| Description |
xi, 388 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-370) and index. |
| Contents |
Landscape With Figures -- A Start in Life -- Gunston Hall -- County and Colony -- The Sharpening of the Issue -- The Shadow Government -- The Declaration of Independence and the Virginia Bill of Rights -- To Govern a New State -- Half the Territory of the United States -- Virginia at War -- The Works of Peace -- Building the Federal Structure -- Mason's Change of Attitude -- For and Against -- Ratification with a Bill of Rights -- The French Counterpart -- Legacies -- Appendixes -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
| Summary |
A biography of George Mason, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights, which was a model for the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution, and member of a group that provided much of the structure for the independence movement and, later, the Constitution. |
| Subject |
Mason, George, 1725-1792.
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Mason, George, 1725-1792 (OCoLC)fst00045278
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| ISBN |
0807812501 |
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9780807812501 |
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