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Excerpt from Letters to the John Rev. John Hughes: Roman Catholic Bishop of New-York
For a few years past they have been in the exclusive possession of the Board of Publication in Philadelphia, by Which, through its religious and benevolent chan nels, they have met With a Wide circulation. Feeling that' they were too much confined to such channels, and that they Were almost excluded from the general book-trade, With the consent of that Board I have pre pared the present edition. The Letters themselves have been revised, correct ed, enlarged, and, I trust, improved. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.