LETTERS
ON THE
MORAL AND RELIGIOUS STATE
OF
SOUTH AMERICA.

DENNETT, PRINTER, LEATHER LANE, LONDON.

LETTERS
ON THE
MORAL AND RELIGIOUS STATE
OF
SOUTH AMERICA,
WRITTEN
DURING A RESIDENCE OF NEARLY SEVEN YEARS
IN
BUENOS AIRES, CHILE, PERU, AND COLOMBIA.

BY JAMES THOMSON.

PUBLISHED BY JAMES NISBET,
21, BERNERS STREET, LONDON.

Hatchard and Son, Piccadilly; Seeley and Son, Fleet Street; Hamilton, Adams,
and Co., and J. Duncan, Paternoster Row;
W. Oliphant; Waugh and Innes; and W. Whyte and Co., Edinburgh;
M. Ogle; and Chalmers and Collins, Glasgow;
R. M. Tims; and W. Curry and Co., Dublin.

M DCCC XXVII.

TO
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LORD CALTHORPE,
&c. &c. &c.

My Lord,

Knowing the warm, solicitude which your Lordship feels in regard to all endeavours, to promote the moral and religious welfare of the inhabitants of South America, I dedicate these Letters to your Lordship; and I beg of you to accept my sincere thanks for your Lordship’s kind permission thus to give your name to the world, in connexion with the best and highest interests of South America.

I have the honour to be,

My Lord,

Your Lordship’s

Most obedient Servant,

JAMES THOMSON.