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DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Père (1802-1870)

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Père (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A.L.S., AL. Dumas, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Monsieur Porcher, in French. Dumas sends a message to his correspondent explaining what he has decided regarding the tickets for the performances, stating ` Mon cher Porcher, ....demande qu´au lieu d´être endosseur vous fassiez les billets à mon ordre, c´est exactement la même chose puisque je les paierai: faites-moi donc les billets - en billets pas en lettres de change - pour Janvier, Février, Mars et Avril...´ (Translation '' My dear Porcher, ....asking that instead of acting as an endorser, you issue the passes to my own name, it is excatly the same thing because I will pay for them: therefore make me these passes - as passes and not as bills of exchange - for the months of January, February, March and April...") To a post-scriptum, beneath his signature with a flourish initial, Dumas adds `Un journal annonce que je fais une pièce pour la Gaité´ (Translation: "A journal announces that I am working on a playwright for La Gaité") With blank integral leaf. VG Jean Baptiste Porcher (1792-1864) French former theatre employee who created an agency which used to buy copyrights to their authors. La Gaité was a former Parisian theatre company, founded in 1759 on the Boulevard du Temple, until it relocated on the rue Papin in 1862.

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DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Père (1802-1870)

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