Excerpt from Reminiscences of the Texas Republic: Annual Address Delivered Before the Historical Society of Galveston, December 15, 1875 The following address is the Annual Address delivered Dee. 15, 1875, by invitation, before the Historical Society Of Galveston. It was written without any expectation Of present publication. It has not hitherto been the practice Of the society to publish addresses delivered before it. In the society's letter Of invitation, it was intimated that personal reminiscences and anecdotes characteristic of the men and times of the early history Of Texas would be acceptable topics. This is mentioned to account for the introduction of some reminiscences and anecdotes. My memorandums increasing in bulk beyond my expectation, as I proceeded, the limits Of an address obliged me to omit many recollections and anecdotes which I intended to present. 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.