Publisher Information & Dedication

Originally Published by The Federal Book Company, New York 
1856 
Now in the Public Domain 
 

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Dedication 
TO THE TEXAN PATRIOTS, WHO TRIUMPHANTLY UNFURLED AND WAVED ALOFT 
THE "BANNER OF THE LONE STAR!" 
WHO WRENCHED ASUNDER THE IRON BANDS OF DESPOTIC MEXICO! AND WREATHED THE BROW OF THE "QUEEN STATE" 
WITH THE GLORIOUS CHAPLET OF "CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY!" 
THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR.