Lee, Charles, 1758-1815
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United States Attorney-General.
From the description of Letter, 1813 May 2, Alexandria, Va., to William Broadfoot, Charleston, S.C. [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647825399
Charles Lee was born in 1758. He was brother of Richard Bland Lee and Henry "Light-horse Harry" Lee. A.B. degree from College of New Jersey. Collector of port of Alexandria, Va. Admitted to bar. Served in Virginia General Assembly. Attorney-general of the United States, 1795-1801. Died in Fauquier Co., Va. in 1815.
From the description of Letter, 1793 June 3, Richmond, [Va.] to William Lee, "Greenspring" near Williamsburg, [Va.]. (College of William & Mary). WorldCat record id: 19997552
American jurist.
From the description of Papers of Charles Lee [manuscript], 1805 and n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812031
Brother of Henry "Light-Horse Harry" and Richard Bland Lee; U.S. attorney general 1795-1801.
From the description of ALS : to John Graham, 1800 May 23. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122489369
Lee was a Princeton graduate (1775), served in the General Assembly of Virginia and was the U.S. Attorney General, 1795-1801.
From the description of [Letter] 1796 Nov. 1, Alexandria [Va.] [to] Dear Sir / Charles Lee. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 314410973
Lee (1758-1815) was the second son of Henry Lee (1729-1787) and Lucy Grymes Lee. He attended the College of New Jersey [Princeton], 1770-1775, was admitted to the bar in Virginia in 1781 and in Philadelphia in 1794, and was attorney general under Washington and Adams, 1795-1801.
From the guide to the Charles Lee Notebook of Virginia Cases, 1783-1793, 1783-1855, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)
Virginia legislator and jurist.
From the description of Legal notes of Charles Lee [manuscript], 1783-1793,1855. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647854014
From the description of Legal notes of Charles Lee, 1783-1855. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 34566986
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