DOUMERGUE, Gaston (1863-1937)
Two autograph letters signed « Gaston Doumergue » to notary Leverne
Paris, 11th November 1926 et 21st May 1931, 2 p. in-8°
«I request you to hand over to Mrs. Graves all remaining documents in your study concerning our agreement of July 1926 »
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DOUMERGUE, Gaston (1863-1937)
Two autograph letters signed « Gaston Doumergue » to notary Leverne
Paris, 11th November 1926 et 21st May 1931, 2 p. in-8°
With two autograph envelopes
Some small flaws (see scans)
Set of two letters from President Gaston Doumergue enriched with a set of documents relating to a notarial affair concerning his mistress and future wife Jeanne Graves
Première lettre :
Paris, 11 novembre 1926
« J’autorise Maître Leverne notaire à Paris, à remettre à madame veuve Philippe Graves née Gaussal, domiciliée à Paris, 11 rue Jean Leclaire, la reconnaissance de dette signée par celle-ci le vingt-trois juillet dix-neuf cent vingt-six.
Gaston Doumergue »
[Avec enveloppe autographe] « Maître Leverne / Notaire / à Paris »
Seconde lettre :
[Paris] 21 mai 1926
« Mon cher maître,
Je vous prie de remettre à Madame Graves toutes pièces restant dans votre étude et concernant notre accord de juillet 1926, toutes choses ayant été terminées et réglées selon les termes de cet accord.
Veuillez agréer, mon cher Maître, l’assurance de toute ma considération
Gaston Doumergue »
[Avec enveloppe autographe] « Maître Leverne / Notaire / Rue de la Tour des dames / Paris »
Jeanne Graves married Gaston Doumergue a week later
Gaston Doumergue had a long-term affair with Jeanne-Marie Gaussal, widow of Graves. During his presidential term (13 June 1926 – 13 June 1931), he went every morning to have breakfast with her at her former home at 73 bis avenue de Wagram, where he went on foot from the Élysée Palace. On June 1, 1931, twelve days before the end of his mandate, he married Jeanne-Marie Gaussal, widow Graves, in front of the mayor of the 8th arrondissement, Gaston Drucker, who had come especially to the Élysée Palace; the secretary general of the presidency, Jules Michel, was his witness. Gaston Doumergue thus became the first President of the Republic to marry during his term of office.
His presidential term ended on 13 June 1931 and he retired from political life at his wife’s home in Tournefeuille, in the Haute-Garonne.