Alexandre DUMAS père (1802-1870). 4 L.A.S., 1845-1847 and n.d.; 5 pages in-8 and in-12. April 15, 1845, to an ambassador, asking him to welcome Mme Dumas who is returning to Florence. - August 15, 1847, to the Patriarch of Jerusalem: in the grip of serious financial difficulties, he needs the power of attorney of Mrs. Dumas, in order to be able to borrow thirty or forty thousand francs, and he asks the Patriarch to have it signed and sent to him without delay; the creditors are upon him, "and it is only by working 18 hours a day that I manage not to face all of them, but to support myself"... - To Mr. Bouquié, in Brussels, inviting him to dinner. - To his dear Charles, asking for information about the road from Acri to Catanzaro. Attached is a L.A.S. from G. de Cherville (his secretary) asking for news of a collaborator; a L.A.S. from Countess Dash to Dumas, praising his plays; a manuscript a.s. from Ferdinand Dugué, eulogizing Dumas in the name of the Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers (2 pp. in-8).