Mason Locke Weems

The Life of General Francis Mar Mason Locke Weems

Short sketch of an extraordinary French couple, viz., the grandfatherand mother of our hero theirearly and happy loves cruelpersecution of the priests finalexpulsion from their native country providential settlement in SouthCarolina their prosperous andexemplary lives singular will ofold Marion and birth of hisgrandson, Francis. Immortal may their memory be Who fought and bled for liberty. One thousand seven hundred andthirty-two was a glorious year forAmerica. It gave birth to two of thenoblest thunderbolts of her wars, George Washington and FrancisMarion