TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO BRAVED THE DANGERS OF LAND AND
WATER IN 1608, AND DISCOVERED THE SPOT UPON WHICH THE CITY OF
FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA, NOW STANDS, AND TO THOSE WHO
WROUGHT SO HEROICALLY AND SUCCESSFULLY IN THE SETTLEMENT
AND PROSPERITY OF THE SAID CITY TO THE
PRESENT TIME, 1908, A PERIOD OF THREE HUNDRED
YEARS, THESE PAGES ARE RESPECTFULLY
AND AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY
THE PRESENT COMMON COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG