Donatien-Alphonse-François, Marquis de SADE. L.A.S., [Charenton] December 22, 1810, to François Ripert in Mazan; 3pages in-4, address (framed). He complains of not having any news from him, and has "an urgent need for four hundred livres, I beg you to do everything humanely you can to procure them for me, make this need known in Mazan, so that those who might desire something from me for the price of this service, address you with confidence"... Why doesn't Ripert, who wants to increase one of his possessions, approach Sade to buy a piece of land. "Isn't there at last something in my land that I can cede or sell, some woods, some land, some lease renewal?"...

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