Index Adams, John, 65 Adams, Samuel, 65 Alexandria, 25 Ancient History . . . ,9 Anglican Church, 60, 68 Annapolis, 28 Antifederalists, 91, 92-102, 105 Aphorisms Concerning the Knowledge and Care of Diseases, 26-28 Aquia Creek, 14 Arnold, Benedict, 103 Articles of Confederation, 73, 78, 81, 108 Baltimore, 82, 91 Baptists, 60, 68 Berkeley, Norbonne, Baron de Botetourt , Governor of Virginia, 36 Bill of Rights, 105, 106, 109 Blair, John, 79 Boerhaave, Dr. Hermann, 2627 Boston, 30, 35, 38, 39, 44, 47, 94 Boston Port Bill, 38 Boston Tea Party,38 Botetourt, see Berkeley Braxton, Carter, 53, 68 Brent, Sarah, see Mason, Sarah Brent Buckingham County, 48 Buckland, William, 13-18 Bunker Hill, 42 Byrd, William II, 5-6 Cambridge (Mass.), 42, 46 Carter, Robert ("King"), 5 "9 120 GEORGE MASON: RELUCTANT STATESMAN Carter family, 4 Cary, Archibald, 48, 49, 51 Clark^George Rogers, 70-72 Clinton, George, 95, 104 Cockburn, Martin, 45, 78 Coke, Edward: Coke Upon Littleton, 7 Common Sense, 47 Concord (Mass.), 41 Connecticut, 88, 93 Constitution, Federal: Virginia plan, 83; compromise on representation, 84-85; compromise on slavery, 8687 ; lack of declaration of rights, 91; dissension over approval, 91; ratification of, 101; amendments, 104; Bill of Rights, 105, 106, 109 Continental Congress, 40, 41, 44, 46, 49, 65, 68, 69, 74, 75, 77, 90 Convention, Federal Constitutional, 78, 79, 81-90, 93, 101. See also Constitution , Federal Cornwallis, Lord, 74 Currency Act, 31 Declaration of Independence, 62, 64, 66 Declaration of Rights, 49-61, 62, 63, 65-66, 67, 68, 84, 108, 109 Declaratory Act, 33 Delaware, 66, 93 Dogue's Neck, 7 Dumfries, 28, 73, 96 Dunmore, see Murray, John, Earl of Dunmore Eilbeck, Ann, see Mason, Ann Eilbeck Ellsworth, Oliver, 88, 96 Every Man His Own Lawyer, 7 Fairfax County, 24, 33, 39, 40, 42, 46, 67. 72. 73> 75- 94 Fairfax family, 4 Fairfax Independent Company (militiamen ), 40, 41 Fairfax Resolves, 39-40 Fauquier, Francis, 31, 33 Federalists, 89, 93-101, 104, 105, 106, 109 Franklin, Benjamin, 90 Fredericksburg, 63 Freeman, Douglas Southall, 5 George III, 48, 107 Georgia, 65, 67, 93 Gerry, Elbridge, 83, 89, 90, 94 Gilman, Nicholas, 96 Gooch, William, 7 Grayson, William, 96, 98, 105 Gunston Hall: construction of, 13-22; 25, 26, 29, 35, 38, 39, 45, 46, 47, 56, 6 3> 7*. 73- 74- 77- 8z . 92 - 9^. >°1106 , 107, 109 Hamilton, Alexander, 106 Hamilton, Henry, 70 Hancock, John, 95 Harrisburg (Pa.), 101 Henry, Patrick: and Stamp Act, 31; Mason's opinion of, 39; and "liberty or death" speech, 44-45: in 1776 Convention, 48, 49, 56; as governor, 70, 79; letter from Mason , 75; refuses to attend Constitutional Convention, 79; bill for Teachers of the Christian Religion , 78-79; as Antifederalist, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 105 [54.173.43.215] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 18:30 GMT) I N D E X 121 Hippocrates, 26 History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia, The, 9 House of Burgesses, see Virginia House of Delegates, see Virginia Innes, James, 98, 100 James (Mason's personal servant), 21, 43 Jefferson, Thomas, 57, 70, 75, 78, 106, no; in Continental Congress, 48, 51; and religious freedom, 61, 68; and Declaration of Independence, 66; Minister to France, 80; on ratification , 99; friendship for Mason, 106 Judiciary Act (1789), 105 Kaskaslda, 72 Kentucky country, 23; (county) 96, 97-98, 105 Lee, Charles, 48 Lee, Henry (Light Horse Harry), 99 Lee, Richard Henry, 31, 48, 62, 90, 92, 96, 105 Lee, Thomas Ludwell, 48, 50, 51, 53, 54 Lee family, 4, 29 Lexington (Mass.), 30, 41 Littleton, Thomas, 7 Locke, John, 42, 57, 58 London, 6, 8, 17, 18, 21, 23, 31, 33, 35- 39. 44 McClung, James, 79 McHenry, James, 91 Madison, James, 77, 80, 94, 101, 106; and religious freedom, 60-61, 7879 ; at Constitutional Convention, 85-86, 87; and ratification, 96, 97, 98, 100; elected to first Congress, 105 Marlborough, 7, 56 Marshall, John, 98 Maryland, 9. 66, 78, 88, 91, 92, 95 Mason, Ann Eilbeck, 9, 38, 44, 107 Mason, Ann Thomson, 6-7 Mason, George: ancestry and birth, 4; youth and education, 6-7, 9; physical appearance, 8; plantation management, 8-9, 104; marriage to Ann Eilbeck, 9; building of Gunston Hall, 13-18; and the law, 2324 ; as justice of the peace, 24; vestryman of Truro Parish, 24, 61; as burgess, 25, 63, 67; health, 25-29, 42, 45, 47, 73, 75, 85, 104, 106; and Stamp Act, 29, 31-35; letter...