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Try contacting Prof Larry Bongie at <a href="/scripts/wa.exe?LOGON=A3%3Dind9902%26L%3DARLIS-L%26E%3D7BIT%26P%3D306424%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252FplainTEXT%252FPLAIN%3B%2520charset%3DUS-ASCII%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>

He has just written a very good book on de Sade and has used the archives

Ron Hatch

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>Greetings All, I am desperately trying to find information, and pictures if
>possible, of the Charenton Asylum in France, once the home of the Marquis de
>Sade.  The only information that I have been able to find is that the
asylum was
>founded in 1641 in the outskirts of Paris, near the Park of Vincennes, and was
>placed under monastic rule and given to the Sisters of Charity of St.
Vincent de
>Paul.  Any and all help will be greatly appreciated. Ciao, Alison
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Ronald B. Hatch
Ronsdale Press
3350 West 21st Avenue
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