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George Mason

noun

American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792). Synonym: Mason.

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... Northern waters had started America on its way to being a maritime power. In a series of letters to George Mason and others ...

— The Bounty of the Chesapeake - Fishing in Colonial Virginia • James Wharton

... consideration of this ordinance some other beneficent provisions, added through the desire to satisfy the New England purchasers, begin to appear. They are taken largely from the "bill of rights" placed in the first constitution of the State of Virginia by George Mason, and copied in many of the later constitutions, including that of the United States. They seek to guarantee the rights of the individual against the encroachments of the Government; to embody the principles which the English barons secured at Runnymede; to secure the ...

— The United States of America Part I • Ediwn Erle Sparks

Words linked to "George Mason" : mason, American Revolutionary leader