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Mason Locke (“Parson Weems” ), 1759–1825, U.S. clergyman and biographer. |
| Weems (wēmz) American clergyman and writer known for his laudatory fictionalized biography of George Washington (1800), a later edition of which contains the story of Washington chopping down a cherry tree. |
Mason Locke Weems
American clergyman, itinerant book agent, and fabricator of the story of George Washington's chopping down the cherry tree. This fiction was inserted into the fifth edition (1806) of Weems's book The Life and Memorable Actions of George Washington (1800).
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