René-Pélagie de Montreuil, marquise de SADE (1741-1810). 6 L.A.S. and 5 L.A., 1774-1798, to Gaspard Gaufridy in Apt; 25pages in-4, 8 addresses with wax seals with broken arms (some letters wet). Interesting correspondence to his lawyer and businessman. October 1774. She announces her imminent arrival in the country, but "not to be there publicly", and presses ahead with work (porte cochère, fireplace in Mr...'s study). "Lon atent que le moment de la rentré des parlemens pour faire eclater la reabilitation de Mr de S. Mais lon exige la plus grande discrétion"... April 29, 1777, about a young secretary, the authorization given to Gothon to make silkworms, works... - June 4. She finally knows where Sade is, and has a plan to break him out... - September 1, about servants. February 7, 1780: She acknowledges receipt of the consultation; half the letter is written by Milli de Rousset (she signs it "Rousset Legoïste"), who boasts of having "lovers a linfini"... - May 20. She needs money, but won't ask her mother for a sol... - September 8. The devil is meddling in her affairs; her apartment is damp and needs repairs; we need to know what the wheat will bring in... May 1, 1787, on business with the Grand Prieur; she has no more money. May 11, 1789. She transmits requests from her husband... She is becoming old and infirm, and can barely walk. News of the Estates General and Mirabeau... "The revolt here is totally appeased, my everything is garrisoned with troops"; many people are starving... An VI. 21 brumaire (Nov. 12, 1797). Sade, not having a notary in Saint-Ouen, comes to Paris to make the power of attorney; she would like to know if the Arles affair is not prejudicial to her children. - 21 nivôse (June 10, 1798). She thanks him for having "broken a shameful bargain with Mr. de Sade and his children" over the Arles property... We enclose 3 other L.A.S. from the Marquise: November 16, 1776, to M. Blancard, about a horse; April 23, 1775, to cousins, about their affairs; October 27, 1783, to her uncle the Grand Prieur de Sade, about the departure for Malta of his son the Chevalier, Gaufridy and La Coste, the Gothon who plunders everything...