Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Mason kwadebere akwụkwọ mbụ nke Nkwupụta nke Virginia na 1776, okwu ya mekwara ọtụtụ n'ime ederede nke ikpeazụ nke Revolutionary Virginia Convention. O dekwara iwu maka steeti ahụ; Thomas Jefferson na ndị ọzọ chọrọ ka mgbakọ ahụ nakwere echiche ha, ma ha chọpụtara na a pụghị ịkwụsị nsụgharị Mason. N'oge Agha Nnwere Onwe nke America, Mason bụ onye otu ụlọ nnọchiteanya dị ike nke Virginia General Assembly mana, na iwe nke Washington na ndị ọzọ, ọ jụrụ ije ozi na Continental Congress
na Philadelphia, na-ekwu maka ahụike na ezinụlọ.