The Men Who Made Texas Free

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Excerpt from The Men Who Made Texas Free: The Signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence, Sketches of Their Lives and Patriotic Services to the Republic and State With a Facsimile of the Declaration of IndependenceThe author began the collection of data regarding the lives of' the Signers of the Declaration of Independence and the early pioneer patriots of Texas, when a school boy. He knew person ally a number of these brave and gallant men and from them'he collected a vast storehouse of historical material of the most im portant and interesting character. The sketches presented here were prepared from the data secured by the'author from per sonal contact with many of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, from their associates in the early struggles for Texas independence, from the archives from many states, from unpublished manuscripts and from individuals throughout the country. The collection and compiling of this data has required many years of diligent research and arduous labor. But the author has performed the task with enthusiastic delight because he felt that there should be a record made of their sacrifices, hardships and heroic services to the country and to civilization.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.