This volume is respectfully inscribed to the father of the Texas Revolution; to the one who first of all struck for the liberty of his adopted country; to one, the last of all who would compromit her welfare or honour; to one as exalted for his public virtues as estimable for his private worth,

THE HONOURABLE BRANCH T. ARCHER

By one who has known him long and intimately in private life, and who, in the same cause, has met him in the Senate and the camp, his sincere friend,

THOMAS J. GREEN 1