments intended for Leith, London and Newcastle upon Tyne, then addresses freight and invoice disputes, acceptance of a bill and current market prospects.

Rugby–Cognac; planned shipments to Leith, London and Newcastle upon Tyne

Cognac trade
Commercial correspondence
Brandy orders
Shipping
Invoices
Freight charges
Bills of exchange
Otard Dupuy & Co
A. Leveau
Britain
Rugby
Leith
London
Newcastle upon Tyne
Otard Dupuy

Cognac & Trade

NRA-L-000424 - Image 1: Address panel and postal evidence

Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000424 image 1 showing the folded manuscript address panel on blue paper, with the written delivery address, postal markings and closure evidence.

NRA-L-000424 - Image 2: Letter text - Page 1

Letter text - Page 1.

NRA-L-000424 image 2 showing page 1 of the English commercial letter on blue paper.

NRA-L-000424 - Image 3: Letter text - Page 2

Letter text - Page 2.

NRA-L-000424 image 3 showing page 2 of the English commercial letter on blue paper.

NRA-L-000424 - Image 4: Letter text - Page 3 and signature

Letter text - Page 3 and signature.

NRA-L-000424 image 4 showing page 3 of the English commercial letter on blue paper, including the closing and signature.

[[label: Address panel]] Messrs Otard Dupuy & Co Cognac "Charente" France [[notes]] Editorial notes: Address and trade-house wording were verified against the authoritative address-panel image and are preserved as one entity.

[[label: Letter text - page 1]] Mr J. Lane Leicester April 13/50 20 one dozen Cases Pale Hd 10 qts - 18/6 Same quality as before & for first vessel to Leith to the insured & to care of Arnold & [Figin?] Messrs H. H. Dupuy & Co Rugby April 13/1850 Cognac Dear Sirs the above is brand for first vessel. You will please ship Messrs Watts & Son's 10 Hhds 1849 for first vessel so as to arrive in London in May - Mr Watts Junr will accompany me to Paris would it not be good policy to send him an invoice for Cognac " I don't think he would venture as far, has his time would be limited - I go Metcalfe instructs me to desire that you will ship his 10 Hhds 1849 direct to Newcastle upon Tyne for first vessel that may offer for that port in October I am glad that he has taken my advice & have his Hhds direct & thus do away with those repeated unpleasantness I shall mix with he & France all his cor- -res pondence & thus prove the statements made

[[label: Letter text - page 2]] by you to be erroneous. You will please to observe that in the amot of £15 there is freight charged that he has no right to pay unless it was all'd in Invoice because the Brandies were sold by Mr Dupuy (with myself) free on board at Newcastle but coming to London instead it is the same thing as if he on board at the Port of [McCoste?] I explained this to Mr R. as I thought plain enough. I observe the Brandies sold Decr 9 - 1849 by Mr Dupuy will see by his book that this is correct, there was a parcel of 10 Hhds a parcel of 10 Hhds then he objects to them of £2 Therein all these matters I shall fully discuss when I have the pleasure of seeing you & lay plainly before you what the other London East does You had not best to touch on this matter any or it will only create unpleasantness again my only object in mentioning it is that I am anxious to remove all impediments that do exist in the Country to my prosecuting the advancement of your interests - You have sent Allen there a French Invoice & this does not please them unless it is the bill again please to draw a fresh one at the order price transmitted you on 4/5 as per board in London please to draw accordingly

[[label: Letter text - page 3]] and date it Feby 11/1850 and either send it to me for them or to Allen for I tried to get this accepted, but of late have represented the second rather than the first and any inconve- nience send me in this case the enclosed back & I will exert my influence unless such an argument I get them to accept it upon second thoughts I have not enclosed the B/L but hold it for your reply. There seems the less consumption in [Frank'd seven me is?] working off their stocks so that I hope and indeed anticipate a good autumn trade if vintage is not hardy I shall return to London on Friday & remain there 8 or 10 days, have not yet got the document back from Portsmouth I mean from Mrs Pope I understand she has signed it I do not make certain until I get it in my hands I am Dear Sirs Yrs vry trs A. Leveau I believe I wrote you that Mr Dixon the head of the house of Preston & Co Liverpool is dead

[[label: Letter text - page 3]] and date it Feby 11/1850 and either send it to me for them or to Allen for I tried to get this accepted, but of late have represented the second rather than the first and any inconvenience send me in this case the enclosed back & I will exert my influence unless such an argument I get them to accept it upon second thoughts I have not enclosed the B/L but hold it for your reply. There seems the less consumption in [Frank'd seven me is?] working off their stocks so that I hope and indeed anticipate a good autumn trade if vintage is not hardy I shall return to London on Friday & remain there 8 or 10 days, have not yet got the document back from Portsmouth I mean from Mrs Pope I understand she has signed it I do not make certain until I get it in my hands I am Dear Sirs Yrs vry trs A. Leveau I believe I wrote you that Mr Dixon the head of the house of Preston & Co Liverpool is dead

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 on the first letter-text side reads Rugby April 13/1850; the address-side docketing gives the same sender and date. Origin evidence: Rugby is written in the dateline.


Letter from Gilbert Davis to Otard, Dupuy & Co ordering five half-pipes of brandy and discussing quality and reputation, 1841-11-05

Gilbert Davis orders five half-pipes of fuller-flavoured brandy from Otard, Dupuy & Co for shipment from Bordeaux, criticizes the quality of a previous consignment, reports damage to the house's reputation in New York and comments on weak demand during the temperance movement.

New York–Cognac; requested shipment Bordeaux–New York

Cognac trade
Commercial correspondence
Brandy orders
Brandy quality
Brand reputation
Temperance movement
Otard, Dupuy & Co
Gilbert Davis
New York
Bordeaux
Otard Dupuy
United States

Cognac & Trade

NRA-L-000425 - Image 1: Address panel and postal evidence

Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000425 image 1 showing the folded manuscript address panel on cream paper, with the written delivery address, postal markings and closure evidence.

NRA-L-000425 - Image 2: Letter text and signature

Letter text and signature.

NRA-L-000425 image 2 showing page 1 of the English commercial letter on cream paper, including the closing and signature.

[[label: Address panel]] Messrs Otard, Dupuy & Co Cognac France [[notes]] Editorial notes: Address and trade-house wording were verified against the authoritative address-panel image and are preserved as one entity.

[[label: Letter text - page 1]] (Duplicate) Newyork Novr 5' 1841 Messrs Otard Dupuy & Co Cognac Gents I wish you to send me by the first good vessel from Bordeaux Five half pipes of your best Brandy, at Ten francs the velte the last I had cost 9.40 this is not good enough for me I want better Brandy, the article is of dull sale I am sorry to say see much or rather some of your Brandy last Summer sold in this city at low prices and the quality rather common indeed I rather doubted the genuineness of the mark for it had your brand on the cask which I supposed was a counterfeit but was told afterwards it was from yr house, since that time much has been said in regard to yr brandy, Mess Stevens & Son, Mr John Caswell & myself, have permitted to use yr name upon so poor an article I want Five half pipes of good, and not to cost over Ten francs the velte I want a full rich flavoured Brandy, such as I had the first time from you and such as you we usually bought from houses here, Ten years since Brandy is dull sale owing to our Temperance mania and will remain so for a long time no doubt. I cannot pay any commission or higher price Yours Respectfully (Signed) Gilbert Davis

[[label: Letter text - page 1]] (Duplicate) New York November 5, 1841 Messrs Otard Dupuy & Co Cognac Gentlemen I wish you to send me by the first good vessel from Bordeaux Five half pipes of your best Brandy, at Ten francs the velte. The last I had cost 9.40, this is not good enough for me. I want better Brandy, the article is of dull sale. I am sorry to say I see much or rather some of your Brandy last Summer sold in this city at low prices and the quality rather common indeed. I rather doubted the genuineness of the mark for it had your brand on the cask which I supposed was a counterfeit but was told afterwards it was from your house. Since that time much has been said in regard to your brandy, Messrs Stevens & Son, Mr John Caswell & myself, have permitted to use your name upon so poor an article. I want Five half pipes of good, and not to cost over Ten francs the velte. I want a full rich flavoured Brandy, such as I had the first time from you and such as we usually bought from houses here, Ten years since. Brandy is dull sale owing to our Temperance mania and will remain so for a long time no doubt. I cannot pay any commission or higher price. Yours Respectfully (Signed) Gilbert Davis

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 Newyork Novr 5' 1841 and the address-side docketing repeats the date. Origin evidence: New York is written in the dateline.


Letter from Victor Baralon to Otard Dupuy & Co ordering 25 demi-pipes of brandy and arranging insurance, 1841-09-30

Victor Baralon orders 25 demi-pipes of brandy from Otard Dupuy & Co for dispatch to Bordeaux in connection with the brig Caucasian, gives proof, colour and age specifications, and discusses drafts, open insurance cover and the overland risk from Cognac to Bordeaux.

New York–Cognac; cargo route Cognac–Bordeaux–New York

Cognac trade
Commercial correspondence
Brandy orders
Demi-pipes
Insurance
Brig Caucasian
Shipping
Otard Dupuy & Co
Victor Baralon
New York
Bordeaux
Cognac
Otard Dupuy
United States

Cognac & Trade

NRA-L-000426 - Image 1: Address panel and postal evidence

Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000426 image 1 showing the folded manuscript address panel on cream paper, with the written delivery address, postal markings and closure evidence.

NRA-L-000426 - Image 2: Letter text - Upper section of split page

Letter text - Upper section of split page.

NRA-L-000426 image 2 showing the upper capture of the split French commercial letter page, including the opening and upper lines.

NRA-L-000426 - Image 3: Letter text - Lower section of split page and signature

Letter text - Lower section of split page and signature.

NRA-L-000426 image 3 showing the overlapping lower capture of the same French commercial letter page, including the continuation and signature.

[[label: Address panel]] Messrs Otard Dupuy & Co. Cognac [[notes]] Editorial notes: Address and trade-house wording were verified against the authoritative address-panel image and are preserved as one entity.

[[label: Letter text - split oversized side]] New York Sept 30 1841 Messieurs Otard Dupuy & Ce a Cognac J'ai bien reçu vos deux lettres des 24 & 27 mars et qui renfermaient facture a 25 futailles de vos eaux de vie depuis la cloture de notre marché ne m'a pas engagé a vous faire passer de nouveaux ordres, le cours de vos de votre marque ayant été mal tenue, offertes tres l'homme a l'encan et vendues de f110 a 120 Omin. Cependant pour l'exprimer la recette nouvelle une fois bonne je ne puis je vais me de charger a mon extreme par le retour du Brig Caucasian Cap Sprague que j'expedierai le 4 ou le 5 Octobre pour Bordeaux 25 Demi pipes de vos eaux de vie ou vous rembourserez pour leur montant Chez Messieurs C. Baralon & Cie a Bordeaux en votre traite a trois jours de vue qui vous reviendra de l'arrivée du navire, j'espere une police ouverte pour les assurances je vais disposer du Don de faire comme pour les eaux de vie que vous chargez a mon adresse, Cependant les marchandises d'apres telles polices ne peuvent etre assurées que du moment ou le connaissement a bord constate le chargement a bord du navire et vous courez a courir ces risques de Cognac a Bordeaux, j'ai cependant passe a votre credit les f.87-50c pour les assurances a votre dernier envoi que vous pouvez ajouter a la facture de mon ordre d'aujourd'hui, je vous prierai egalement de faire charger les 25 futailles sous la marque VB et de les assortir comme suit 20-Demi pipes 4me preuve couleur ordinaire aux eaux de vie de cette maison et 5 Demi pipes 3mes preuves vielles de 2 a 3 ans couleur moins foncée, pour les prix j'en entendrai que vous ferez au mieux J'ai bien l'honneur de vous saluer Victor Baralon [[notes]] Editorial notes: The terminal signature reads Victor Baralon; the order is for 25 demi-pipes, consistent with the two other quantity statements in the letter.

[[label: Letter text - split oversized side]] New York Sept 30 1841 Messrs Otard Dupuy & Co. in Cognac I have well received your two letters of March 24 & 27 which contained the invoice for 25 casks of your brandies. Since the closing of our market has not encouraged me to send you new orders, the price of your brand having been poorly maintained, offered to the highest bidder at auction and sold from f110 to 120 Omin. However, to express the new recipe once it is good, I cannot, I am going to take it upon myself to my extreme by the return of the Brig Caucasian, Capt. Sprague, that I will ship on October 4 or 5 for Bordeaux 25 Demi-pipes of your brandies, or you will be reimbursed for their amount at Messrs C. Barralon & son in Bordeaux in your draft at three days' sight which will be returned to you upon the ship's arrival. I hope for an open policy for the insurance. I will arrange for the Don to do as for the brandies that you are shipping to my address. However, goods under such policies cannot be insured until the moment the bill of lading on board confirms the loading on board the ship, and you run these risks from Cognac to Bordeaux. I have, however, passed to your credit f.87-50c for the insurance on your last shipment, which you can add to the invoice for my order of today. I will also ask you to have the 25 casks loaded under the VB mark and to assort them as follows: 20 Demi-pipes 4th proof, ordinary color for the brandies of this house, and 5 Demi-pipes 3rd proof, old, 2 to 3 years, less dark color. For the prices, I will understand that you will do your best. I have the honor of greeting you, Victor Baralon [[notes]] Editorial notes: The terminal signature reads Victor Baralon; the order is for 25 demi-pipes, consistent with the two other quantity statements in the letter.

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 New-York 30 7bre 1841; 7bre is the historical abbreviation for September. Origin evidence: New York is written in the dateline.


Letter from Jopp & Co to Otard Dupuy & Co concerning Trinidad brandy shipments, breakage and competition, 1876-01-27

Richard Finlayson, signing per procuration for Jopp & Co, reports on expected shipments of bottled and cask brandy to Trinidad, discusses breakage in flasks, weak demand for the remaining stock and competition from lower-priced cognac houses. The address-side docket appears to contain a separate Tintagnac & Co attribution, whose exact relationship remains unresolved.

Trinidad
Cognac, Charente, France
Trinidad–Cognac

Cognac trade
Commercial correspondence
Brandy shipments
Bottle breakage
Market competition
Gautier Frères
Otard Dupuy & Co
Jopp & Co
Richard Finlayson
Trinidad
Otard Dupuy
Caribbean

Cognac & Trade

NRA-L-000427 - Image 1: Address panel and postal evidence

Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000427 image 1 showing the folded manuscript address panel on cream paper, with the written delivery address, postal markings and closure evidence.

NRA-L-000427 - Image 2: Letter text and signature

Letter text and signature.

NRA-L-000427 image 2 showing page 1 of the English commercial letter on cream paper, including the closing and signature.

[[label: Address panel]] Messrs Otard Dupuy & Co Cognac France [[notes]] Editorial notes: Address and trade-house wording were verified against the authoritative address-panel image and are preserved as one entity.

[[label: Letter text - page 1]] p mail Trinidad 27th Jany 1876. Messrs Otard Dupuy & Co Cognac. France. Dear Sirs, I am in receipt of your valued favor of 5th Current and carefully note contents. Your shipment of 150 Cases Quarts 25 Flasks and 25 1/2 Flasks shall have my attention on arrival, next mail will doubtless bring me shipping documents. The 1/2 Flasks are very saleable. I have hitherto abstained from recommending your shipping this size as I feared the breakage would be increased. The proportion of breakage in the Flasks has always been large but I trust your future shipments will be more fortunate. Gautier Frères & [another competitor's name unclear], still continue to ship largely and monopolize a large portion of the trade. their low price is a great inducement to purchasers. Having still a portion of your last shipment on hand I am prevented sending order but hope to do so very shortly. Your shipment of 75cs Brandy in Wood shall have my careful attention on arrival and will I trust meet a good market. asking reference to Enclosed current for other particulars. I am dear Sirs Yours faithfully Richd Finlayson p.p. Jopp & Co. [[notes]] Editorial notes: An unclear competitor name is left explicitly unresolved instead of being promoted to a false authority identity.

[[label: Letter text - page 1]] per mail Trinidad 27th January 1876. Messrs Otard Dupuy & Co Cognac. France. Dear Sirs, I am in receipt of your valued favor of 5th Current and carefully note contents. Your shipment of 150 Cases Quarts 25 Flasks and 25 1/2 Flasks shall have my attention on arrival, next mail will doubtless bring me shipping documents. The 1/2 Flasks are very saleable. I have hitherto abstained from recommending your shipping this size as I feared the breakage would be increased. The proportion of breakage in the Flasks has always been large but I trust your future shipments will be more fortunate. Gautier Frères & [another competitor's name unclear], still continue to ship largely and monopolize a large portion of the trade. their low price is a great inducement to purchasers. Having still a portion of your last shipment on hand I am prevented sending order but hope to do so very shortly. Your shipment of 75cs Brandy in Wood shall have my careful attention on arrival and will I trust meet a good market. asking reference to Enclosed current for other particulars. I am dear Sirs Yours faithfully Richd Finlayson per procurationem Jopp & Co [[notes]] Editorial notes: An unclear competitor name is left explicitly unresolved instead of being promoted to a false authority identity.

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 Trinidad 27th Jany 1876. Origin evidence: Trinidad is written in the dateline; no town is asserted.


Letter from Loyer to Renault & Cie concerning representation, a customer's order and brandy prices, 1840-08-18

Loyer writes to Renault & Cie after taking temporary charge of another representative's houses, asks whether five or six quarter-casks of new Cognac can be offered to a customer, comments on that customer's solvency and requests prices for new and old eaux-de-vie.

Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France
Cognac, Charente, France
Rouen–Cognac

Cognac trade
Commercial correspondence
Commercial representation
Brandy orders
Creditworthiness
Brandy prices
Renault & Cie
Loyer
Rouen
Cognac
Renault
France — domestic trade

Cognac & Trade

NRA-L-000428 - Image 1: Address panel and postal evidence

Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000428 image 1 showing the folded manuscript address panel on cream paper, with the written delivery address, postal markings and closure evidence.

NRA-L-000428 - Image 2: Letter text - Page 1

Letter text - Page 1.

NRA-L-000428 image 2 showing page 1 of the French commercial letter on cream paper.

NRA-L-000428 - Image 3: Letter text - Page 2 and signature

Letter text - Page 2 and signature.

NRA-L-000428 image 3 showing page 2 of the French commercial letter on cream paper, including the closing and signature.

[[label: Address panel]] Messieurs Renault & Cie à Cognac [[notes]] Editorial notes: Address and trade-house wording were verified against the authoritative address-panel image and are preserved as one entity.

[[label: Letter text - page 1]] Messieurs, Rouen le 18 Aout 1840 Le départ de M. Castel, me représentant pour un voyage de Santé, dont malheureusement il a besoin, me met dans la possession de la représentation de toutes ses Maisons. C'est me dire vous avez prévenu de la confiance qu'il m'avait accordée, pour gerer ses affaires pendant son absence. N'ayant en aucunes raisons de m'entretenir avec vous, Messieurs, depuis ce départ n'ayant d'ailleurs reçu aucunes de vos nouvelles j'ignore si réellement comme vous a prévenu dans tous les cas, je reclamerai pour ma part par interim la bienveillance & ma part de la confiance dont vous l'aviez investis. Ainsi, Messieurs, pour premier acte de ma gestion je vous demanderai si vous n'auriez pas à offrir à M. Castel 5 ou 6 quarts Cognac eau de vie nouvelle. Dans mes courses j'ai vu ce Client, il m'a temoigné un vif mecontentement de cet oubli qui l'a forcé de rendre un ordre a une autre maison. Je ne suppose pas que cet oubli soit volontaire M. Castel [vous?] bien 6/4 de Cognac, jusqu'a présent il a toujours satisfait à ses engagements honorablement vu mes renseignements, je crois qu'il n'y a pas a douter de sa solvabilité au moins pour une aussi faible importance. Veuillez donc m'honorer d'une réponse en vous traitant

[[label: Letter text - page 2]] cette affaire à fond. Si elle est le resultat d'un oubli, dites le moi aussi, parceque dans ce cas, M. Castel, je m'en occuperai personnellement son retour. Si autrement, dites le moi encore parceque malgré ma conviction, je me tiendrai sur la reserve avec lui. J'attends donc votre reponse pour les cours des Eaux de vie nouvelles & vieilles & en outre de celles à livrer pour le navire prochaine. J'ai l'honneur de vous Saluer bien affectueusement Loyer R Due Boutard. 3. [[notes]] Editorial notes: The sender's surname Loyer was checked against both the terminal signature and the address-side docketing.

[[label: Address panel]] Messrs. Renault & Co. in Cognac [[notes]] Editorial notes: Address and trade-house wording were verified against the authoritative address-panel image and are preserved as one entity.

[[label: Letter text - page 1]] Gentlemen, Rouen, August 18, 1840 The departure of M. Castel, my representative, for a health trip, which unfortunately he needs, puts me in possession of the representation of all his Houses. This is to say you have been advised of the trust that he had granted me, to manage his affairs during his absence. Having no reasons to converse with you, Gentlemen, since this departure and having moreover received none of your news I do not know if he really advised you as in any case, I will claim for my part in the interim the goodwill & my share of the trust with which you had invested him. Thus, Gentlemen, for the first act of my management I will ask you if you would not have to offer to M. Castel 5 or 6 quarter-casks of new Cognac brandy. In my travels I saw this Client, he showed me a keen dissatisfaction with this oversight which forced him to place an order with another house. I do not suppose that this oversight was voluntary. M. Castel [you?] well 6/4 of Cognac, until now he has always satisfied his commitments honorably given my information, I believe there is no reason to doubt his solvency at least for such a small amount. Please then honor me with a response while treating

[[label: Letter text - page 2]] this matter thoroughly. If it is the result of an oversight, tell me so as well, because in that case, M. Castel, I will deal with it personally upon his return. If otherwise, tell me still because despite my conviction, I will hold myself in reserve with him. I therefore await your response for the prices of new & old brandies & in addition to those to be delivered for the next ship. I have the honor of greeting you very affectionately Loyer 3 Boutard Street. [[notes]] Editorial notes: The sender's surname Loyer was checked against both the terminal signature and the address-side docketing.

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 Rouen le 18 Aout 1840 and the address-side docket repeats the date. Origin evidence: Rouen is written in the dateline.


Letter from Adr. Perdreau to Comandon & Cie concerning funds, a 90-day draft and the depressed Cognac trade, 1836-04-14

Adr. Perdreau writes to Comandon & Cie at Jarnac about credited funds, a need for 1,500 francs at the end of the month and a possible 90-day draft, then comments on the continuing depression of the Cognac trade and the lack of current business.

Paris, France
Jarnac, Charente, France
Paris–Jarnac

Cognac trade
Commercial correspondence
Bills of exchange
Credit
Market depression
Comandon & Cie
Adr. Perdreau
Paris
Jarnac
Comandon
France — domestic trade

Cognac & Trade

NRA-L-000429 - Image 1: Address panel and postal evidence

Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000429 image 1 showing the folded manuscript address panel on cream paper, with the written delivery address, postal markings and closure evidence.

NRA-L-000429 - Image 2: Letter text and signature

Letter text and signature.

NRA-L-000429 image 2 showing page 1 of the French commercial letter on cream paper, including the closing and signature.

[[label: Address panel]] Monsieur Comandon & Ce à Jarnac (Charente) [[notes]] Editorial notes: Address and trade-house wording were verified against the authoritative address-panel image and are preserved as one entity.

[[label: Letter text - page 1]] Paris le 14 avril 1836 - Monsieur Comandon & Ce. à Jarnac J'ai reçu Mr. Minos et amir, vos lettres des 31 et 6 ct. Je vois les détails et lesdites Ventes du premier que j' faisais. Comme je crois vous les avoir déja avoués, il est est sans cause de les y revenir. de 7117 - pois, il y a, dont je vous ai crédité - Comme j'aurais besoin de 1500f. pour la fin du mois, voulez vous avoir la bonté de tirer sur moi, à 90 jours, p/ la somme que vous ne jugerez devoir faire les fonds, j'enverrai à votre ordre et la donnerai ainsi que je vendiez auvoyer cette ditte traite aussitôt que possible, si c'est possible il est p[ro]bable que je quitte Paris des fin de beaucoup plutot que je ne le dis ci-dessus - Je quitte je ne sais quand finira la Sècherie dans la quelle je trouve le Commerce en Cognac depuis ce dernier Campagne ici? ruiner il est sur que ses frais finieront bientot - (Volontaire) je conçois pouvoir faire quelque chose aujourd' à l'hotel, rien - rien - en dehors pas besoin Suivant les borderaux que Vous m'y envoyés, ils s'agit pas un je vous salue Sincère Adr. Perdreau [[notes]] Editorial notes: The signature and address-side docketing support the abbreviated form Adr. Perdreau; the given name is not expanded conjecturally.

[[label: Address panel]] Mr Comandon & Co. in Jarnac (Charente) [[notes]] Editorial notes: Address and trade-house wording were verified against the authoritative address-panel image and are preserved as one entity.

[[label: Letter text - page 1]] Paris April 14, 1836 - Mr. Comandon & Co. in Jarnac I received Mr. Minos and friend, your letters of the 31st and 6th inst. I see the details and the said Sales of the former which I was making. As I believe I have already acknowledged them to you, it is is without cause to return to them. of 7117 - weight, there is, with which I have credited you - As I will need 1500f. for the end of the month, would you have the kindness to draw on me, at 90 days, for the sum that you will judge should make up the funds, I will send to your order and will give it as soon as I sell send this said draft as soon as possible, if it is possible it is probable that I will leave Paris at the end of much sooner than I say above - I leave I do not know when the Drying will finish in which I find the Commerce in Cognac since this last Campaign here? ruined it is certain that its costs will soon end - (Voluntary) I conceive I can do something today at the hotel, nothing - nothing - outside no need According to the bills of lading that you send me there, it is not a question of I greet you Sincerely Adr. Perdreau [[notes]] Editorial notes: The signature and address-side docketing support the abbreviated form Adr. Perdreau; the given name is not expanded conjecturally.

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 Paris le 14 avril 1836 and the address-side docket repeats the date. Origin evidence: Paris is written in the dateline.


Letter from Piganeau & Fils to the Comandon house concerning an account-current statement, 1862-01-17

Piganeau & Fils in Bordeaux sends the Comandon house at Jarnac an extract from its account current, showing a balance of Fr 634.87, and asks for prompt confirmation that the accounts agree.

Comandon & Co
P. Comandon & fils
Comandon

Bordeaux, Gironde, France
Jarnac, Charente, France
Bordeaux–Jarnac

Cognac trade
Commercial correspondence
Account-current statement
Account reconciliation
Piganeau & Fils
Comandon
Bordeaux
Jarnac
France — domestic trade

Cognac & Trade

NRA-L-000430 - Image 1: Address panel to Comandon & Cie in Jarnac, with French postage stamp and transit postmarks

Address panel to Comandon & Cie in Jarnac, with French postage stamp and transit postmarks.

NRA-L-000430 image 1 showing the folded address panel to Comandon & Cie in Jarnac, a blue French 20-centime stamp, circular postmarks and account docketing.

NRA-L-000430 - Image 2: Letter text from Piganeau & Fils, Bordeaux, 17 January 1862, with signature and closure seal

Letter text from Piganeau & Fils, Bordeaux, 17 January 1862, with signature and closure seal.

NRA-L-000430 image 2 showing the letter from Piganeau & Fils in Bordeaux dated 17 January 1862, addressed to Comandon & Cie, with the firm's signature and a red closure seal at the lower edge.

[[label: Address panel]] Messieurs Comandon & Co Jarnac (Charente) [[notes]] Editorial notes: The address is transcribed separately from the postal evidence. Later account calculations remain visible in the image but are not reproduced as a list of figures.

[[label: Letter text and signature]] Banque & Recouvrements PIGANEAU & FILS Bordeaux Bordeaux, le 17 Janvier 1862 Messieurs P. Comandon & fils à Jarnac Nous avons l'honneur de vous remettre ci-joint l'extrait de votre compte courant arrêté au 31 Xbre d[ernie]r et soldant en v/ faveur par Fr 634.87 à votre débit à nouveau. Veuillez le faire examiner & nous dire le plus tôt possible si nous sommes d'accord. Agréez, Messieurs, nos salutations empressées. Piganeau & fils [[notes]] Editorial notes: The abbreviated date expression ‘31 Xbre d[ernie]r’ is retained in the French transcription and translated as 31 December last.

[[label: Address panel]] Messrs. Comandon & Co Jarnac (Charente) [[notes]] Editorial notes: The address is transcribed separately from the postal evidence. Later account calculations remain visible in the image but are not reproduced as a list of figures.

[[label: Letter text and signature]] Banking & Collections PIGANEAU & FILS Bordeaux Bordeaux, 17 January 1862 Messrs. P. Comandon & Sons in Jarnac We have the honour to send you enclosed an extract from your current account, closed on 31 December last and showing a balance in your favour of Fr 634.87, carried forward to your debit. Please have it examined and tell us as soon as possible whether our accounts agree. Please accept, Gentlemen, our earnest regards. Piganeau & fils [[notes]] Editorial notes: The abbreviated date expression ‘31 Xbre d[ernie]r’ is retained in the French transcription and translated as 31 December last.

Both complete documentary sides, address and textual recipient forms, date, amount, account-current statement and postal evidence were checked directly against the approved images. The recipient variants are mapped to one canonical Comandon authority. Date evidence: The dateline reads Bordeaux, le 17 Janvier 1862. Origin evidence: Bordeaux appears in both the printed letterhead and the dated dateline. Recipient layers: postal addressee — Comandon & Co; textual addressee — P. Comandon & fils.


Commercial letter to Gauthier Mère et Fils concerning goods and transport arrangements, 1812-03-18

A commercial correspondent at Saint-Estèphe writes to Gauthier Mère et Fils at Aigre about goods intended for their warehouses and, in a postscript, transport arrangements with Gauthier aîné. Several quantity and commodity readings remain uncertain.

Unidentified commercial correspondent [signature unclear]

Saint-Estèphe, France [department uncertain]

Cognac trade
Commercial correspondence
Goods shipment
Transport arrangements
Gauthier Mère et Fils
Aigre
Saint-Estèphe
Gautier
France — domestic trade

Cognac & Trade

NRA-L-000431 - Image 1: Address panel and postal evidence

Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000431 image 1 showing the folded manuscript address panel on cream paper, with the written delivery address, postal markings and closure evidence.

NRA-L-000431 - Image 2: Letter text and signature

Letter text and signature.

NRA-L-000431 image 2 showing page 1 of the French commercial letter on cream paper, including the closing and signature.

[[label: Address panel]] Messieurs Gauthier Mère et fils Aigre [[notes]] Editorial notes: Address wording verified against the authoritative address-panel image; trade-house spelling is preserved as one entity.

[[label: Letter text - page 1]] St-Estèphe, 18 mars 1812 Messieurs, M. le D'heir vous amèneroit du [rouen ?] aujourd'hui. Nous avons fait délivrer ordre à [Nancy ?] pour vous [12 à 13 — illisible] pour vos magasins de notre [passage illisible] de Rouget. P.S. Nous recevons à l'instant votre lettre c.te ; nous n'avons que le tems de vous dire : si vous vous trouvez trop de voiture, de vous entendre avec M. Gauthier aîné, qui les chargera de [illisible]. [[notes]] Editorial notes: Codex image review replaced semantically impossible AI readings with explicit bracketed uncertainty; no missing wording was invented.

[[label: Address panel]] Messrs. Gauthier Mère et Fils Aigre [[notes]] Editorial notes: Address wording verified against the authoritative address-panel image; trade-house spelling is preserved as one entity.

[[label: Letter text - page 1]] Saint-Estèphe, 18 March 1812 Gentlemen, Mr D'Heir would bring you some [Rouen goods?] today. We had an order issued to [Nancy?] for you [12 to 13 — illegible] for your warehouses from our [illegible passage] of Rouget. P.S. We have just received your letter of the current month; we only have time to tell you that, if you find yourselves short of carts, you should make arrangements with Mr Gauthier senior, who will load them with [illegible]. [[notes]] Editorial notes: Codex image review replaced semantically impossible AI readings with explicit bracketed uncertainty; no missing wording was invented.

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 on the letter-text side reads St-Estèphe, 18 mars 1812. Origin evidence: The dateline reads St-Estèphe; the surviving letter does not securely identify which place of that name.


Letter from Duplessis Fils & Dufresne to Gautier Mère et Fils concerning bills and 100 casks ordered at the Cognac fair, 1812-10-29

Duplessis Fils & Dufresne acknowledge 1,397 francs 95 centimes in two bills credited through the recipient's letter and ask Gautier Mère et Fils to forward 100 casks requested at the last Cognac fair.

Cognac trade
Commercial correspondence
Bills of exchange
Cognac fair
Casks
Duplessis Fils & Dufresne
Gautier Mère et Fils
Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Aigre
Gautier
France — domestic trade

Cognac & Trade

NRA-L-000432 - Image 1: Address panel and postal evidence

Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000432 image 1 showing the folded manuscript address panel on cream paper, with the written delivery address, postal markings and closure evidence.

NRA-L-000432 - Image 2: Letter text and signature

Letter text and signature.

NRA-L-000432 image 2 showing page 1 of the French commercial letter on cream paper, including the closing and signature.

[[label: Address panel]] À Messieurs Gautier mère et fils Aigre [[notes]] Editorial notes: Address wording verified against the authoritative address-panel image; trade-house spelling is preserved as one entity.

[[label: Letter text - page 1]] R[épondu] le 12 9bre 1812 S. jean d'angely 29. 8bre 1812 Mess[ieurs] Gautier Mere & fils. A Aigre N[ous] avons retiré de v[otre] lettre du 20. ct. 1397 f[rancs] 95 c[entimes] en 2. effets portés à v[otre] credit. nous vous prions de nous faire parvenir par la plus prochaine occasion les 100 f[ûts] de Beau bois que n[ous] v[ous] avons demandés à la derniere foire de cognac N[ous] vous Saluons cordialement Duplessis fils & Dufresne Cad. 170. à 180.

[[label: Address panel]] To Messrs. Gautier Mère et Fils Aigre [[notes]] Editorial notes: Address wording verified against the authoritative address-panel image; trade-house spelling is preserved as one entity.

[[label: Letter text - page 1]] Replied 12 November 1812 S. Jean d'Angély 29 October 1812 Messrs. Gautier Mother & Sons. In Aigre We have withdrawn from your letter of the 20th instant 1397 francs 95 centimes in 2 bills carried to your credit. we ask you to send us by the very next opportunity the 100 casks of Beau bois that we have requested from you at the last Cognac fair We greet you cordially Duplessis fils & Dufresne Cad. 170. to 180.

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 St. Jean d'Angély, 29 8bre 1812; 8bre is the historical abbreviation for October. Origin evidence: The place and date are written in the dateline.


Letter to De Massacque concerning supplementary registration duties and a notarial deed, 1828-09-18

A correspondent asks De Massacque, a merchant at Port-Louis near Aigre, for the date of a deed and the name of the notary so that supplementary registration duties can be settled with the receiver.

L'Hôte fils de Lyon [full signature uncertain]

Commercial correspondence
Registration duties
Notarial deed
De Massacque
Port-Louis
Aigre
France — domestic trade

Cognac & Trade

NRA-L-000433 - Image 1: Address panel and postal evidence

Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000433 image 1 showing the folded manuscript address panel on cream paper, with the written delivery address, postal markings and closure evidence.

NRA-L-000433 - Image 2: Letter text and signature

Letter text and signature.

NRA-L-000433 image 2 showing page 1 of the French commercial letter on cream paper, including the closing and signature.

[[label: Address panel]] Monsieur De Massacque Négociant À Port-Louis Près d'Aigre [[notes]] Editorial notes: Address wording verified against the authoritative address-panel image; trade-house spelling is preserved as one entity.

[[label: Letter text - page 1]] gout ce 18 7bre 1828. Je viens de recevoir, Monsieur, une nouvelle lettre de Monsieur Lerenue de l'enregistrement de nante, relativement à l'affaire de Sante Darente Legros. Il me demande encore Le Supplement de droits dont je vous ai parlé. J'ai eu l'honneur de vous prier pour vous prémunir de l'ignorance des herercondes[?] a ce Sujet et vous dire que ne pouvant pas presumer que ce devoit etre par mes moyens nous nous en etions a l'interet qui avoit posé cet acte, je reitere, je vous prie ne me mettre a meme de Satisfaire Mr. Le receveur de droits d'enregistrement de Marde et me procurant la date de l'acte et Le nom du notaire qui l'a posé. J'ai l'honneur d'etre Monsieur avec une Consideration distingué Votre très humble et obeissant Serviteur L'Hte fils de Lyon Andeleaute

[[label: Address panel]] Mr De Massacque Merchant Port-Louis Near Aigre [[notes]] Editorial notes: Address wording verified against the authoritative address-panel image; trade-house spelling is preserved as one entity.

[[label: Letter text - page 1]] Gout this 18th September 1828. I have just received, Sir, a new letter from Mr. Lerenue of the registration of Nantes, concerning the affair of Sante Darente Legros. He is again asking me for the supplement of duties which I spoke to you about. I had the honor to ask you to warn you of the ignorance of the heirs[?] on this subject and to tell you that not being able to presume that it had to be by my means we were at the interest which had placed this act, I reiterate, I ask you to put me in a position to satisfy Mr. the receiver of registration duties of Marde and providing me with the date of the act and the name of the notary who drew it up. I have the honor to be, Sir, with distinguished consideration Your very humble and obedient Servant L'Hte fils de Lyon Andeleaute

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 day, historical month abbreviation 7bre (September) and year are legible; the place before the date is not secure. Origin evidence: The dateline place is not securely legible; no origin is asserted. Recipient layers: postal addressee — De Massacque, merchant; textual addressee — De Massacque.


Letter from F. Martell for H. Martell to Ranson Delamain & Cie concerning the Sarah's Bristol shipment, 1816-10-30

F. Martell, writing for H. Martell, tells Ranson Delamain & Cie that their eaux-de-vie for the Sarah's voyage to Bristol are ready and discusses dispatch timing, other shippers and the vessel's loading terms at Charente.

Cognac–Charente–Bristol; correspondence to Jarnac

Cognac trade
Eaux-de-vie
Martell
Ranson Delamain & Cie
Sarah (ship)
Bristol trade
Shipping
Chartering
Loading terms
Cognac
Jarnac
Bristol
Britain

Cognac & Trade

NRA-L-000434 - Image 1: Address panel and postal evidence

Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000434 image 1 showing the folded manuscript address panel on cream paper, with the written delivery address, postal markings and closure evidence.

NRA-L-000434 - Image 2: Letter text and signature

Letter text and signature.

NRA-L-000434 image 2 showing page 1 of the French commercial letter on cream paper, including the closing and signature.

[[label: Address panel]] Messieurs Ranson Delamain & Cie Jarnac [[notes]] Editorial notes: Address wording verified against the authoritative address-panel image; trade-house spelling is preserved as one entity.

[[label: Letter text - page 1]] Cognac le 30 Octobre 1816. Messieurs Ranson Delamain & C a Jarnac Nous repondons, messieurs, a la lettre que vous nous avés fait l'honneur de nous écrire le 29 de ce mois. Les Eauxdevie que nous avons a fournir a la Sarah pour Bristol, sont prêtes, nous les Expedierons a la fin de cette semaine ou Commencement de l'autre. si vous nous aviés dit quand vous Comptés faire partir les votres nous aurions pu plus positivement vous fixer; Car nous ne vous tairons pas, que nous serions fachés que nos Marchandises fussent longtems a bord avant celles des autres Chargeurs nous notons les Clauses de l'affrettement de la Sarah, mais vous avés oublié de nous dire la quantité de jours de planche pour Charger a Charente. Cela devient Cependant assés indiférant puisqu'il n'y aura pas lieu a les Employer tous. Nous vous presentons, messieurs, nos Sinceres Salutations, Frs. Martell, p. & G. Martell

[[label: Address panel]] Messrs. Ranson Delamain & Co. Jarnac [[notes]] Editorial notes: Address wording verified against the authoritative address-panel image; trade-house spelling is preserved as one entity.

[[label: Letter text - page 1]] Cognac, October 30, 1816. Messieurs Ranson Delamain & Co. in Jarnac We reply, gentlemen, to the letter you did us the honor of writing to us on the 29th of this month. The eaux-de-vie that we have to supply to the Sarah for Bristol are ready, we will dispatch them at the end of this week or the beginning of the next. If you had told us when you expect to send yours, we could have given you a more positive date; for we will not hide from you that we would be sorry if our goods were on board for a long time before those of the other shippers. We note the clauses of the chartering of the Sarah, but you forgot to tell us the number of lay days for loading at Charente. This becomes, however, quite indifferent since there will be no reason to use them all. We present to you, gentlemen, our sincere greetings, Frs. Martell, p. & G. Martell

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 place and date are written in the dateline. Origin evidence: The place and date are written in the dateline.


Letter from Martell & Co. to Charruyer & Amyrault Frères concerning a property acquisition and the brandy market, 1845-03-25

Martell & Co. thank Charruyer & Amyrault Frères for forwarding papers concerning Gabriel Martell's property acquisition, then report scarce eau-de-vie supplies and firm prices despite the prospect of an abundant harvest.

La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure, France

Cognac trade
Eaux-de-vie
Brandy prices
Supply scarcity
Harvest prospects
Property acquisition
Martell
Gabriel Martell
Charruyer & Amyrault Frères
Cognac
La Rochelle
France — domestic trade

Cognac & Trade

NRA-L-000435 - Image 1: Address panel and postal evidence

Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000435 image 1 showing the folded manuscript address panel on blue paper, with the written delivery address, postal markings and closure evidence.

NRA-L-000435 - Image 2: Letter text and signature

Letter text and signature.

NRA-L-000435 image 2 showing page 1 of the French commercial letter on blue paper, including the closing and signature.

[[label: Address panel]] Messieurs Charruyer & Amyrault Frères La Rochelle [[notes]] Editorial notes: Address wording verified against the authoritative address-panel image; trade-house spelling is preserved as one entity.

[[label: Letter text - page 1]] Messieurs Chaurruyer & Amyrault Frères La Rochelle Cognac 25 Mars 1845 Nous avons à vous accuser réception, Messieurs, de votre lettre du 23 Court nous annoncant que vous aviez confié à M. Finot fils notaire à Ars, les papiers relatifs à l'ac- quisition faite par M Gabriel Martell de la famille de Beaupréau. M Finot a eu la complaisance de nous les apporter ce matin, et nous vous remercions de tous vos bons soins dans cette affaire. notre pays est comme le vôtre, dénué d'eauxdevie, et nos prix sont en conséquence fort soutenus: en un mot nous ne croyons pas qu'ils puissent fléchir, quand memême nous aurions cette année une récolte abondante. Agréez, Messieurs, nos bien Sincères Salutations Martell & Co

[[label: Address panel]] Messrs. Charruyer & Amyrault Frères La Rochelle [[notes]] Editorial notes: Address wording verified against the authoritative address-panel image; trade-house spelling is preserved as one entity.

[[label: Letter text - page 1]] Messrs Chaurruyer & Amyrault Brothers La Rochelle Cognac 25 March 1845 We have to acknowledge receipt, Gentlemen, of your letter of the 23rd current announcing that you had entrusted to M. Finot junior, notary in Ars, the papers relating to the ac- quisition made by M Gabriel Martell from the family of Beaupréau. M Finot had the kindness to bring them to us this morning, and we thank you for all your good care in this matter. our country is like yours, devoid of brandy, and our prices are consequently very firm: in a word we do not believe that they can fall, even if we were to have an abundant harvest this year. Accept, Gentlemen, our very Sincere Salutations Martell & Co


Letter from Stuart & Smith to Otard Dupuy & Co concerning Liverpool brandy sales, bills and suspected imitation stock, 1836-06-06

Stuart & Smith discuss an invoice and sale of 20 hogsheads of Otard Dupuy brandy, Liverpool prices, a distressed debtor and outstanding drafts, then report suspicions that cheaper or second-quality spirit was being sold under reputable brands. An enclosed account records the sale proceeds and charges.

Liverpool, England
Cognac, Charente, France
Liverpool–Cognac

Cognac trade
Commercial correspondence
Brandy sales
Account sales
Hogsheads
Bills of exchange
Brand imitation
Brandy prices
Stuart & Smith
Otard Dupuy & Co
Liverpool
Otard Dupuy
Britain

Cognac & Trade

NRA-L-000436 - Image 1: Address panel and postal evidence

Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000436 image 1 showing the folded manuscript address panel on blue paper, with the written delivery address, postal markings and closure evidence.

NRA-L-000436 - Image 2: Letter text - Page 1

Letter text - Page 1.

NRA-L-000436 image 2 showing page 1 of the English commercial letter on blue paper.

NRA-L-000436 - Image 3: Letter text - Page 2

Letter text - Page 2.

NRA-L-000436 image 3 showing page 2 of the English commercial letter on blue paper.

NRA-L-000436 - Image 4: Enclosure - Account statement and freight charges

Enclosure - Account statement and freight charges.

NRA-L-000436 image 4 showing the enclosed account statement with freight charges, figures, postal marks and contemporary annotations.

[[label: Address panel]] Messrs Otard Dupuy & Co Cognac France [[notes]] Editorial notes: Address and historical trade-house wording were checked against the authoritative address-panel image and are preserved as one entity.

[[label: Letter text - page 1]] Liverpool 6 June 1836 Gentlemen We had this pleasure on the 21st Ultimo and have now to hand your esteemed favor of the 28th do enclosing Invoice of 20 Hhds Brandy pr Le Persone from Charente which we are pleased to learn is of the same quality as the last parcel, and we have no doubt that on arrival it will give satisfaction. We have some Hhds of it still on hand for which we ask 8/6 pr Gallon, & if they can be replaced at 5/6 pr Gallon from Charente = they can be laid in here for about 7/pr Gall. & probably in a month or two hence the market will be such as to admit of them at a price that you can make them of the quality we wish. Mr Logan called on us yesterday in great distress, having received a very decided negative in the case of your bill upon him & it seems is calculated to throw him in the Insolvent Court. He has no doubt written to his firms to make it good, and as it was privately of his own, it will be settled without reference to us. On the 28th Ult we wrote to you respecting the draft of £102.17 that had been passed into the hands of Mr Seager from Mr Lees on the 11th May last say 150 francs @ 22d which crediting your acct leaves a balance against us in favor of your brand new draft which is @ 5/6 pr Gall for Lucas's Hhd 1834 Vintage, which rather surprised us, not feeling at liberty ourselves to sell under 6/6 for that Vintage. We were the more surprised as they could offer them so low, after they had incurred the heavy

[[label: Letter text - page 2]] London charges, with freight and Landing Expenses to this port. This puts us on our guard, but not to suspect that a second quality of Brandy had been put into Casks bearing your and other respectable brands. Consequently we wrote to Mr Davis to know whether it was possible to be true in London. To this enquiry we have not yet had a direct reply, but this morning Mr Seager called on us, and says that he is not for a moment to suppose they are to be guilty of such a practice. He said he called to let us know that they have Mr Foster & Co for their London House, and that they often draw upon them, & probably drew in this way to save the expense of remittance; feeling it to be our duty if anything improper had taken place to endeavor to put a stop to it & as we have since had them on so large a scale of your Brandy which in this town has lasted a few days, & they had sold about 100 Hhds of it, we had every reason to suspect that an imitation or a second class Brandy at the same price would be disposed of. Their so called Brandy is pitted directly against us, & while they can sell at 5/6 pr Gall, we must get 6/6 to save us. We had last week had an order for 10 Hhds but they had still a good portion of their last Import on hand. We remain Gentlemen Your most obedt Servants Stuart & Smith We have drawn upon you for £172.10/. We enclose you Account Sales which we trust will be satisfactory. We have again sold 1 Hhd which we must try to hold over till next week. We have not yet heard from Mr Davis, which we should do in a day or two, and we will write you again on the subject. * P.S.

[[label: Enclosed account statement and freight charges]] Account Sales of 20 Hogsheads Brandy received pr the Sloop Le Persone from Charente on acct & risk of Messrs Otard Dupuy & Co Cognac Thos Banks 20 Hhds May 1 equal 4 Mos TB 1. 27.7 | 1. 28.5 2. 27.7 | 2. 28.5 3. 28.0 | 3. 28.5 4. 27.5 | 4. 27.5 5. 27.5 | 5. 27.5 6. 27.5 | 6. 27.5 20 Hhds 138.2 Gallons w/g 212.5.0 Charges Freight on 5 Ins & Wharfage &c 126 12 7 6 Sample Bottles 13 4 Insurance on £210 @ 10/6 & 20/2 Duty 4/- 2 11 - Commission Affecting £212.5 @ 2 1/2 % 5 6 3 21 8 1 Nett proceeds £190 16 11 Errors Excepted Liverpool 6 June 1836 Stuart & Smith [left margin annotation] Insurance 1/6 - 42.00 5113.97 Commisn 1/16 2/3 x 212.5 4428.97 Duty 171.10

[[label: Letter text - page 1]] Liverpool 6 June 1836 Gentlemen We had this pleasure on the 21st of last month and have now to hand your esteemed favor of the 28th ditto enclosing Invoice of 20 Hogsheads Brandy per Le Persone from Charente which we are pleased to learn is of the same quality as the last parcel, and we have no doubt that on arrival it will give satisfaction. We have some Hogsheads of it still on hand for which we ask 8/6 per Gallon, & if they can be replaced at 5/6 per Gallon from Charente = they can be laid in here for about 7/- per Gallon. & probably in a month or two hence the market will be such as to admit of them at a price that you can make them of the quality we wish. Mr Logan called on us yesterday in great distress, having received a very decided negative in the case of your bill upon him & it seems is calculated to throw him in the Insolvent Court. He has no doubt written to his firms to make it good, and as it was privately of his own, it will be settled without reference to us. On the 28th of last month we wrote to you respecting the draft of £102.17 that had been passed into the hands of Mr Seager from Mr Lees on the 11th May last say 150 francs @ 22d which crediting your account leaves a balance against us in favor of your brand new draft which is @ 5/6 per Gallon for Lucas's Hogshead 1834 Vintage, which rather surprised us, not feeling at liberty ourselves to sell under 6/6 for that Vintage. We were the more surprised as they could offer them so low, after they had incurred the heavy

[[label: Letter text - page 2]] London charges, with freight and Landing Expenses to this port. This puts us on our guard, but not to suspect that a second quality of Brandy had been put into Casks bearing your and other respectable brands. Consequently we wrote to Mr Davis to know whether it was possible to be true in London. To this enquiry we have not yet had a direct reply, but this morning Mr Seager called on us, and says that he is not for a moment to suppose they are to be guilty of such a practice. He said he called to let us know that they have Mr Foster & Co for their London House, and that they often draw upon them, & probably drew in this way to save the expense of remittance; feeling it to be our duty if anything improper had taken place to endeavor to put a stop to it & as we have since had them on so large a scale of your Brandy which in this town has lasted a few days, & they had sold about 100 Hogsheads of it, we had every reason to suspect that an imitation or a second class Brandy at the same price would be disposed of. Their so called Brandy is pitted directly against us, & while they can sell at 5/6 per Gallon, we must get 6/6 to save us. We had last week had an order for 10 Hogsheads but they had still a good portion of their last Import on hand. We remain Gentlemen Your most obedient Servants Stuart & Smith We have drawn upon you for £172.10/. We enclose you Account Sales which we trust will be satisfactory. We have again sold 1 Hogshead which we must try to hold over till next week. We have not yet heard from Mr Davis, which we should do in a day or two, and we will write you again on the subject. * P.S.

[[label: Enclosed account statement and freight charges]] Account Sales of 20 Hogsheads Brandy received per the Sloop Le Persone from Charente on account & risk of Messrs Otard Dupuy & Co Cognac Thos Banks 20 Hogsheads May 1 equal 4 Months TB 1. 27.7 | 1. 28.5 2. 27.7 | 2. 28.5 3. 28.0 | 3. 28.5 4. 27.5 | 4. 27.5 5. 27.5 | 5. 27.5 6. 27.5 | 6. 27.5 20 Hogsheads 138.2 Gallons w/g 212.5.0 Charges Freight on 5 Ins & Wharfage &c 126 12 7 6 Sample Bottles 13 4 Insurance on £210 @ 10/6 & 20/2 Duty 4/- 2 11 - Commission Affecting £212.5 @ 2 1/2 % 5 6 3 21 8 1 Net proceeds £190 16 11 Errors Excepted Liverpool 6 June 1836 Stuart & Smith [left margin annotation] Insurance 1/6 - 42.00 5113.97 Commission 1/16 2/3 x 212.5 4428.97 Duty 171.10

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Letter from Caminade de Castres to V. Martell Lallemand & Comp. concerning bills and account payments, 1810-05-11

Caminade de Castres acknowledges two bills sent by V. Martell Lallemand & Comp., explains how their payment will settle a sum advanced in Cognac, and gives instructions for a further payment expected in July.

Paris, France
Cognac, Charente, France
Paris–Cognac

Cognac trade
Commercial correspondence
Bills of exchange
Account settlement
V. Martell Lallemand & Comp.
Caminade de Castres
Paris
Cognac
Martell
France — domestic trade

Cognac & Trade

NRA-L-000437 - Image 1: Address panel and postal evidence

Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000437 image 1 showing the folded manuscript address panel on cream paper, with the written delivery address, postal markings and closure evidence.

NRA-L-000437 - Image 2: Letter text and signature

Letter text and signature.

NRA-L-000437 image 2 showing page 1 of the French commercial letter on cream paper, including the closing and signature.

[[label: Address panel]] A Messieurs Messieurs V. Martell Lallemand & Compie, Négociants, Département de la Charente, A Cognac. [[notes]] Editorial notes: Address and historical trade-house wording were checked against the authoritative address-panel image and are preserved as one entity.

[[label: Letter text - page 1]] Paris le 11. Mai 1810 Messieurs L'absence que j'ai faite en Sicardie m'a empeché de recevoir et de repondre plustot a la lettre dont Vous m'avez honoré le 27. du mois dernier. Je conserverai jusqu'a Paques, les deux traittes de mon ordre, qui étoient jointes a cette lettre, l'une de 202f. L. Tournois, sur Gratien ains d'aigre, payable le 10 juin prochain, sur l'accepté d'Olivier & Outrequin, de Paris, et l'autre de 126f. 7. de notre main, payable a meme Echeance sur Mallet freres, Ensemble L. 238f. 7. Laquelle Somme etant acquitée, me remplira de la meme, qui vous a été Comptée le 2. Avril dernier par Mr. Bureau, Md de vin a Cognac, et dont vous me Satisfaites par ces deux traittes. Le meme debiteur vous remettra le 1er Juillet prochain une Nouvelle Somme egalement pour mon Compte, sur la quittance que je ferai passée, alors, a Mr. Pererieu fils: Je vous prie a l'avance, Messieurs, de me Continuer par bonté office, pour m'en faire la remise sur Paris, J'ai l'honneur d'etre avec reconnoissance, Messieurs Votre tres devoué Serviteur Caminade de Castres Messrs V. Martell Lallemand f.

[[label: Address panel]] To Messrs. Messrs. V. Martell Lallemand & Co., Merchants, Department of Charente, in Cognac. [[notes]] Editorial notes: Address and historical trade-house wording were checked against the authoritative address-panel image and are preserved as one entity.

[[label: Letter text - page 1]] Paris May 11, 1810 Gentlemen The absence that I had in Sicardy prevented me from receiving and replying sooner to the letter with which you honored me on the 27th of last month. I will keep until Easter the two drafts of my order, which were attached to this letter, one for 202f. L. Tournois, on Gratien ains d'aigre, payable on June 10 next, on the acceptance of Olivier & Outrequin, of Paris, and the other for 126f. 7. from our hand, payable at the same maturity on Mallet brothers, Together L. 238f. 7. Which Sum being paid, will fulfill for me the same, which was accounted to you on the 2nd of last April by Mr. Bureau, wine merchant in Cognac, and for which you satisfy me with these two drafts. The same debtor will remit to you on the 1st of next July a New Sum also for my Account, on the receipt that I will have passed, then, to Mr. Pererieu son: I ask you in advance, Gentlemen, to continue me by good office, to have the remittance made to me in Paris, I have the honor of being with gratitude, Gentlemen Your very devoted Servant Caminade de Castres Messrs V. Martell Lallemand f.

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 Paris le 11 Mai 1810. Origin evidence: Paris is written in the dateline.


Letter from John Currie to Otard Dupuy & Co concerning an order for 50 hogsheads and shipment by the Iris to Jamaica, 1818-09-26

John Currie forwards an order for 50 hogsheads of brandy at a stated maximum price, requests loading on the Iris before 11 November for the Jamaica trade, reports a planned visit to Bristol and lists quantities of cognac held in bond before adding a note about falling French brandy prices.

London–Cognac; planned cargo Cognac–Bristol–Jamaica

Cognac trade
Commercial correspondence
Brandy orders
Hogsheads
Iris (ship)
Jamaica trade
Bonded stock
Brandy prices
John Currie
Otard Dupuy & Co
London
Bristol
Jamaica
Otard Dupuy
Britain

Cognac & Trade

NRA-L-000438 - Image 1: Address panel and postal evidence

Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000438 image 1 showing the folded manuscript address panel on cream paper, with the written delivery address, postal markings and closure evidence.

NRA-L-000438 - Image 2: Letter text and signature

Letter text and signature.

NRA-L-000438 image 2 showing page 1 of the French commercial letter on cream paper, including the closing and signature.

[[label: Address panel]] Messieurs Otard Dupuy & Ce Cognac [[notes]] Editorial notes: Address and historical trade-house wording were checked against the authoritative address-panel image and are preserved as one entity. Show-through from the opposite side was excluded from the address-panel transcript; only marks physically written on the address side belong there.

[[label: Letter text - page 1]] Londres 26 Sep 1818 Messieurs, J'ai l'extreme honneur de vous faire a present a vs transmettre l'ordre de Mess Buckles & B pour 50 Hogs Eaud. de vie faits present les obtenir a ne pas exceder f 330. de bonne qualité & les charger sur L'Iris a condition que ce navire partira avant le 11 novr c/ epoque est bien reculée & sans doute il ne sera pas necessaire d'attendre jusque la – Demain je vais a Bristol je ferai mon possible pour vs y etre utile. Mess Butler m'y ont engagés pour favoriser de L'Iris pour s/ Jamaique. Je crois que Martell & May y sont pour etre de retour ici le 30. Je viens d'obtenir le Stock en bond total 5757 Pcs dont a vue d'oeil 3000 etans sont Cognac. Les proprietaires sont H[en]d[erso]n 1381. Buckles 640. Rack 255. Arb. 184 dont

[[label: Address panel]] Messrs. Otard Dupuy & Co. Cognac [[notes]] Editorial notes: Address and historical trade-house wording were checked against the authoritative address-panel image and are preserved as one entity. Show-through from the opposite side was excluded from the address-panel transcript; only marks physically written on the address side belong there.

[[label: Letter text - page 1]] London 26 Sep 1818 Gentlemen Otard Dupuy & Cognac I have the extreme honor to transmit to you now the order from Messrs Buckles & B for 50 Hogsheads of brandy, to be obtained at present at a price not to exceed f 330. of good quality & to load them on The Iris on condition that this ship will leave before the 11th of Nov. this date is quite far off & without doubt it will not be necessary to wait until then – Tomorrow I am going to Bristol I will do my best to be useful to you there. Messrs Butler have engaged me there to promote The Iris for Jamaica. I believe that Martell & May are there to be back here on the 30th. I have just obtained the Stock in bond total 5757 Pieces of which at a glance 3000 are Cognac. The owners are H[en]d[erso]n 1381. Buckles 640. Rack 255. Arb. 184 of which

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 Londres 26 Sep 1818 and the address-side docket identifies John Currie. Origin evidence: London is written in the dateline.


Letter from Robt. Power, Marshall & Co. to Otard Dupuy & Co requesting a revised invoice for the Thétis shipment, 1818-01-24

Robt. Power, Marshall & Co. explain that the Thétis cannot take both 57 puncheons and 60 hogsheads invoiced above their limit, request a revised invoice for the portion to be shipped and refer to drafts awaiting the corrected account.

London–Cognac; Thétis shipment from Charente

Cognac trade
Commercial correspondence
Shipping capacity
Puncheons
Hogsheads
Invoices
Bills of exchange
Thétis (ship)
Robt. Power, Marshall & Co.
Otard Dupuy & Co
London
Otard Dupuy
Britain

Cognac & Trade

NRA-L-000439 - Image 1: Address panel and postal evidence

Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000439 image 1 showing the folded manuscript address panel on cream paper, with the written delivery address, postal markings and closure evidence.

NRA-L-000439 - Image 2: Letter text and signature

Letter text and signature.

NRA-L-000439 image 2 showing page 1 of the English commercial letter on cream paper, including the closing and signature.

[[label: Address panel]] Messrs Otard Dupuy & Co Cognac [[notes]] Editorial notes: Address and historical trade-house wording were checked against the authoritative address-panel image and are preserved as one entity.

[[label: Letter text - page 1]] London. 24th January 1818. Messrs. Otard. Dupuy & Co Gentlemen, We wrote you by last post, & since in receipt of yours of the 18th inst. As the "Thétis" cannot take 57 Puncheons & the 60 h[ogs]h[ea]ds you have invoiced to us, bought so much above our limit & contrary to our wishes, you will please to hand us a fresh invoice, & value the amount of said 57 Puncheons h/s on Thétis half with C/o when we have directed to accept your drafts for f 10,000, & our f 692.153.65 till we have your fresh invoice. We remain, Gentn. Your most obedient Servts Robt. Power, Marshall & Co.

[[label: Letter text - page 1]] London. 24th January 1818. Messrs. Otard. Dupuy & Co Gentlemen, We wrote you by last post, and since are in receipt of yours of the 18th instant. As the "Thétis" cannot take 57 Puncheons and the 60 hogsheads you have invoiced to us, bought so much above our limit and contrary to our wishes, you will please to hand us a fresh invoice, and value the amount of said 57 Puncheons h/s on Thétis half with C/o when we have directed to accept your drafts for f 10,000, and our f 692,153.65 till we have your fresh invoice. We remain, Gentlemen. Your most obedient Servants Robt. Power, Marshall & Co.

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Letter from John Currie to Otard Dupuy & Co reporting market prices and trading conditions, 1820-12-19

John Currie reports to Otard Dupuy & Co on a weak and divided brandy market, prices being offered, rival trading opinions and shipments connected with Montreal. Several rapidly written clauses remain uncertain, so the summary is limited to claims securely visible in the letter.

London–Cognac; references to Montreal shipments

Cognac trade
Commercial correspondence
Brandy market
Brandy prices
Market intelligence
Montreal trade
John Currie
Otard Dupuy & Co
London
Montreal
Otard Dupuy
Britain

Cognac & Trade

NRA-L-000440 - Image 1: Address panel and postal evidence

Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000440 image 1 showing the folded manuscript address panel on cream paper, with the written delivery address, postal markings and closure evidence.

NRA-L-000440 - Image 2: Letter text and signature

Letter text and signature.

NRA-L-000440 image 2 showing page 1 of the French commercial letter on cream paper, including the closing and signature.

[[label: Address panel]] Messrs Otard Dupuy & Co Cognac dept de la Charente France [[notes]] Editorial notes: Address and historical trade-house wording were checked against the authoritative address-panel image and are preserved as one entity.

[[label: Letter text - page 1]] 19 Decr '20 Messieurs Depuis ma dr. du 15 j'ai recus l'honneur du 10 S. Le marché mollet de ce coté, les avis generaux du chef, l'annoncient qu'on pouvoit achetter a f40 a 15 de moins, le vin est malade. 3/5 est le maximum qu'on offrit a pres 10 des protres sur le quai a 3/2 Comptt. Mr Buchler n'a rien acheté de tout ceci il paroit que c'est d'un repret de Noden qui court pour se marier, qui lui a dit sous le bandeau de ce A/ mais comme le tenant d'eux qu'il y a 2 parties a C. dont l'un pour la hausse dont la M. sont chef & l'autre a la baisse dont il est le principal - est ce vrai ou une invention de M de Nord? de quel côté est Mr J? Il est, paroit, de son, ce soir Il n'y a pas une affaire qui se mette, 5 de ses Fers p Montreal, a cause du retard sont le melange & qu'il ne s'en vent pas dutout de Vous me dit que le plutôt possible est un navire general, il ordonne auj.h. d'envoyer 9 ou autres a Bristol qui en sont fort mecontens. J'apperçois les marques d'etre en joints pour qui sont les Cts le 20 B sont un echange avec Arts pour des Noisettes. c/ marge de il etant plus courants a Bristol. Mr Rich. Butler nous a donné un ordre dont j'ai omis de vs parler. C'est pour 5.5 C.E. papier payant un prix raisonnable plus elevé que pour l'E.E. courante, pour Mess. Crosac & Middleton Preston (Lancashire) tachez que il y accorde place & facilité il faut qu'ils aillent par Liverpool, une fonte a ce p[rix?] par Quell s'ils rembourser sur Mrs Butler BroS Je n'ai pas vu Mr Monce recemment j'y verrai - Tout ici est morne. le tems, les affaires, la perspective, il est grand tems que l'année finisse. Je vs salue bien cordialement John Currie Lentilly m'ont oublié ses 10 T. mais il est convenu de le desire par 1e occasion. Quel discours des Rendent vs deputés avec la Reine, ne sont pas finis?

[[label: Address panel]] Messrs Otard Dupuy & Co Cognac department of Charente France [[notes]] Editorial notes: Address and historical trade-house wording were checked against the authoritative address-panel image and are preserved as one entity.

[[label: Letter text - page 1]] 19 Dec '20 Gentlemen Since my last of the 15th I have received the honor of yours of the 10th S. The soft market on this side, the general opinions of the chief, announce that one could buy for 40 to 15 less, the wine is sick. 3/5 is the maximum that was offered for about 10 of the samples on the quay at 3/2 cash. Mr Buchler bought none of all this it seems that it is from a report from Noden who is running around to get married, who told him under the seal of this A/ but as holding it from them that there are 2 parties at C. of which one for the rise of which M. are chief & the other for the fall of which he is the principal - is this true or an invention of M de Nord? on which side is Mr J? He is, it seems, of his, this evening There is not a deal that is being made, 5 of his Irons for Montreal, because of the delay are the mixture & that it is not selling at all You tell me that the soonest possible is a general ship, he orders today to send 9 or others to Bristol who are very unhappy about it. I perceive the marks of being in joints for which are the Cts the 20 B are an exchange with Arts for Hazelnuts. c/ margin as it is more current in Bristol. Mr Rich. Butler has given us an order which I forgot to tell you about. It is for 5.5 C.E. paper paying a reasonable price higher than for the E.E. current, for Mess. Crosac & Middleton Preston (Lancashire) try that he grants place & facility it is necessary that they go by Liverpool, a cast iron at this p[rice?] by Quell if they reimburse on Mrs Butler BroS I have not seen Mr Monce recently I will see him - Everything here is gloomy. the time, the business, the perspective, it is high time that the year ends. I greet you very cordially John Currie Lentilly have forgotten his 10 T. but it is agreed to desire it by 1st occasion. What discourse of the Rendent vs deputies with the Queen, are they not finished?

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 letter-text dateline reads 19 Decr '20 and the address-side docket identifies John Currie in London. Origin evidence: The address-side docket gives John Currie, London; the letter is dated 19 December 1820.


Letter from Chas. Jones to Otard Dupuy & Co withdrawing a brandy order because of high prices, 1820-06-27

Chas. Jones acknowledges Otard Dupuy & Co's report on the brandy market and withdraws his order rather than pay a high price without a clear cause, while expressing willingness to renew it under more favourable conditions.

London, England
Cognac, Charente, France
London–Cognac

Cognac trade
Commercial correspondence
Brandy orders
Order withdrawal
Brandy prices
Chas. Jones
Otard Dupuy & Co
London
Otard Dupuy
Britain

Cognac & Trade

NRA-L-000441 - Image 1: Address panel and postal evidence

Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000441 image 1 showing the folded manuscript address panel on cream paper, with the written delivery address, postal markings and closure evidence.

NRA-L-000441 - Image 2: Letter text and signature

Letter text and signature.

NRA-L-000441 image 2 showing page 1 of the English commercial letter on cream paper, including the closing and signature.

[[label: Address panel]] Messrs Otard Dupuy & Co. Cognac Charente France [[notes]] Editorial notes: Address and historical trade-house wording were checked against the authoritative address-panel image and are preserved as one entity.

[[label: Letter text - page 1]] London 27 June 1820 Messrs Otard & Co. Cognac. Gentlemen I recd your favor of the 16th Instant by which I observe the state of your Brandy market, but as I should be unwilling to pay a high price unless some real cause existed, I shall beg to withdraw my order for the present, it will however give me much pleasure in renewing it at some more favourable period. I remain Gentlemen your Obdt Servt Chas Jones

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 London 27 June 1820 and the signature reads Chas Jones. Origin evidence: London is written in the dateline. Recipient layers: postal addressee — Otard Dupuy & Co; textual addressee — Otard & Co.