Benjamin Franklin was a proponent in the 1770s ; the Honourable Artillery Company had an archer company between 1784 and 1794 ; and a man named Richard Mason wrote a book proposing the arming of militia with pike and longbow in 1798.

When Lucas refused Mason's demand to extradite Two Stickney back to Michigan for trial, Mason wrote to President Jackson for help, suggesting that the matter be referred to the United States Supreme Court.

Critic Stewart Mason wrote, " Over their brilliant first three albums, Wire expanded the sonic boundaries of not just punk, but rock music in general.

Author Susan Kandel wrote her debut mystery novel I Dreamed I Married Perry Mason ( 2005 ) about a woman, Cece Caruso, who is writing a biography of Erle Stanley Gardner.

James Mason wrote most of the book and also illustrated it.

Actor James Mason, who worked with Ophüls on two films, wrote a short poem about the director's love for tracking shots and elaborate camera movements:

* Judi Ann Mason, born and reared in Shreveport-Bossier, Hollywood screenwriter and producer, wrote " Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit "

Mason took his advice and wrote General Brown to hold off on any display of force.

In reference to Lucas, his three Ohio commissioners and their guard, Mason wrote, " Let him get on our soil, arrest him, strike the blood at once, disgrace him and his state, and end the controversy.

However, at the same time Mason wrote the General, he also ordered three additional units of the Michigan militia into readiness.

* May 1: Mason wrote to Howard and Rush indicating his willingness to let Lucas rerun the Harris Line if Ohio would do nothing to extend jurisdiction over the Toledo area once the project was completed.

* January 18: Norvell and Crary wrote a letter to Mason pointing out that their hopes for rapid admission into the Union had disappeared.

Laurence Iannaccone of George Mason University, a specialist in the economics of religion, wrote that The Making of a Moonie was " one of the most comprehensive and influential studies " of the process of conversion to new religious movements.

" T. Coraghessan Boyle of The New York Times Book Review wrote, " This is old Pynchon, the true Pynchon, the best Pynchon of all, Mason & Dixon is a groundbreaking book, a book of heart and fire and genius, and there is nothing quite like it in our literature ," New York Times critic Michiko Kakutani said, " A novel that is as moving as it is cerebral, as poignant as it is daring ... a book that testifies to Pynchon's remarkable powers of invention and his sheer power as a storyteller.

On September 27, 1786, Mason wrote to Benjamin Franklin that he had returned to Philadelphia with his wife, seven sons, and one daughter.

The last commoner to serve as Grand Master was George Payne in his second term of office in 1720 / 21, when he wrote " The General Regulations of a Free Mason " which were later incorporated in Anderson's Constitutions.

In 1853, English hymnwriter John Mason Neale wrote the " Wenceslas " lyrics, in collaboration with his music editor Thomas Helmore, and the carol first appeared in Carols for Christmas-Tide, 1853.

Their popular history took issue with events, and whether John Mason and John Underhill wrote the accounts that appeared under their names.

Mason wrote more than 30 hymns, including the still popular Anglican hymn How shall I sing that majesty.

Harvard law professor Theophilus Parsons wrote, “ I am just as certain that Wilkes had a legal right to take Mason and Slidell from the Trent, as I am that our government has a legal right to blockade the port of Charleston .” Caleb Cushing, a prominent Democrat, and former Attorney General ( under Franklin Pierce ) concurred: “ In my judgment, the act of Captain Wilkes was one which any and every self-respecting nation must and would have done by its own sovereign right and power, regardless of circumstances .” Richard Henry Dana, Jr., considered an expert on maritime law, justified the detention because the envoys were engaged “ solely a mission hostile to the United States ,” making them guilty of “ treason within our municipal law .” Edward Everett, a former minister to Great Britain and a former Secretary of State, also argued that “ the detention was perfectly lawful their confinement in Fort Warren will be perfectly lawful .”

In his diary, Chase wrote that the release of Mason and Slidell “… was like gall and wormwood to me.

He also wrote the fight song for his hometown high school " Mason City, Go!

Similarly, James Mason wrote, " Fairly tried and found wanting, the Sicilian has now scarcely any standing as a first-class defence.

Cronin and F. Van Wyck Mason, who wrote on Bermudian subjects.

In 1960 Mason wrote for the TV mini-series The Days of Vengeance and in 1961 Flower of Evil.

In 2006 comedian and actor Jackie Mason filed a lawsuit against Jews for Jesus, alleging that they unlawfully distributed a pamphlet which used his name and likeness in a way that suggested he was a member of the group.

A judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York denied a preliminary injunction against Jews for Jesus over the pamphlet, finding the distribution of the pamphlet to be protected by the First Amendment, and also stated that the pamphlet did not suggest that Mason was a Christian.

Perry Mason and Hamilton Burger, Nero Wolfe and Inspector Cramer spend more time fighting each other than they do in looking for the criminal.

This is not unlike the order received by the sergeant of an army motor pool: `` Four trucks to Fort Mason gym, 7:30 tonight, for hauling girls to dance.

Typical touch: She sold a $10,000 morning light mink to Sportsman Freddie Wacker for his frau, Jana Mason, also an ex-singer.

Cecil Mason of Hartford, Conn., was best man for his brother, and groomsmen were Rhodes S. Baker 3, of Houston, Dr. James Carter of Houston and Conrad McEachern of New Orleans, La..

While Yahweh demands animals that are " without blemish " ( Leviticus 1: 3, NRSV ), the priests, who were " to determine whether the animal was acceptable " ( Mason 143 ), were offering blind, lame and sick animals for sacrifice because they thought nobody would notice.

Sullivan later invited Mason back for a return engagement, but the notoriety of the " finger " incident lingered with the studio audience.

* Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution, a collaborative site by the Center for History and New Media ( George Mason University ) and the American Social History Project ( City University of New York )

When he retired from Virginia in 1994, he became Distinguished Research Professor at the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University until 2000.

Some like the British Marxist historian Timothy Mason have argued that the Second World War was a direct effect of the German economic system, which made expansionism necessary for domestic prosperity, indeed, survival ; and which made Jingoism necessary for the quelling of class conflicts.

In May 1769, Washington introduced a proposal, drafted by his friend George Mason, calling for Virginia to boycott English goods until the Acts were repealed.

Today, Mason is recognized for its strong programs in economics, law, creative writing, computer science, and business.

In 1959, the Board of Visitors of UVA selected a permanent name for the college: George Mason College of the University of Virginia.

Local jurisdictions of Fairfax County, Arlington County, and the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church agreed to appropriate $ 3 million to purchase land adjacent to Mason to provide for a Fairfax Campus in 1966 with the intention that the institution would expand into a regional university of major proportions, including the granting of graduate degrees.

A 15 minute shuttle in addition to the CUE bus, free for students with a Mason ID card, serves the students through routes from the Metro station to the University.

In 2004 during the Democratic Primaries, Senator John Kerry, the eventual Democratic Nominee for President, visited George Mason University and gave a speech on the floor of the Johnson Center.

George Mason University's Center for the Arts.

Additionally, in the book The Mason Williams FCC Rapport, author Mason Williams states that he pitched an idea to CBS for a television program that featured " video-radio ," where disc jockeys would play avant-garde art pieces set to music on the air.

* 1767 – Surveying for the Mason – Dixon Line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed.

In 1965 Mason Remey called for the International Bahá ' í Council, of which Marangella was president, to become active.

Pat Mason, Glen Koelling, Bob Swanson and Vilma Radford claimed Patterson never repaid loans they made to him for a bigfoot movie Roger was planning.

The abolition of rates was in the manifesto of Thatcher's Conservative Party in the 1979 general election, and the replacement was proposed in the Green Paper of 1986, Paying for Local Government based on ideas developed by Dr Madsen Pirie and Douglas Mason of the Adam Smith Institute.

Co-starring James Mason, Maximilian Schell, David Warner and Senta Berger, Cross of Iron was noted for its opening montage utilizing documentary footage as well as the visceral impact of the unusually intense battle sequences.

The Scottish Rite is one of the appendant bodies of Freemasonry that a Master Mason may join for further exposure to the principles of Freemasonry.