BIB_ID
296565
Accession number
MA 1319.21
Creator
Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870.
Display Date
[1852 Aug. 4].
Credit line
Acquired before 1949.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 21.2 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 34 letters from Alexandre Dumas. Letters in the collection are described in individual records (MA 1319.1-34).
Probable date and place of writing are from Fernande Bassan's article in Bulletin du Bibliophile.
The letter is dated "mercredi."
Probable date and place of writing are from Fernande Bassan's article in Bulletin du Bibliophile.
The letter is dated "mercredi."
Provenance
Purchased from Librairie Lipton before 1949.
Summary
Telling him that he arrived from Anvers; saying emphatically that he does not want to do anything for M. Carpier; complaining that Carpier made "magnificent offers" to Charles Hugo but did not even come to visit him; regretting that he is not able to satisfy Lemaître; stressing that he is disgusted with the theater and theater directors; assuring Lemaître that he still admires him.
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