BIB_ID
296562
Accession number
MA 1319.19
Creator
Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870.
Display Date
[1858] Oct. 9.
Credit line
Acquired before 1949.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 21.2 cm + envelope
Notes
Dated "27 7bre [Sept.] russ., 9 8bre [Oct.] français."
Part of a collection of 34 letters from Alexandre Dumas. Letters in the collection are described in individual records (MA 1319.1-34).
Probable year and place of writing are from Fernande Bassan's article in Bulletin du Bibliophile.
With postmark and seal; the postmark (July 1858) suggests that the envelope may belong to an earlier letter.
Part of a collection of 34 letters from Alexandre Dumas. Letters in the collection are described in individual records (MA 1319.1-34).
Probable year and place of writing are from Fernande Bassan's article in Bulletin du Bibliophile.
With postmark and seal; the postmark (July 1858) suggests that the envelope may belong to an earlier letter.
Provenance
Purchased from Librairie Lipton before 1949.
Summary
Noting that he is writing from the "capital of the Tatars"; asking Vanloo if he is hunting; mentioning his Russian hunting adventures and his plans to hunt bears and boar; discussing the size of the boat he plans to take to Greece.
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