I have the honor of sending you a loaf of potato bread, made without a single atom of flour and without the addition of any other foreign substance.

This discovery, so precious and interesting, is due to M. Parmentier, my colleague and friend; both of us, working together on this project, are trying now to bring it to the point of perfection of which it is capable, and thus to assure a resource to humanity in times of famine.

This bread differs little from wheaten-bread in its whiteness, its flavor, and its delicacy; and to its advantage it needs neither mills nor millers. I am not even speaking of the ease of cultivating potatoes, or the price of the bread: the white bread would not cost even 6d and the brown would cost 9 deniers at most.

I will seek the honor of waiting on you, Monsieur, and enter into the details that you will want about this subject which could only but interest a philosopher, a friend of mankind, and a legislator such as yourself. I am, with the deepest respect and the most sincere admiration, Monsieur, Your very humble and obedient servant