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In Convention, Richmond
Sir,
In obedience to a resolution adopted by the Virginia State Convention, I have the honor to transmit herewith to your Excellency a copy of an Ordinance of Secession passed yesterday, by the said Convention. The fact of secession has been made public but the Convention deems it proper, for the present, that the ordinance itself should not be published.
Very Respectfully
Yr. Ob't Servant
John Janney
President of the Convention.
To
His Excellency
Beriah Magoffin
Governor of Kentucky