Papers of George Mason, 1725-1792 3 Volume Set Hardcover. Founding Father 1776
Title: The Papers of George Mason 1749-1792. Author: George Mason, Robert Rutland, editor Published by University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill 1970. Three volume set. Octavo size. Hardcovers bound in quarter red cloth over black boards. Fine bindings and covers. Pages clean and unmarked. Top page ends washed red. Near fine condition. CONTENTS: Vol. I. 1749-1778 (cxxvii, 483 pages) Vol. 2. 1779-1786 (xxi, paged 487-864) Vol. 3. 1787-1792 (xxviii, paged 867-1312). George Mason’s letters and papers offer a window into his role as a “Forgotten Founder” who drafted the Virginia Declaration of Rights and refused to sign the U.S. Constitution. His correspondence details his Anti-Federalist arguments and his profound influence on the Bill of Rights.