George Mason papers, (Record no. 42870)
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| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | mm 80031583 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | DLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20260227111704.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | mm 80031583 |
| Canceled/invalid LC control number | mm 80075975 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | dacs |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Modifying agency | DLC |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | C |
| Source | lcmd |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mason, George, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1725-1792. |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | George Mason papers, |
| Inclusive dates | 1754-1921. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 150 |
| Type of unit | items. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 2 |
| Type of unit | containers plus |
| Extent | 1 |
| Type of unit | oversize container. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 3 |
| Type of unit | microfilm reels. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1.0 |
| Type of unit | linear feet. |
| 506 0# - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE | |
| Terms governing access | Open to research. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Container 1 and oversize container consist of copies and originals of correspondence, legal documents, land surveys, indentures, genealogy records, and financial records of George Mason and other family members including his son John Mason and grandsons George William Mason and Thomson Francis Mason. Documents John Mason's partnership in the merchant firm Mason, Fenwick and Company and his association with the Potowmack Canal Company (Potomac Canal Company). Also includes material pertaining to Thomson Francis Mason's activities with the Alexandria Canal Company and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Container 2 consists of correspondence, proposed amendments and resolutions, and other papers documenting Mason's role as a Virginia delegate to the federal constitutional convention in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1787, and the subsequent Virginia ratifying convention in 1788. Includes an early draft of the Virginia Declaration of Rights prepared by Mason and Thomas Ludwell Lee in 1776 for the Virginia state constitution; Mason's letters addressed to Martin Cockburn, Edmund Randolph, and his sons George Mason (1753-1796) and John Mason; and letters from Richard Henry Lee. Also contains a copy of Mason's letter to the "Committee of London Merchants," written in 1766, regarding the issue of taxation in the colonies. |
| 530 ## - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM AVAILABLE NOTE | |
| Additional physical form available note | Container 2 available only on microfilm, |
| Order number | no. 10,113 (no. 11,296). |
| 530 ## - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM AVAILABLE NOTE | |
| Additional physical form available note | Microfilm edition of John Mason's correspondence available, |
| Order number | no. 11,105. |
| 530 ## - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM AVAILABLE NOTE | |
| Additional physical form available note | A portion of the George Mason family papers available only on microfilm, |
| Order number | no. 14,898. |
| 533 ## - REPRODUCTION NOTE | |
| Type of reproduction | Microfilm (nos. 10,113 & 11,105) produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. |
| Place of reproduction | Washington, D.C. : |
| Agency responsible for reproduction | Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, |
| Date of reproduction | 1953. |
| 533 ## - REPRODUCTION NOTE | |
| Type of reproduction | Microfilm (no. 14,898) produced from originals in private hands. |
| Place of reproduction | Washington, D.C. : |
| Agency responsible for reproduction | Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, |
| Date of reproduction | 1970. |
| 545 0# - BIOGRAPHICAL OR HISTORICAL DATA | |
| Biographical or historical data | Plantation owner and statesman. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | Collection material in English. |
| 583 ## - ACTION NOTE | |
| Action | George Mason family papers (Microfilm 14,898) previously cataloged separately. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Cockburn, Martin |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lee, Richard Henry, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1732-1794 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lee, Thomas Ludwell, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1730-1778. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mason, George, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1753-1796 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Randolph, Edmund, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1753-1813 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 30 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mason family. |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | United States. |
| Subordinate unit | Constitutional Convention |
| Date of meeting or treaty signing | (1787) |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Virginia. |
| Subordinate unit | Convention |
| Date of meeting or treaty signing | (1788) |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Virginia. |
| Title of a work | Declaration of Rights. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Alexandria Canal Company. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Mason, Fenwick and Company. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Potomac Canal Company. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Constitutional history |
| Geographic subdivision | United States. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Constitutional history |
| Geographic subdivision | Virginia. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Taxation |
| Geographic subdivision | United States. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Great Britain |
| General subdivision | Colonies |
| -- | Administration. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Great Britain |
| General subdivision | Colonies |
| Geographic subdivision | America. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | United States |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | United States |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | 1783-1815. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | United States |
| General subdivision | Politics and government |
| Chronological subdivision | 1775-1783. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | United States |
| General subdivision | Politics and government |
| Chronological subdivision | 1783-1789. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Virginia |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Virginia |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | 1775-1865. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Virginia |
| General subdivision | Politics and government |
| Chronological subdivision | 1775-1865. |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Plantation owners. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Statesmen. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mason, George William, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1791-1855. |
| Title of a work | George William Mason papers. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mason, John, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1766-1849. |
| Title of a work | John Mason papers. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mason, Thomson Francis, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1785-1838. |
| Title of a work | Thomson Francis Mason papers. |
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