... acted so tardily and shown such a lack of independence? As you know, several months ago, we started a new government since the one we are under is in such disorder. President Davis is trying desperately to hold us together, a people who are indignantly demanding our freedoms, rightly so! We have even made a Confederate Constitution. It is very similar to the existing document ... first landed here in 1607 at the falls of the James River. The site was the scene of several unsuccessful attempts at settlement. Then Col. William Byrd founded the present City of Richmond by having Major Will...

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