Excerpt from Message of Governor Bradford, to the General Assembly of Maryland, at the January Session, 1865 Bidding you welcome to the Seat of Government, and invoking upon your deliberations the influence of that Divine Power whose past favor we gratefully remember, I proceed, as required by the Constitution, to inform you of the condition of the State, and to recommend to your consideration such measures of legislation as I think that condition requires. 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.