Weems, M. L. 1759-1825
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Name (Latin)
Weems, M. L. 1759-1825
Other forms of name
nna Weems, Mason Locke, 1759-1825
Weems, Parson, 1759-1825
Date of birth
1759-10-11
Date of death
1825-05-23
Occupation
Biographers
Clergy
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Language
English
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Anderson, D.G. Abraham Lincoln, the quest for immortality, 1982:
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Portrait of Mason Locke Weems
Unknown artist: Image taken from PICTORIAL FIELD BOOK OF THE REVOLUTION, VOLUME II, BY BENSON J. LOSSING, 1850., Public domain
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Virginiahistorian77, CC BY-SA 3.0
File:Parson Weems' Fable.jpg
Grant Wood
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Wikipedia description:
Mason Locke Weems (October 11, 1759 – May 23, 1825), usually referred to as Parson Weems, was an American minister, evangelical bookseller and author who wrote (and rewrote and republished) the first biography of George Washington immediately after his death. Some popular stories about Washington thought during the 20th century to be apocryphal can be traced to Weems, including the cherry tree tale ("I cannot tell a lie, I did it with my little hatchet"). Weems' biography of Washington was a bestseller that depicted Washington's virtues and was intended to provide morally instructive tales for the youth of the young nation.
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