Pierre Jacques Claude Dupuits writes that his father is not writing to François Louis Claude Marin as he is unwell, and asks Marin to forward a package onto Mr Lacombe. He encloses a corrected version of Voltaire’s Épitre à Mr. de Saint Lambert, and asks that this version be included in the new book. He ends the letter by addressing the production of the first of twelve medals, one of which would have depicted Voltaire.

Voltaire begins by saying that the news from Servin is as good as that from Mr Boursier. He then mentions some correspondence published in the Mercure de France between August and July of 1769. He then remarks on the publication of the Profession de Foi de Mr. de Voltaire, adding that his lack of a signature on this work makes its authenticity more than suspicious. He then speaks of an enclosed letter from a ‘religieuse de Paris’ (possibly Madame Denis) on the subject of ‘le curé de Fernex’. He asks for this letter to be returned, and for Moultou to send the nun a response from the priest which he should seal after reading. He concludes by saying that Mr Delean has a lead medal to give to Moultou, or to Mr de la Haie depending on who will be kind enough to take Mr Dealan the billet enclosed and take care of his reply which should be returned to Voltaire with the letter from the nun, as well as with the letter promised to him by the Count of Schomburg. He ends by saying that the melons will soon be ripe, and that the lead medal will be returned to Mr Delean when Mr Waecter has sent the copper ones.