The five George Masons : patriots and planters of Virginia and Maryland
2016
923.273 M399co 2016
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Title
The five George Masons : patriots and planters of Virginia and Maryland
Variant Title
5 George Masons
Edition
2nd ed.
Published
Fairfax, VA : George Mason University Press, 2016.
Description
xvi, 351 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.), colored ports., geneal. tabs. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
923.273 M399co 2016
System Control No.
(OCoLC)944971487
Note
"Published with the Board of Regents of Gunston Hall."
"... 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"--Back cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-331) and index.
Contents: Introductory note / by Ángel Cabrera -- 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.
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"... 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"--Back cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-331) and index.
Contents: Introductory note / by Ángel Cabrera -- 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.
L2017G103
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