adhere to the policy that no white settlement west of the mountains would be approved without the formal consent of the Indians. When the political tides turned against the Ohio Company, Mason took the offensive.
Translated by Alan R. Hoffman. Manchester, NH, 2006. Lewis, Jan. The Pursuit of Happiness: Family and Values in Jefferson's Virginia. Cambridge, Eng., 1983. βββ. βThe Republican Wife: Virtue and Seduction in the Early Republic.
The match with Sarah Brent from nearby Dumfries, some four years younger than Mason, was arranged on business-like terms, as was the custom of the day, giving the second mistress of Gunston Hall only lifetime tenure on the estate if she ...
George Mason of Gunston Hall was a scholarly craftsman of government during America's crucial formative years.
George Mason of Gunston Hall was a scholarly craftsman of government during America's crucial formative years.
Electronic reproduction of the two volumes set entitled The life of George Mason, 1725-1792 : including his speeches, public papers, and correspondence as compiled by his descendent Kate Mason Rowland, in 1892.