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' | <p>You will see by the accompanying <add>Spanish</add> Letter that <hi rend="underline">Del Valle</hi>, who is commissioned<lb/> | ||
by his State to draw up a Code for it has applied to me for<lb/> | |||
assistance. He has at the same time commissioned his near relation<lb/> | |||
and confidential Agent Herrera to purchase a collection of Books<lb/> | |||
which at his own expence he means to employ in forming the commencement<lb/> | |||
of a public library, for the formation thereby of the public<lb/> | |||
mind <add>in particular on the subject of legislation</add> — an operation which it stands in no small need. At my<lb/> | |||
desire, Herrera has produced to me a list. In it I see along with <unclear>divers</unclear><lb/> | |||
superseded works of the Old School, some very voluminous ones which<lb/> | |||
neither I nor my Nephew who is pretty extensively conversant<lb/> | |||
with books ever heard of. On inquiry of Herrera, I find as I<lb/> | |||
suspected that the selection was made not in consequence of any recommendation<lb/> | |||
received from any person known to the proposed purchaser,<lb/> | |||
but from some list which, at Mexico I believe had come into his<lb/> | |||
hands. For an infant State in which Books are in a manner unknown,<lb/> | |||
choice of Books is a branch of legislation. I have therefore taken<lb/> | |||
the liberty of <del><gap/></del> submitting to Herrera's consideration a list of Books<lb/> | |||
as many as I could find time to think of, in the character of a proposed<lb/> | |||
substitute to that list, so far as regards French Books. But with regard<lb/> | |||
to Books belonging to the physical branch in its present state, I am almost<lb/> | |||
<add><sic>compleatly</sic></add></p> | |||
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You will see by the accompanying Spanish Letter that Del Valle, who is commissioned
by his State to draw up a Code for it has applied to me for
assistance. He has at the same time commissioned his near relation
and confidential Agent Herrera to purchase a collection of Books
which at his own expence he means to employ in forming the commencement
of a public library, for the formation thereby of the public
mind in particular on the subject of legislation — an operation which it stands in no small need. At my
desire, Herrera has produced to me a list. In it I see along with divers
superseded works of the Old School, some very voluminous ones which
neither I nor my Nephew who is pretty extensively conversant
with books ever heard of. On inquiry of Herrera, I find as I
suspected that the selection was made not in consequence of any recommendation
received from any person known to the proposed purchaser,
but from some list which, at Mexico I believe had come into his
hands. For an infant State in which Books are in a manner unknown,
choice of Books is a branch of legislation. I have therefore taken
the liberty of submitting to Herrera's consideration a list of Books
as many as I could find time to think of, in the character of a proposed
substitute to that list, so far as regards French Books. But with regard
to Books belonging to the physical branch in its present state, I am almost
compleatly
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