George Mason, forgotten founder

Title George Mason, forgotten founder
Names Broadwater, Jeff.
Book Number BR016942
Title Status Active
Medium Braille
Annotation Biography of landowner, lawmaker, and influential member of the Virginia gentry, George Mason (1725-1792). Emphasizes Mason's authorship of Virginia's Declaration of Rights and the state's constitution. Explains his opposition to ratifying the U.S. Constitution because of the absence of a Bill of Rights. 2006.
Local Subject History, United States - HUS
Adult Book - AD
Adult Non-Fiction - AN
Long Book - LO
Biography & Autobiography - BIO
Biography - Historical - BIH
Biography - Political, U.S - BIPU
History - HST
History, U.S. - 18th Century - HUE
Braille Book Review, Jul-Aug 2008 - B408
Audience Notes A
LC Subject Statesmen - United States - Biography
Politicians - Virginia - Biography
Constitutional history - United States
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783
United States - History - Confederation, 1783-1789
Virginia - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Virginia - History - 1775-1865
Call Number 973.3092 B ANF
Language English
Released 2006
Publication Info Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2006 (National Braille Press, transcribing agency. National Braille Press, distributor.)
Original Publication Reproduction of: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2006.
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