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DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Pere (1802-1870) - DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Pere (1802-1870) French novelist and playwright whose works include The Three Musketeers (1844). Manuscript D.S. , A Dumas , one page, oblong 8vo, Paris, 1 st February 1844, in French. The document is a promissory note in which Dumas confirms a payment of three hundred and ten francs to be made on the 20th to Monsieur Porcher. A note in another hand at the foot of the document confirms the receipt of two payments of 300 francs and 100 francs. Some creasing, and with some small tears and fraying to the edges, G Jean-Baptiste Porcher (1792-1864) French theatrical agent who served as a banker to playwrights, including his friend Dumas. The present document was signed by Dumas in the month before the serialisation of The Three Musketeers commenced in the newspaper Le Siècle.