Posthumous Recognition
The crater Mason on the Moon is named after him.
Mason is one of the titular characters of Thomas Pynchon's 1997 novel Mason & Dixon.
The song "Sailing to Philadelphia" from Mark Knopfler's album of the same name, also has strong references to Mason and Dixon, and was inspired by Pynchon's book.
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