“Maddison who is a member of the Virginia Convention, informing me of the declaration of Independency made by that body. —FROM THE MEMORANDUM BOOK OF PHILADELPHIAN WILLIAM BRADFORD, CA. MAY 21, 1776 You’l have seen your Instructions to propose Independance and our resolutions to form a Government … The Political Cooks are busy in preparing the dish. —EDMUND PENDLETON, IN VIRGINIA, TO THOMAS JEFFERSON, IN PHILADELPHIA, MAY 24, 1776 IN MAY 1776, AT THE AGE OF TWENTY-FIVE, THE SLIGHTLY FORMED James... Madison, Jr., was party to a critical conversation taking place among Virginia’s leaders in the colonial capital of Williamsburg. Across the middle colonies, some still believed that negotiation with Great Britain could have its desired effect. But in Virginia active debate had already ended, and a formal break was to take place. Instructions to that effect were being forwarded to the Virginia delegation at the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia—a precise directive from the “Political Cooks”MoreLessRead More Read Less
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