Mason Locke Weems
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Mason Locke Weems, usually referred to as Parson Weems, was an American minister, evangelical bookseller and author who wrote the first biography of George Washington immediately after his death. Some
Bel Air Plantation, where Weems and his family moved upon the death of his father-in-law, Col. Jesse Ewell, in 1805
Parson Weems' Fable, a 1939 painting by Grant Wood, depicting both Weems and his "Cherry Tree" story
Francis Marion
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Brigadier General Francis Marion, also known as the "Swamp Fox", was an American military officer, planter, and politician who served during the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War. During
Mason Locke Weems
…Exploits of General George Washington, a popular book in its time that went into many reprints. Other notable works by Weems include Life of General Francis Marion (1805); Life of Benjamin Franklin, with Essays (1817); and Life of William Penn (1819). Weems also wrote several morality pamphlets, including God's…
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General Marion Inviting a British Officer to Share His Meal by John Blake White; his slave Oscar Marion kneels at the left of the group.
Portrait of Banastre Tarleton by Joshua Reynolds, 1782
The Francis Marion Park is located in front of the Harborwalk in Georgetown, South Carolina.