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George Mason:Letter to the Committee of Merchantsin London
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Abstract
George Mason (1725–1792) was one of the largest landowners and slaveholders in colonial Virginia. He is remembered in his native state for his role in creating a constitution and bill of rights for Virginia. On a national level he was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress, but he is best remembered for his refusal to sign the Constitution because of its lack of protection for individuals.
Book contents
- Chapter 1: British America in 1763
- Benjamin Franklin: “Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind”
- Benjamin Franklin: Albany Plan of Union
- Benjamin Franklin: Join, or Die
- Jonathan Mayhew: Two Discourses
- James Glen: “The Situation, Strength, and Connections of the Several Nations of Neighboring Indians”
- Minavavana: Address to Alexander Henry
- Pontiac: “Master of Life” Speech
- Proclamation of 1763
- Paxton Boys: A Declaration and Remonstrance of the Distressed and Bleeding Frontier Inhabitants of the Province of Pennsylvania
- Benjamin West: The Death of General Wolfe
- Chapter 2: The Imperial Crisis
- Thomas Pownall: The Administration of the Colonies
- Oxenbridge Thacher: The Sentiments of a British American
- James Otis: The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved
- Daniel Dulany: Considerations on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes in the British Colonies, for the Purpose of Raising a Revenue, by Act of Parliament
- Patrick Henry: Virginia Resolves on the Stamp Act
- Francis Bernard: Letter to the Board of Trade
- Thomas Moffat: Letter to Joseph Harrison on the Newport Riot
- Declaration of Rights of the Stamp Act Congress
- William Bradford: “Expiring: In Hopes of a Resurrection to Life Again”
- Nathaniel Ryder: The Great Debate in the Committee of the Whole House of Commons on the Stamp Act, 1766
- Letter from London Merchants Urging Repeal of the Stamp Act
- House of Commons Examination of Benjamin Franklin about the Stamp Act
- Chapter 3: The Crisis Deepens
- The Declaratory Act
- George Mason: Letter to the Committee of Merchants in London
- “Address to the Ladies”
- “Save Your Money, and Save Your Country!”
- John Dickinson: Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania
- Report on the Boston Massacre
- Paul Revere: The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King-Street Boston on March 5th 1770, by a party of the 29th Reg.
- Joseph Warren: “Boston Massacre: An Oration”
- Benjamin Franklin: “Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One”
- “Tea, Destroyed by Indians”
- Edenton Tea Party
- George Hewes: Recollection of the Boston Massacre
- Chapter 4: Rebellion
- Intolerable Acts
- Quebec Act
- Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
- First Continental Congress: Letter to the Inhabitants of the Province of Quebec
- Patrick Henry: “Liberty or Death” Speech
- Francis Smith: Letter to Governor Thomas Gage
- Anna Young Smith: “An Elegy to the Memory of the American Volunteers”
- Thomas Gage: Offer of Amnesty
- Olive Branch Petition
- Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms
- Proclamation by the King for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition
- The Second Continental Congress Responds to King George III’s Proclamation of Rebellion
- Thomas Paine: Common Sense
- Charles Inglis: The Deceiver Unmasked
- Declaration of Independence
- Chapter 5: The Limits of Independence
- Felix: Petition to the Governor of Massachusetts
- Peter Bestes, et al.: Letter to Their Representatives
- Phillis Wheatley: Letter to Samson Occom
- Lord Dunmore: Proclamation
- Original Draft of the Declaration of Independence
- Thomas Hutchinson: Strictures on the Declaration of the Congress at Philadelphia
- Petition of Prince Hall and Others to the Massachusetts General Court
- Nero Brewster: Petition to the New Hampshire General Assembly
- Pennsylvania: An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery
- Cato: Letter and Petition to the Pennsylvania Assembly
- Thomas Jefferson: Notes on the State of Virginia
- Chapter 6: Winning the War
- George Washington: Address to the Continental Congress
- George Washington: Letter to Martha Washington
- George Washington: General Orders
- Abigail Adams: “Remember the Ladies” Letter
- John Adams: Reply to the “Remember the Ladies” Letter
- George Washington: Letter to John Hancock
- Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 1
- Molly Gutridge: “A New Touch on the Times”
- Esther DeBerdt Reed: Sentiments of an American Woman
- Representation of a Parade Condemning the Treason of Benedict Arnold
- Eliza Wilkinson: Letters from a Planter’s Daughter
- George Washington: Farewell Address
- Boyrereau Brinch: Pension Application
- Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne; a Pensioner of the Navy of the Revolution
- Jehu Grant: Pension Application
- Chapter 5: Losing the War
- Janet Schaw: Treatment of Loyalists in North Carolina
- Joseph Brant: Letter to Lord George Germain
- Nicholas Cresswell: Journal of a Loyalist in Virginia
- Anna Rawle: “A Loyalist’s Daughter”
- Murphy Stiel: “The Lost Dream”
- William Humphrey: The Savages Let Loose, or the Cruel Fate of the Loyalists
- Chickasaw Chiefs: Appeal to Congress
- Freedom Certificate
- “Memoirs on the Life of Boston King”
- A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison