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 D.D. James Thomson

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.