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May 31, 2017 · SUMMARY. Richard Henry Lee was a planter, merchant, politician, and a member of the prominent Lee family of Virginia.
Mar 6, 2024 · Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794) was an American politician from Virginia, who played a significant role in the American Revolution (1765-1789), particularly in the push for independence. A member of the prominent Lee family of Virginia, he served in the Second Continental Congress and, later, as a United States Senator.
Oct 27, 2023 · Richard Henry Lee was a Founding Father, planter, and politician from Virginia, best known for introducing a resolution on June 7, 1776, during the Second Continental Congress — the Lee Resolution — that called for the colonies to declare independence from Britain.
Richard Henry Lee. National Portrait Gallery. Title Statesman. War & Affiliation Revolutionary War / Patriot. Date of Birth - Death January 20, 1732-June 19, 1794. Although Richard Henry Lee demonstrated an unparalleled commitment to American independence, his name and work are not prevalent in U.S. public memory.
Richard Henry Lee, known by contemporaries as the "Cicero" of the American Revolution, was a politician and planter from Virginia who was indispensible to the founding of the United States. Lee was the driving force behind the creation of the intercolonial committees of correspondence; drafted and introduced the resolution that declared ...
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May 17, 2018 · Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794), American patriot and statesman, led early resistance in Virginia to British rule. He introduced into the Continental Congress the resolution declaring American independence. Richard Henry Lee was born into a family long prominent in Virginia's history.
Richard Henry Lee. 1732-1794. Virginia House of Burgesses, Representing Virginia at the Continental Congress. by Ole Erekson, Engraver, c1876, Library of Congress. Richard Henry Lee (brother of F.L. Lee) was born to an aristocratic family at Stratford, in Westmoreland county, Virginia.
