TY  - GEN
AU  - Mason,George
AU  - Mason,George William
AU  - Mason,John
AU  - Mason,Thomson Francis
TI  - George Mason papers,
KW  - Cockburn, Martin
KW  - Lee, Richard Henry,
KW  - Lee, Thomas Ludwell,
KW  - Mason, George,
KW  - Randolph, Edmund,
KW  - Mason family.
KW  - United States
KW  - Constitutional Convention
KW  - (1787)
KW  - Virginia
KW  - Convention
KW  - (1788)
KW  - Declaration of Rights
KW  - Alexandria Canal Company
KW  - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
KW  - Mason, Fenwick and Company
KW  - Potomac Canal Company
KW  - Constitutional history
KW  - Taxation
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Colonies
KW  - Administration
KW  - America
KW  - History
KW  - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
KW  - 1783-1815
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1775-1783
KW  - 1783-1789
KW  - 1775-1865
KW  - Plantation owners
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Statesmen
N1  - Open to research; 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
N2  - 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
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