Parson Weems
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1759 – 1825
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Who was Parson Weems?
Mason Locke Weems, generally known as Parson Weems, was an American book agent and author. He is best known as the source of some of the apocryphal stories about George Washington. The famous tale of the cherry tree is included in The Life of Washington, Weems' most famous work. This nineteenth-century bestseller depicted Washington's virtues and provided an entertaining and morally instructive tale for the youth of the young nation.
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- Born
- Oct 11, 1759
Anne Arundel County - Also known as
- M. L. Weems
- Mason Weems
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- May 23, 1825
Beaufort
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on July 23, 2013
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