Excerpt from Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Edward J. Gay: A Representative From Louisiana Resolved by the Senate and House of Representative of the United Staten of America in Congress assembled, That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress on the late Edward J. Gay, a Representative in the Fifty-first Congress from the State of Louisiana, twenty-five thousand copies, of which number six thousand copies shall be for the use of the Senate, and nineteen thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives; and the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to have printed a portrait of the said Edward J. Gay to accompany said eulogies, and for the purpose of engraving and printing said portrait the sum of one thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. That of the quota to the House of Representatives the Public Printer shall set apart fifty copies, which he shall have bound in full morocco with gilt edges, the same to be delivered when completed to the family of the deceased. 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.