The manuscript is a follow-up note for the wine and package delivery entrusted to the care of a trustworthy Swiss courier.

Voltaire adds his own thanks to a letter from Pierre Jacques Claude Dupuits (whom he calls his adoptive son-in-law) to M. Le Vault. He thanks M. Le Vault for the wine and asks him to send a hundred bottles of the best wine next autumn.

The commonplace book contains selections from several sources including: Voltaire, Maréchal, Beaumarchais, Boufflers, and Gentil-Bernard. The entries mostly concern women and wine, many giving the air to be used.

Voltaire writes that he has red eyes like a drunkard without the honour of being one. He notes that he cannot write with his own hands. Voltaire then discusses wine and his request for corton wine from Le Bault. He asks neither for old or new corton wine, nor for the wine to come in barrels or bottles, but for it to be sent to him as Le Bault sees fit.

Voltaire updates his “dear old friend” on his condition and what he is doing with his life. He begins by saying “We have both begun to be up in age, where it must be carefully addressed to save the rest of the machine.” He then jokes that “I bet that you are drinking wine and champagne while I am drinking milk.” For the remainder of the letter Voltaire talks about how he is translating a Spanish work, he talks of his commentaries on certain works, and he shares some gossip about mutual friends. Voltaire concludes by asking for forgiveness for not writing in his hand, adding that he is extremely weak.

Voltaire thanks Ami Camp for the barrels of wine he has received, but notes that the porters drank fifty bottles of it. He quips that it is fortunate that these rascals do not drink oil, and so he hopes his delivery of oil will arrive whole. He then discusses the frequency with which goods go missing. He concludes by asking when Camp thinks their friend will come back.