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Cooley Mason collection
No full textThis collection contains scrapbooks, correspondence, photographs, and records related to Cooley Mason and his wife Christin Hardin Mason
Swann-Mason Family papers
No full textThis collection encompasses the business dealings and personal lives of the family of Thomas Swann, governor of Maryland from 1866 to 1869. The invoices, correspondence, checks, and land deeds and indentures in the collection cover such subjects as politics, the Clapham family, and the Virginia connection between the Swann and Mason families
Elizabeth P. Mason letter to Nancy Ballard, September 7, 1881
No full textMrs. Mason writes about weather and farmily matters.Transcripts provided by previous owner
Mason Collection
No full textA series of family photographs taken and collected by Norrine Mason, nee Goldsworthy, presented in 6 volumes. Volumes 1 through 3 are in binders and the pictures have some words of explanation. Volumes 4 through 6 are in envelopes and are not annotated. The photographs cover four generations of Goldsworthy-Masons, from Sarah Goldsworthy to Marie Mason, her great grand-daughter.Norrine Estelle Mason (nee Goldsworthy) was born in Michigan and moved to Rossland, B.C., with her family in 1906. She married George Robert Mason, a miner, in 1919 and raised her family in Rossland
Mason Fraternity letter
No full textA letter from the leadership of the Mason Eureka Lodge, No. 195 to members requesting financial support
Building Data - Peterson Family Health
No full textSpreadsheets on utilities consumption in Peterson Peterson Family Health on the Fairfax campus of George Mason University. The data are available for classroom and research purposes, provided by the Facilities and Office of Sustainability
Potomac Networks: Waterways, Commerce, and Enslavement in the George Mason Family, 1700–1828
Full text linkWhile George Mason IV is best known as a Virginia political writer, tobacco planter and slaveholder, Mason IV was also an opportunistic Chesapeake businessman, taking advantage of an aqueous landscape bisected by the Potomac River. Through a focus on waterways, aquatic business ventures and local connections, this dissertation presents a new approach to the Mason family. In the eighteenth century, the Potomac River was not a divider, but rather a connector of people, places and enterprises along its shores. The Mason family built landholdings and houses, networks and businesses, on both sides of the river. Through digital analysis and visualizations, this dissertation argues that both the Mason family and the people they enslaved deployed waterways like the Potomac River to create opportunities and form strategic connections which furthered their own economic or personal goals. For the people the Masons enslaved, waterways often perpetuated the cycle of enslavement, but sometimes furnished opportunities for freedom. At a time when many of Mason IV’s peers were failing financially from their almost exclusive investment in land-based tobacco agriculture, Mason IV maintained economic stability by using waterways to diversify his sources of income. Ferries and fisheries, fueled largely by enslaved labor, became main contributors to the family’s eighteenth-century Potomac prosperity. In addition, the family’s success was bolstered by Mason IV’s skills as an expert networker. Mason IV did not hesitate to use the people with which he was connected as resources. He promoted his businesses and the family’s power and prestige through dense webs of relationships that stretched across the Potomac region and beyond. Mason IV’s networks and influence allowed him to manipulate Potomac region events and decisions so as to benefit the community but also himself. In short, we see how the Potomac River played a critical role in the lives, networks, and socioeconomic trajectory of the Mason family over several generations
Master Mason card
No full textA Master Mason card issued to Jacob A. Burton of Millsboro, Delaware, on January 1, 1956, by the Franklin Lodge, No. 12, A. F. & A. M. in Georgetown, Delaware. The card was signed by the lodge's secretary, Warren Wheatley. The text on the front informs the reader that the Brother, who had signed his name in the margin, was a Master Mason in good standing and was a member of the lodge. Burton's signature is not present on the card. The text also informs that the card was void after December 31, 1956. On the back of the card is the certification that the Franklin Lodge was a legally constituted lodge under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Delaware. Chester R. Jones, Grand Secretary, signed the card. The seal of the Grand Lodge of Delaware can be faintly seen in the background of the card. The card also has a raised seal with the square and compass within a circle
Master Mason card
No full textA Master Mason card issued to Jacob A. Burton of Millsboro, Delaware, on January 1, 1956, by the Franklin Lodge, No. 12, A. F. & A. M. in Georgetown, Delaware. The card was signed by the lodge's secretary, Warren Wheatley. The text on the front informs the reader that the Brother, who had signed his name in the margin, was a Master Mason in good standing and was a member of the lodge. Burton's signature is not present on the card. The text also informs that the card was void after December 31, 1956. On the back of the card is the certification that the Franklin Lodge was a legally constituted lodge under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Delaware. Chester R. Jones, Grand Secretary, signed the card. The seal of the Grand Lodge of Delaware can be faintly seen in the background of the card. The card also has a raised seal with the square and compass within a circle
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