24096 Garrett & Massie Richmond Virginia c. 1954 G+ Hardcover Book's spine is quite faded. Lettering, 'tho no longer bright, is readily legible. Otherwise minor wear, very minor soil, on the sound binding. 2" tear in ffep's fore edge. Contents are clean and unmarked. No DJ. ; Blue cloth, gold spine letteirng, bright gold lettering and silhouette on front cover. Map endpapers. Two frontispiece portraits. At least 4 full-page drawings. BIOGRAPHY. ("Fiction has been employed only to clothe the know facts with life. ") George Mason (1725-1792) was a planter and Revolutionary War statesman. Author of nonimportation resolutions presented by Washington and passed on to the Continental Congress. He was a member of the Virginia constitutional convention and prepared the Declaration of Rights and most of the constitution of Virginia. Although he was a member of the federal Constitutional Convention in 1787, he did not sign the constitution and took active measure to oppose Virginia's ratification. ; 8-1/4" Tall; 254 pages $12.00USD
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