Excerpt from Fiscal History of Texas: Embracing an Account of Its Revenues, Debts, and Currency From the Commencement of the Revolution in 1834 to 1851-52; With Remarks on American Debts IN 1833, the author of this work published A Short History of paper-money and Banking in the United States, the reception of which by the public was far more favorable than he anticipated. He has been for some time collecting materials for a continuation of that history; and a visit to the capital of Texas, in the early part of 1852, afforded him as good an opportunity as he could de sire of making himself acquainted with whatever was most import ant in the currency concerns of that distant region. A rise in the waters of the rivers, which put an end to ordinary travelling, left him at leisure to extend his inquiries further than he originally intended. As he proceeded, he found the materials far more im portant than he had supposed them to be, and the result is the volume now presented to the public. It embraces much that could not with propriety be introduced into a continuation of A His tory of paper-money and Banking in the United States, as most of the important events it records occurred before Texas became a member of the Union. In the conduct of this work, the want of a good general history of Texas has been much felt - that by Kennedy extending no fur ther than to 1839 - 1840. The general historian ought to have prepared the way for the inquirer into the fiscal concerns of the Republic; but he has had to prepare the way for the general his torian. 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.