Voltaire acknowledges that he received from Monsieur Le Marquis De St. Tropez, via Monsieur Audibert, four hundred and eighty-one pounds and twelve sous, for one year of his annuity, due on the first of May 1775.

Voltaire says that he has received from the Marquis of St. Tropez, through Mr. Audibert, £481 12 cents for a year of his annuity which came to term on 1st May 1775.