THE AUSTIN PAPERS. 1313 also serve, to your own credit and honour as a pntern of Moralty for the others which are about to be formed in its vicinity- But not to fatigue too much your attention, Dear Sir, renewing my respects to you and to your secretary, Mr Williams and sending my compliments to all and in particular to some of my own acquaiut- nnces in the colony, till I shall have the satisfaction of seeing you all personally I remain your very humble and devoted servant JOHN FRANCIS BucHETTI P. S. • In case you should desire me to receive your commands on any subject, you will direct your letters to me reccomended to the cares of Dr. D. Jose Leon Lobo, Canonigo Doctoral, vicario capitulur y Gobernndor de este obispado de Nuevo Leon, etc., etc., Monterrey, so that through him I might receive the same Yours &c J. F. BucHE'ITI But, Dear Sir, I was forgetting to observe to you that it would be very proper (if you have not already thought of it) for you to pro- cure a Small Assortment of english Roman catholic approved BoolIB, for the use of the people of your Colony and of those of its vicinity, for every families besides the schools will be obliged to ha.Ye more or less of them. I thought advisable to enclose you the nnexed List of those I think the mpst necessary and usefull in the several cases of the people of your own and of the other colonies; you may easesly obtain them from the several R. Catholic libraries of the U. S. by addressing your- self on that subject to the Rvd Mr Dubourg R. Catholic Bishop of the State of Louisiana-or to the R. C. Archbishop of Baltimore or to some others, who upon application will (as duty bound) gladly assist you, or agents in making a genuine Selection, at least in ~ub- stance. of the s'd neaded religious and Moral Books, so that you may not be.mistaken in the collection but they would also indicate you from whence they may be had at a reasonable price. For it is al- ready too well known that not a few of Moral and religious Ilooks of a great many of those new colonists are anti-catholic both in nu.me and in substance, they being composed by various heretical authors, enemies declared of the roman C. Church-i which Books all tho colonists who shall wish to commune with our holy roman C. Church, will not and can not be allowed or suffered either to Read, to Keep, or to Sell, 1 1 but they must be delivered up to us1- as orders will be given to that effect by the superior (ecclesiastic) autl-.orities of these states. But, may be it would be better not to tell them anything c,f it for fhe present, so that they may not, being alarmed, absc0nJ or hide them. And also a small collection of Spanish-English et vice versa, Dic- tiom1aries and gm.mars for the schools among which if you procure
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