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	Stevens T. Mason - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		His grandfather, Stevens Thomson Mason, was a U.S. Senator from Virginia.
		Mason was re-elected in 1837, but the state’s economy soon began to suffer from the effects of the Panic of 1837.
		Mason was influential in petitioning for Michigan statehood.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stevens_Thomson_Mason_(Michigan) (932 words)

	Stevens T. Mason - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		His grandfather, Stevens Thomson Mason, was a U.S. Senator from Virginia.
		Mason was influential in petitioning for Michigan statehood.
		Mason was re-elected in 1837, but the state’s economy soon began to suffer from the effects of the Panic of 1837.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stevens_Thomson_Mason_(Michigan) (942 words)

	Encyclopedia: Stevens Thomson Mason (Virginia)
		Stevens Thomson Mason (December 29, 1760–May 9, 1803) was a Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, a member of the Virginia state legislature and a Republican U.S. Senator from Virginia (1794-1803).
		His grandson, Stevens Thomson Mason, was the first governor of the state of Michigan.
		Mason's father, Thomson Mason (1730-1785), was chief justice of the Virginia supreme court and brother of George Mason (1725-1792), who took part of the Constitutional Convention.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Stevens-Thomson-Mason-%28Virginia%29 (302 words)

	Stevens Thomson Mason - Background Reading
		Stevens Thomson Mason was instrumental to Michigan's development, leading the territory to statehood in 1837 and serving as the first elected governor.
		"Stevens Thomson Mason" was originally published as a Great Lakes Informant (Series 1, Number 5).
		Stevens T. Mason, late of Michigan, slipped silently away, dying on the morning of January 5, 1843.
	www.michigan.gov /hal/0,1607,7-160-17451_18670_18793-52864--,00.html (3028 words)

	Stevens Thomson Mason - Background Reading
		Stevens Thomson Mason was instrumental to Michigan's development, leading the territory to statehood in 1837 and serving as the first elected governor.
		Mason decided that he could make a graceful exit on the reasoning that he had served two terms and that it was contrary to national precedent to serve a third.
		Mason who had diligently read law with a group of friends at the barroom in Uncle Ben's Steamboat Hotel bar, was admitted to practice law on December 11, 1833.
	www.michigan.gov /hal/0,1607,7-160-17451_18670_18793-52864--,00.html (3029 words)

	Stevens Thomson Mason - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Stevens Thomson Mason is a name shared by two U.S. grandfather-grandson politicians.
		This human name article is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that might otherwise share the same title, which is a person's or persons' name.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stevens_Thomson_Mason (106 words)

	Stevens Thomson Mason (Virginia) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Stevens Thomson Mason (December 29, 1760–May 9, 1803) was a Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, a member of the Virginia state legislature and a Republican U.S. Senator from Virginia (1794-1803).
		Mason was born at Chappawamsic in Stafford County, Virginia and attended William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia.
		Mason's father, Thomson Mason (1730-1785), was chief justice of the Virginia supreme court and brother of George Mason (1725-1792), who took part of the Constitutional Convention.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stevens_Thomson_Mason_(Virginia) (106 words)

	George Mason
		The third George Mason married, in 1721, Ann Thomson, daughter of Stevens Thomson, attorney-general of Virginia and granddaughter of Sir William Thomson, of London.
		Mason was defeated in the convention, and when the instrument was completed he declined to sign it.
		Colonel Mason owned estates on both the Maryland and the Virginia side of the Potomac, and he was living on one of his plantations in Charles county, Maryland, when he was drowned while crossing that river.
	www.georgemason.net (2745 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Mason
		Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803); grandfather of Armistead Thomson Mason and
		Brother of Thomson Mason; uncle of Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803); granduncle of Armistead Thomson Mason; grandfather of James Murray Mason; great-granduncle of Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843).
		Great-grandnephew of George Mason; great-grandson of Thomson Mason; grandson of Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803); nephew of Armistead Thomson Mason; son of John Thomson Mason.
	politicalgraveyard.com /bio/mason.html (1392 words)

	TOLEDO STRIP FACTS AND INFORMATION
		Mason thought Michigan was protecting itself against a law of Ohio empowering Ohio commissioners, under the protection of the Ohio Governor, to rerun an Ohio boundary in Michigan Territory.
		John Thomson Mason, Governor Mason's father and former secretary of Michigan Territory, advised his son to be slow to act and let Ohio be the aggressor.
		Mason was also upset by some inhabitants in the disputed area who wanted to belong to Ohio because of interest in the Toledo canal.
	www.livingflowers.com /Toledo_Strip (3785 words)

	Maryland Historical Society Library: John Thomson Mason Jr. Collection 1744-1882, MS. 2224 - Finding Aid
		Mason died on March 28, 1873 at Elkton, Maryland, and is buried in Hagerstown.
		John Thomson Mason graduated from Princeton in the summer of 1836 and hereafter the letters deal with his pursuit of law as a profession.
		There are letters to and from John Thomson Mason Jr.'s father, John Thomson Mason (1765-1824), and his son John Thomson Mason III fl.
	www.mdhs.org /library/Mss/ms002224.html (1422 words)

	Stevens Thomson Mason - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Stevens Thomson Mason is a name shared by two U.S. grandfather-grandson politicians.
		This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stevens_Thomson_Mason (85 words)

	S.013 Monument image
		On the front of the base is inscribed "Stevens T. Mason, First Governor Of Michigan." The back of the base is inscribed "The tribute of Michigan to the memory of her first Governor whose ashes lie beneath.
		Called to the duties of manhood while yet a boy, he so acquitted himself as to stamp his name indelibly on the history of the Commonwealth." Stevens T. Mason was the first governor of Michigan.
		Mason was a strong advocate of Michigan retaining the so-called Toledo strip.
	www.detroithistorical.org /collections/vewebsite2/exhibit3/e30013b.htm (596 words)

	Clarke Historical Library - Emily Virginia Mason Autobiography 1830
		Her brother, Stevens T., was appointed to the position, age 19, when her father resigned in 1831.
		In 1833, Governor Mason was confirmed by the senate, secretary of the territory, and in 1834, when Governor Porter died, he assumed again the duties of the territory till the following year, when he was elected the first governor of the State, November 3, 1835.
		Governor Mason with 1,200 men, marched upon Toledo and broke up the court there, and in the fray no lives were lost.
	clarke.cmich.edu /detroit/mason1830's.htm (2000 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Mason
		Great-grandnephew of George Mason; great-grandson of Thomson Mason; grandson of Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803); nephew of Armistead Thomson Mason; son of John Thomson Mason.
		Brother of Thomson Mason; uncle of Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803); granduncle of Armistead Thomson Mason; grandfather of James Murray Mason; great-granduncle of Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843).
		Mason, T. — of Kellogg, Shoshone County, Idaho.
	politicalgraveyard.com /bio/mason.html (1392 words)

	Lansing State Journal
		The Mason resident served as a state representative, ran for governor twice and authored a book about Stevens T. Mason, Michigan's first governor.
		1837: Gov. Stevens T. Mason presents flag to Brady Guard in Detroit; used until Gen. Hugh Brady dies in 1851.
		MASON - A scrap of silk about the size of a cell phone might be the only remaining piece of Michigan's long-lost first state flag.
	www.lsj.com /news/local/p_030226_flag_3b.html (791 words)

	March 2004
		Stevens T. Mason became acting territorial governor in 1834 at age 22.
		A 1915 Model T has just reached the end of its assembly process and is ready to roll off the "body drop." Using the assembly line, Ford workers could build a Model T chassis in 93 minutes (12.5 hours before 1913).
		Michigan did not become a state until 1837.
	www.me.mtu.edu /~shyao/museum.htm (175 words)

	Stevens Thomson Mason (Michigan) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Stevens Thomson Mason, was a U.S. Senator from Virginia.
		Mason was influential in petitioning for Michigan statehood.
		Thomson Mason (1730-1785) was chief justice of the Virginia supreme court and brother of George Mason (1725-1792), who took part of the Constitutional Convention.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stevens_Thomson_Mason_(Michigan) (175 words)

	Mason
		Mason, West Virginia Mason is a town located in 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,064.
		Mason County, West Virginia Mason County is a Wyoming...
		Mason Township, Minnesota Mason Township is a township located in 2000 census, the township had a total population of 28...
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/mason.html (175 words)

	Stevens Thomson Mason (Michigan) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		His grandfather, Stevens Thomson Mason, was a U.S. Senator from Virginia.
		Mason was re-elected in 1837, but the state’s economy soon began to suffer from the effects of the Panic of 1837.
		Mason was influential in petitioning for Michigan statehood.
	www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Stevens_Thomson_Mason_(Michigan) (175 words)

	WER: The Rump Council
		They also, at the same election, chose a full set of state officers headed by Stevens Thomson Mason, former secretary and acting governor of the territory, as first governor of the new state.
		After the framing of the constitution, which it was foreseen would be adopted, Acting Territorial Governor Mason on August 25, 1835 issued a proclamation for the election of a legislative council in the district not embraced within the proposed state of Michigan, and convoking the Council at Green Bay for January 1, 1836.
		They held a constitutional convention in May, 1835, drafted a constitution which fixed the boundaries of the new state according to the Ordinance (thereby arousing the hostility of Indiana in addition to Ohio), and at the regular election in November adopted the constitution by the overwhelming majority of 6,299 to 1,359.
	www.library.wisc.edu /etext/WIReader/WER0441.html (1577 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: MASON, JOHN THOMSON
		John Thomson Mason, early land agent and Texas revolutionary, second son of Stevens Thomas Mason, was born at Raspberry Plains, Loudon County, Virginia, on January 8, 1787.
		Mason purchased from the government 300 leagues of land originally intended for donations to the militia and an additional 100 leagues from individuals.
		Leplicher filed suit against Mason in Nacogdoches, Texas, on February 16, 1835, for salary alleged to be due and unpaid.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/MM/fma70.html (426 words)

	American Memory from the Library of Congress - Browse by
		Stevens Thomson Mason to James Madison, October 29, 1802.
		Stevens Thomson Mason to James Madison, January 16, 1800.
		Stevens Thomson Mason to James Madison, March 7, 1800.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /ammem/collections/madison_papers/titleS2.html (707 words)

	Earl Gregg Swem Library Special Collections
		Ste[ven]s Thom[son] Mason, Loudoun County, [Va.], to Robert Carter, "Nominy [sic] Hall", [Westmoreland Co., Va.].
		Ste[ven]s Thom[son] Mason and Wilson C. Nicholas, Phil[adelphi]a, [Pa.], to James Monroe, Richmond, [Va.].
		This is a group of 27 items and 3 additions, relating principally to George Mason and his family of Fairfax and Loudoun counties, Virginia.
	www.swem.wm.edu /departments/special-collections/exhibits/findingAids/inventories/mason.cfm (373 words)

	Welcome To Mason
		Mason - named after Michigan's first governor, Stevens T. Mason - was incorporated as a village in 1865.
		Mason is considered a business center for people in the southern part of the county.
		Mason's annual Spring Fling arts and crafts show is held the first weekend in May, while Down Home Days, Mason's annual festival, is held during the third week in September.
	www.lansinghomeowner.com /content/article.html?id=47702 (719 words)

	Ingham County General History
		On March 8, 1836, Governor Stevens T. Mason appointed Theophilus Crawford of Livingston, Washington Wing of Washtenaw, and John Wright as commissioners to locate the county seat of Ingham County.
		And on this date Governor Mason issued his proclamation confirming the location for the county-seat of Ingham agreeably to the report that the commissioners had made.
		Ingham was very near the geographical centre of the county, but, being on neither a stream nor a great traveled road, the village of Mason soon drew business to the its centre.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/mi/county/ingham/BegInghamCo.html (322 words)

	Mason - Psychology Central
		Mason is a nickname for George Mason University.
		A mason is a worker in brick or stone, now most commonly involved in building walls, but previously also arches and vaults.
		A Mason is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, a fraternal organization.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Masons (228 words)

	Mason, Michigan MI, city profile (Ingham County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
		Mason, MI Mason is a city in Ingham County, in the Lansing metro area.
		At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Mason was $20,866, compared with $21,587 nationally.
		Median rent in Mason, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $503.
	www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=21968 (540 words)

	The Case for Toledo, Michigan by Andrew M. Goldsweig
		“When Cass left office as governor of Michigan Territory, President Jackson appointed John T. Mason to succeed him, and Mason installed his son, twenty-year-old Stevens T. Mason, as territorial secretary” (Catton 90).
		Mason was determined to achieve immediate Michigan statehood without sacrificing the Toledo question.
		Governor Mason, however, prepared to meet the Court with a militia of 1200 men.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~dgoldswe/mit/class/toledowar.html (2554 words)

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