Richard Henry Lee

Richard Henry Lee (January 20, 1732June 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. Lee also served a one-year term as the president of the Continental Congress, proposed and was a signatory to the Continental Association, signed the Articles of Confederation, and was a United States Senator from Virginia from 1789 to 1792, serving part of that time as the second president ''pro tempore'' of the upper house.

He was a member of the Lee family, a historically influential family in Virginia politics. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Author: Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794
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    The letters of Richard Henry Lee
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    Author: Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794
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    The letters of Richard Henry Lee
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    Author: Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794
    Published 1788
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    An additional number of letters prom [i.e. from] the Federal Farmer to the Republican, leading to a fair examination of the system of government proposed by the late convention, to several essential and necessary alterations in it, and calculated to illustrate and support the principles laid down in the preceding letters
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    Author: Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794
    Published 1775
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    The twelve united colonies by their delegates in Congress, to the inhabitants of Great-Britain
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    Published 1962
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    Empire and nation: Letters from a farmer in Pennsylvania, John Dickinson Letters from the Federal farmer, Richard Henry Lee
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    Letters from the Federal farmer to the Republican
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    Author: Federal Farmer
    Published 1787
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    Observations leading to a fair examination of the system of government proposed by the late convention, and to several essential and necessary alterations in it : in a number of letters from the Federal Farmer to the Republican
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    Published 1775
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    The twelve united colonies, by their delegates in Congress, to the inhabitants of Great-Britain
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    Published 1888
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    Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, published during its discussion by the people, 1787-1788

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