MDDM Ch. 7 - Shaula

[Dave Monroe]

>From H.W. Robinson, "Jeremiah Dixon (1733-1779)--A
Biographical Note," Proceedings of the Am. Phil. Soc.,
Vol. 94, No. 3 (June 1950): 272-4 ...

"Jeremiah Dixon was born at Bishop Auckland on 27 July
1733." (p. 272)

Okay, one down, so far so good.  However, from Edwin
Danson, Drawing the Line (New York: John Wiley & Sons,
2001), Ch. 5, "The Transit of Venus," pp. 40-59 ...

"Charles Mason ... was born at Wherr (now Weir) Farm
in  the Gloucester village of Oakridge Lynch in April
1728." (p. 51)

And from Charles Clerc, Masdon & Dixon & pynchon
(Lanham, MD: UP of America, 2000), Ch. IV, "Fact," pp.
39-51 ...

"One of four children of Charles Mason, Sr., a
baker-miller from Bisley, and Anne Damsel of
Dallingsworth, Charles was born in Wherr-Sapperton,
Gloucetser, England, probably in March of 1728.  His
listed birthdate is actually the date of his baptism
on May 1." (p. 41)

Neither Danson nor Clerc cite their sources here
(which is a constant source of frustration for me in
the Danson book, but at least he provides a
bibliography ...), but I guess the point is, we're
just not sure on this one ...

--- John Bailey <johnbonbailey at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Are Mason or Dixon's birthdays mentioned in this
> novel? It would be fun to get an astrological
> reading for them. I seem to recall some similar
> stuff with Maskelynne later on, but I can't remember
> the details.

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