Excerpt from Texas in 1840 or the Emigrant's Guide to the New Republic: Being the Result of of Observations, Enquiry and Travel in That Beautiful Country The author of the following pages, with the purpose of preparing to emigrate with his family to the rising young nation of the west, near the close of the year 1839, made a visit to several towns on its southwestern borders. After remaining a few days in these places, he was induced to spend some time in travelling in the interior. His method was to take short journeys, visit farm houses and villages, as well as larger towns, and to make enquiries of all classes of the people. In this manner he visited various sections of the republic, including the late and present capital. In the latter he spent some time during the session of Congress, and enjoyed the privilege of conversing freely and fully with members of that body, and various other distinguished individuals from every part of the country. Availing himself as fully as possible of every facility for gaining information respecting the situation, soil, climate, productions and prospects of the whole country, he feels a comfortable assurance that the facts and information contained in this publication, will be found interesting to readers generally, and especially useful to those, who, like himself, are looking towards Texas as their future residence. 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.