For the past fifteen days, the writer has been prevented from writing properly by severe physical ailments. Despite this, his spirit remains youthful and actively engaged in his pursuits, particularly those of the academy. He laments the infrequency of his correspondence with Mr d’Alembert and the others, and hopes to meet the recipient in the near future.

The journal details Morgan’s tour from Rome to London in 1764 and provides details of the imporant persons he met during this time, including Voltaire. He also writes about universities and academies, palaces, cities, travel, and social life in eighteenth-century Europe. The copy of the 1764 journal is accompanied by his daybook of 1781-1788 which contains accounts of his professional activities such as the medical supplies he sold to his patients and the services he rendered.

De Crillon writes that he has been urged to succeed de Fleury in the Academy, noting that he has until now ignored Voltaire’s views but that they seem to him to be very correct.