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Strother Essay.jpg
This medical pamphlet was among the publications willed to George Mason IV by his uncle John Mercer.

Criticon Febrium.jpeg
This work was among the medical books willed to George Mason by his uncle, John Mercer.

sickness and health.jpg
Cover image of an essay by Edward Strother, MD. This medical pamphlet shows the London-published sources circulating in 18th-century colonial America. George Mason IV (and probably John Mercer) owned quite a number of Strother's publications.

Burying Ground.JPG
The burial sites surrounding the red rectangle may contain the graves of enslaved individuals of Gunston Hall, including people who grew up as children on the plantation.

Bell's surgery.jpg
This publication was kept in George Mason's book collection.

Shad Fishing2.jpg
A photograph of African-American shad fishermen on the James River in Virginia, circa early 1910s

Shad Fishing1.jpg
Another rare image of women and men displaying their fresh catch on the James River in Virginia, 1915.

ann mason thomson will.pdf
This typed transcription shows a page from Ann Thomson Mason's Last Will and Testament.
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