The Life of George Mason, 1725-1792, Volume 1 |
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... meeting of the Assembly in April , and the Stafford gentlemen are required to send one or more messengers to the Indians with this message . George Mason heads the list of names signed to the letter of the Stafford justices replying to ...
... meeting of the Assembly in April , and the Stafford gentlemen are required to send one or more messengers to the Indians with this message . George Mason heads the list of names signed to the letter of the Stafford justices replying to ...
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... meeting of the Assembly in May does not appear . An old paper has been preserved copied from the Stafford County records , dated August , 1729 , showing Colonel Mason to have bought two hundred and thirteen acres of land at this time ...
... meeting of the Assembly in May does not appear . An old paper has been preserved copied from the Stafford County records , dated August , 1729 , showing Colonel Mason to have bought two hundred and thirteen acres of land at this time ...
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... meeting of the board in June , 1754 , when a vacancy was created by the death of Philip Alex- ander . Colonel Mason was one of the first purchasers of lots when the town was laid out in 1749. It is probable that he built a house on the ...
... meeting of the board in June , 1754 , when a vacancy was created by the death of Philip Alex- ander . Colonel Mason was one of the first purchasers of lots when the town was laid out in 1749. It is probable that he built a house on the ...
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... meeting was held on the seventh of No- vember in that year . Dennis McCarty , whose grave lies at " Cedar Grove , " was the first vestryman on the list . He was at this time twenty - eight , and died ten years later . The old church had ...
... meeting was held on the seventh of No- vember in that year . Dennis McCarty , whose grave lies at " Cedar Grove , " was the first vestryman on the list . He was at this time twenty - eight , and died ten years later . The old church had ...
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... meeting finally adjourned without coming to any decision . Before the day arrived , however , when the subject was to be definitely decided , Washington had made a survey of the whole ground , measured the distances , and marked down ...
... meeting finally adjourned without coming to any decision . Before the day arrived , however , when the subject was to be definitely decided , Washington had made a survey of the whole ground , measured the distances , and marked down ...
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Page 437 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Page 433 - That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Page 434 - That government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community; of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety, and is most effectually secured against the danger of maladministration; and...
Page 433 - That no free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.
Page 433 - ... that no man be deprived of his liberty except by the law of the land, or the judgment of his peers. 9. That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Page 432 - That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from the community, but in consideration of publick services; which, not being descendible, neither ought the offices of magistrate, legislator or judge to be hereditary.
Page 432 - That elections of members to serve as representatives of the people in assembly, ought to be free ; and that all men having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with, and attachment to the community, have the right of suffrage...
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Page 432 - That the legislative and executive powers of the state should be separate and distinct from the judiciary ; and that the members of the two first may be restrained from oppression, by feeling and participating the burthens of the people, they should, at fixed periods, be reduced to a private station, return into that body from which they were originally taken, and the vacancies be supplied by frequent, certain, and regular elections...