04559cpcaa2200709 i 4500 mm 80031583 DLC 20260227111704.0 800918|||||||||||| eng mm 80031583 mm 80075975 DLC eng dacs DLC DLC C lcmd Mason, George, 1725-1792. George Mason papers, 1754-1921. 150 items. 2 containers plus 1 oversize container. 3 microfilm reels. 1.0 linear feet. Open to research. 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. 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. Container 2 available only on microfilm, no. 10,113 (no. 11,296). Microfilm edition of John Mason's correspondence available, no. 11,105. A portion of the George Mason family papers available only on microfilm, no. 14,898. Microfilm (nos. 10,113 & 11,105) produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1953. Microfilm (no. 14,898) produced from originals in private hands. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1970. Plantation owner and statesman. Collection material in English. George Mason family papers (Microfilm 14,898) previously cataloged separately. Cockburn, Martin Correspondence. Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794 Correspondence. Lee, Thomas Ludwell, 1730-1778. Mason, George, 1753-1796 Correspondence. Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813 Correspondence. Mason family. United States. Constitutional Convention (1787) Virginia. Convention (1788) Virginia. Declaration of Rights. Alexandria Canal Company. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Mason, Fenwick and Company. Potomac Canal Company. Constitutional history United States. Constitutional history Virginia. Taxation United States. Great Britain Colonies Administration. Great Britain Colonies America. United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. United States History 1783-1815. United States Politics and government 1775-1783. United States Politics and government 1783-1789. Virginia History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Virginia History 1775-1865. Virginia Politics and government 1775-1865. Plantation owners. itoamc Statesmen. itoamc Mason, George William, 1791-1855. George William Mason papers. Mason, John, 1766-1849. John Mason papers. Mason, Thomson Francis, 1785-1838. Thomson Francis Mason papers. 42870 42870