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Apr 2, 2014 · Learn about Richard Henry Lee, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States who proposed the Lee Resolution for independence from Britain. Find out his early life, public service, political views and death.
Richard Lee I (1618 – 1 March 1664) (later nicknamed "The Immigrant") was the first member of the Lee family to live in America. Poor when he arrived in Virginia in 1639, Lee may have been both the Virginia Colony's wealthiest inhabitant and as its largest landholder by the time of his death, owning 15,000 acres in Virginia and Maryland.
Richard Henry Lee (January 20, 1732 – June 19, 1794) was an American statesman and Founding Father from Virginia, best known for the June 1776 Lee Resolution, the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain leading to the United States Declaration of Independence, which he signed.
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.
Colonel Richard Lee "the Founder" of the family in North America. Thomas Lee (1690–1750), Virginia colonist and cofounder of the Ohio Company. Richard Henry Lee (1732–1794) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and served as the president of the Continental Congress.
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.
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Richard Lee is a cardiologist and professor at Harvard University and Medical School. He researches heart failure and metabolic diseases, and teaches courses on glucose, human development, and global heart disease.
