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The Daily Dispatch: March 14, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Ordinance of transfer passed by Alabama. (search)
Weems' Life of Washington and Life of Marion. We took occasion, yesterday, while alluding to the literary achievements of General Lee, , we are not ashamed to confess that the Life of Washington, by Mason L. Weems, and the Life of Marion, by the same author, are among our favoe of Marion--a far more pretentious work — has told us nothing that Weems had not told before, and has added nothing to what Weems had said.-Weems had said.--Every incident, every anecdote, that had been recorded by Weems, is faithfully transcribed by Sims, and, apparently, he did not think it worWeems, is faithfully transcribed by Sims, and, apparently, he did not think it worth while to look beyond his volume, so fully had he covered the entire ground. We recollect having seen Mr. Weems when we were a very smMr. Weems when we were a very small boy. It was a memorable day with us--one which we shall never forget. It was the day of an election, when elections used to be held on tRector of Mount Vernon parish" (so he wrote himself) --that was Mason L. Weems--that was the man who wrote the life of Washington! We had read