George Mason: Reluctant Statesman

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Contents Foreword Introduction Heir to a Personal Dominion A Proper Home "The Necessity of the Times" Crisis at Williamsburg Victory—and New Conflict Constitution and Compromise The Amitederalist Crusade Retreat to Gunston Hall The Virginia Declaration of Rights A Note on the Sources Acknowledgments Index vn xi 3 '3 30 44 64 81 92 103 111 "5 117 "9 i. o. .'?• 15 6 . 78 . ILLUSTRATIONS George Mason, after destroyed original by JohnHesselius. Courtesy of Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Board of Regents of Gunston Hall. Frontispiece Ann Eilbeck Mason, after destroyed original by John Hesselius. Courtesy of Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Board of Regents of Gunston Hall. William Buckland, by Charles Willson Peale. Courtesy of Yale University Art Gallery, Mabel Brady Gaman Collection. Gunston Hall. Courtesy of Board of Regents of Gunston Hall. Side view, Gunston Hall. Courtesy of Board of Regents of Gunston Hall. Central hallway, Gunston Hall. Courtesy of Board of Regents of Gunston Hall. Palladian Room, Gunston Hall. Courtesy of Board of Regents of Gunston Hall. Chinese Chippendale dining room, Gunston Hall. Courtesy of Board of Regents of Gunston Hall. George Mason's study. Courtesy of Board of Regents of Gunston Hall. Rear view of Gunston Hall with garden. Courtesyof Board of Regents of Gunston Hall. Gazebo and boxwood hedges at Gunston Hall. Courtesy of Board of Regents of Gunston Hall. Patrick Henry, by Thomas Sully George Washington, by Charles Willson Peale Thomas Jefferson, by Mather Brown. Courtesy Charles Francis Adams. Virginia Declaration of Rights. Courtesy Virginia State Library. The Capitol, Williamsburg James Madison, by Gilbert Stuart 9 12 15 !5 16 16 !9 *9 20 20 32 37 52 55 7i 76 GEORGE MASON Reluctant Statesman This page intentionally left blank ...