Jean-Baptiste-François-Joseph, comte de SADE (1702-1767) officer and diplomat, father of the marquis. L.A., [August 1744]; 3 1/2 pages in-4. Unpublished letter on Louis XV's illness in Metz. "On the 14th we received good news at Versailles [...] things were getting better". The Queen received a very alarming letter, and locked herself in her study with the Dauphin and M. de Chatillon. The Queen left, with her ladies, for Lunéville. It is not known whether the Dauphin will be allowed to go to Metz. "Le roy a été a Metz enfermé ne voyant personne [...] le treize il luy prise une grande foiblesse il fut trois heures sans connoissance on ouvrit toutes les portes en disant qu'il estoit mort c'est au retour de cette foiblesse qu'il a demandé a se confesser"... Etc. Enclosed is a handwritten bulletin dated August 16; plus a L.A.S. to Gaufridy, Versailles March 10.