I’ve started a new series of Americana posts on the writings of the “Forgotten Founders” for the Bauman Rare Books blog. My first two posts are on George Mason of Virginia, who Jefferson called “the wisest man of his generation.” Mason was the principle author of the 1776 Virginia Declaration of Rights and the Virginia Constitution, which had an extraordinary influence on the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights.
I’ll add links as each post goes live:
- Forgotten Founders: George Mason, Part 1– 1776
- Forgotten Founders: George Mason, Part 2– 1787
- Forgotten Founders: John Dickinson, Part 1
- Forgotten Founders: John Dickinson, Part 2
- Forgotten Founders: John Dickinson, Part 3
- Forgotten Founders: Thomas Paine, Part 1
- Forgotten Founders: Thomas Paine, Part 2
- Forgotten Founders: Thomas Paine, Part 3
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