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See also:- MASON, FRANCIS (1799—1874)
- MASON, GEORGE (1725—1792)
- MASON, GEORGE HEMMING (1818–1872)
- MASON, JAMES MURRAY (1798-1871)
- MASON, JOHN (1586-1635)
- MASON, JOHN YOUNG (1799-1859)
- MASON, LOWELL (1792—1872)
- MASON, SIR JOHN (1503–1566)
- MASON, SIR JOSIAH (1795-1881)
- MASON, WILLIAM (1725—1797)
MASON, See also:GEORGE (1725—1792) , See also:American statesman, was See also:born in See also:Stafford See also:county (the See also:part which is now See also:Fairfax county), See also:Virginia, in 1725. His See also:family was of Royalist descent and emigrated to See also:America after the See also:execution of See also:Charles I. His colonial ancestors held See also:official positions in the See also:civil and military service of Virginia. Mason was a near See also:neighbour and a See also:life-See also:long friend of George See also:Washington, though in later years they disagreed in politics. His large estates and high social See also:standing, together with his See also:personal ability, gave Mason See also:great See also:influence among the Virginia planters, and he became identified with many enterprises, such as the organization of the See also:Ohio See also:Company and the See also:founding of See also:Alexandria (1749). He was a member of the Virginia See also:House of Burgesses in 1759—1760. In 1769 he See also:drew up for Washington a See also:series of non-importation resolutions, which were adopted by the Virginia legislature. In See also:July 1774 he wrote for a See also:convention in Fairfax county a series of resolutions known as the Fairfax Resolves, in which he advocated a See also:congress of the colonies and suggested non-intercourse with Great See also:Britain, a policy subsequently adopted by Virginia and later by the See also:Continental Congress. He was a member of the Virginia See also:Committee of Safety from See also:August to See also:December 1775, and of the Virginia Convention in 1775 and 1776; and in 1776 he drew up the Virginia Constitution and the famous See also:Bill of Rights, a radically democratic document which had great influence on American See also:political institutions. In 178o he outlined the See also:plan which was subsequently adopted by Virginia for ceding to the Federal See also:government her claim to the " back lands," i.e. to territory See also:north and north-See also:west of the Ohio See also:river. From 1776 to 1788 he represented Fairfax county in the Virginia See also:Assembly. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1776—1780 and again in 1787—1788, and in 1787. was a member of the convention that framed the Federal Constitution, and as one of its ablest debaters took an active part in the See also:work. Particularly notable was his opposition to the compromises in regard to See also:slavery and the slave-See also:trade. Indeed, like most of the prominent Virginians of the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time, Mason was strongly in favour of the See also:gradual abolition of slavery. He objected to the large and indefinite See also:powers given by the completed Constitution to
Congress, so he joined with See also:Patrick See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry in opposing its ratification in the Virginia Convention (1788). Failing in this he suggested amendments, the substance of several of which was afterwards embodied in the See also:present Bill of Rights. Declining an See also:appointment as a See also:United States Senator from Virginia, he retired to his See also:home, Gunston See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall (built by him about 1758 and named after the family home in See also:Staffordshire, See also:England). where he died on the 7th of See also:October 1792. With See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Madison and See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Jefferson, Mason carried through the Virginia legislature See also:measures disestablishing the Episcopal See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church and protecting all forms of See also:worship. In politics he was a See also:radical republican, who believed that See also:local government should be kept strong and central government weak; his democratic theories had much influence in Virginia and other See also:southern and western states.
See Kate Mason See also:Rowland, Life and Writings of George Mason (2 vols., New See also:York, 1892).
End of Article: MASON, GEORGE (1725—1792)
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