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Parson Weems

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Mason Locke Weems ( 11 October 1756 - 23 May 1825 ), often referred to as Parson Weems was an American printer and author known as the author of Life of Washington (1800), the source for several of the most famous legends about George Washington , "the...


Biography

Name: Mason Locke Weems
Birth Date: October 1, 1759
Death Date: May 23, 1825
Place of Birth: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Place of Death: Beaufort, South Carolina, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: minister

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Parson Weems's claim to a small place in American literary history has often seemed to rest on his having retailed the fabulous story of George Washington and the cherry tree. He is more justly regarded as a writer whose The Life of George Washington...
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Mason Locke Weems (1759-1825) was an American Episcopal minister, book salesman, and popular writer. Mason Locke Weems was born in Anne Arundel County, Md., on Oct. 1, 1759. He was admitted to the priesthood in 1784, serving in Maryland parishes until...
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He was truly one of "nature's oddities," said the eminent Bishop William Meade, referring to his clerical subordinate, Mason Locke Weems, better known as Parson Weems, itinerant preacher, book peddler, and writer of moralistic and patriotic pamphlets...
 


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Mason Locke Weems (October 11, 1756 - May 23, 1825), generally known as Parson Weems, was an American printer and author known as the source of some of the best-known stories about George Washington, "the Father of his Country," including the famous...


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Artforum
Carrie Mae Weems
04/01/2004: 629 words, approx. 2 pages
NEW ORLEANS CARRIE MAE WEEMS NEWCOMB ART GALLERY, TULANE UNIVERSITY When Newcomb College at Tulane University commissioned Carrie Mae Weems to create new work commemorating the bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase, she made several sets of photographs, a video projection, and...
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Albuquerque Journal
Weems: Humor saved the show
11/03/2006: 575 words, approx. 2 pages
It's the rare person who ushers in a story about cancer by saying, "This is funny. Really." But that's Mary Ann Weems. And funny it is. As she tells it, Weems' longtime business partner, Laurie Fernandez, wanted to retire 10 years...
 


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