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The five George Masons : patriots and planters of Virginia and Maryland / Pamela C. Copeland and Richard K. MacMaster.
- Title
- The five George Masons : patriots and planters of Virginia and Maryland / Pamela C. Copeland and Richard K. MacMaster.
- Author
- Copeland, Pamela C. (Pamela Cunningham), 1906-2001
- Publication
- Fiarfax, Virginia : Published with the Board of Regents of Gunston Hall by George Mason University Press, 2016.
- © 2016
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- Description
- xvi, 351 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of genealogical tables (folded from 23 x 82 cm) : illustrations (mostly color), maps (mostly color); 23 cm.
- Summary
- "[This book] provides a comprehensive overview of five generations of the Mason family, beginning with George Mason I, who fled England following the defeat of the Royalists at the second battle of Worcester in 1651, arriving in the Colony of Virginia in the early 1650s. Central to this volume, of course, is George Mason IV, who, while less celebrated than fellow Virginians George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, was one of America’s outstanding thinkers, legislators, and writers; his ideals and legacy endure to this day. First published in 1975, this new, second edition includes new material (preface, foreword, color photos, and maps) and faithfully reproduces the original’s unique genealogical charts of the Mason family. In tracing the family history of the Masons, Copeland provides important context for understanding the life and work of George Mason IV, who wrote: “All men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights.” -- Back cover.
- Alternative Title
- 5 George Masons
- Subject
- Mason, George, 1725-1792
- Mason family
- Confederation of the United States (1783-1789)
- 1600-1865
- Statesmen > United States > Biography
- Politicians > Virginia > Biography
- United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783
- United States > History > Confederation, 1783-1789
- Virginia > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Maryland > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Virginia > History > 1775-1865
- Maryland > History > 1775-1865
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-331) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Colonel George Mason I -- Colonel George Mason II -- Colonel George Mason III -- George Mason IV : country gentleman -- George Mason IV : internal improvements and western lands -- George Mason IV : plantation economy -- George Mason IV : civic and parish interests -- George Mason IV : the American Revolution -- George Mason IV : the sage of Gunston Hall -- George Mason IV : siblings and progeny -- Notes on later Masons.
- ISBN
- 9781942695004
- 1942695004
- OCLC
- 944971487
- SCSB-11467716
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library