Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794

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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. He also served a one-year term as the president of the Continental Congress, was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation, and was a United States Senator from Virginia from 1789 to 1792, serving during 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.

Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, Lee spent most of his early life in Stratford, Virginia, at Stratford Hall. Here he was tutored and taught in a variety of skills. To develop his political career, his father sent him around to neighboring planters with the intention for Lee to become associated with neighboring men of like prominence. In 1748, at 16, Lee left Virginia for Yorkshire, England, to complete his formal education at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield. Both of his parents died in 1750 and, in 1753, after touring Europe, he returned to Virginia to help his brothers settle the estate his parents had left behind.

In 1757, Lee was appointed justice of the peace in Westmoreland County. In 1758, he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses, where he met Patrick Henry. An early advocate of independence, Lee became one of the first to create Committees of correspondence among the many independence-minded Americans in the various colonies. In August 1774, Lee was chosen as a delegate to the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Lee had returned to Virginia by the time Congress voted on and adopted the Declaration of Independence, but he signed the document when he returned to Congress.

Lee was elected sixth president of Congress under the Articles of Confederation on November 30, 1784, in the French Arms Tavern, Trenton, New Jersey. Congress convened on January 11, 1785, in the old New York City Hall, with Lee presiding until November 23, 1785. In 1789, Lee was elected as one of the first two United States Senators from Virginia, serving as president pro tempore from April 1792 until his resignation from the Senate six months later due to illness. Lee died on June 19, 1794, at the age of 62.

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creatorOf Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. ALS, 1785 January 21 : New York, to George Clinton. Copley Press, J S Copley Library
creatorOf Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Autograph letter signed : Chantilly, to Johns Hopkins, Esq., 1793 Nov. 29. Pierpont Morgan Library.
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creatorOf Monroe, James, 1758-1831. ALS, 1783 December 16 : Annapolis, to Richard Henry Lee [with Lee's response dated 1784 January 5]. Copley Press, J S Copley Library
creatorOf Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Letter, 1776 April 20. Library of Virginia
creatorOf Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. AMS, [n.d.] : Copy of Report of Virginia delegates to Continental Congress. Copley Press, J S Copley Library
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creatorOf Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Autograph letter signed, 1782 Aug. 10. Pierpont Morgan Library.
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creatorOf Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Letters to Thomas Jefferson concerning British raids along the Potomac, and to John Hancock on United States' precarious credit, and publication of Letters of American ministers of Paris [manuscript] 9 April 1781, 21 January 1785. University of Virginia. Library
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creatorOf Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786. Autograph letter signed : "Head Quarters, at the round: O", to Richard Henry Lee, 1781 Dec. 9. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Klos, Stanley L. Forgotten Founders collection, 2008-2009. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
creatorOf Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Autograph letter signed : to Robert Carter, 1782 July 10. Pierpont Morgan Library.
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creatorOf Burke, Thomas. Letters, 1776, 1782. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
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referencedIn Lee, Richard Henry, 1794-1865. ALS, 1824 Jan. 4, Leesburg, Va. to James Madison, Montpelier, Va. University of North Texas Library, UNT
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creatorOf Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Letter : York, Penn., to John Page, Williamsburg, Va., 1778 May 31. Texas Christian University
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creatorOf Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Autograph letter signed : Chantilly, to Dr. William Shippen, Jr., 1771 Apr. 20. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Autograph letter signed : to General Lee, 1776 May 18. Pierpont Morgan Library.
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creatorOf Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799. ALS, 1777 Dec. 18, Williamsburg, to Richard Henry Lee. Rosenbach Museum & Library
creatorOf Rosenbach, A. S. W. (Abraham Simon Wolf), 1876-1952,. Signers of the Declaration of Independence autograph collection, 1756-1818. Rosenbach Museum & Library
referencedIn Henry Woodhouse Collection Relating to George Washington, 1656-1930, (bulk 1825-1887) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Letter to unknown recipient, 1777 May 6. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. ALS, 1787 September 1 : New York, to unknown. Copley Press, J S Copley Library
creatorOf Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Autograph note signed, 1790 Apr. 28. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Autograph letter signed : New York, to the governor of Georgia, 1785 Jan. 21. Pierpont Morgan Library.
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creatorOf Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. ALS, 1776 December 24 : Baltimore, to Robert Morris, Philadelphia. Copley Press, J S Copley Library
referencedIn Brand, R. Alfred, III,. Alfred and Elizabeth Brand Collection of Civil War and Lee Family Papers, 1757-1925 (bulk 1838-1868). Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Burnett, Edmund Cody, 1864-1949. Cipher keys [manuscript], n.d. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Autograph letter signed : New York, to "my dear brother" [Arthur Lee], 1790 July 27. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Lee, R. H. Letters, 1862. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
creatorOf Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803. Letter : Caroline County, Va., to Richard Henry Lee 1778 July 27. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Frost, Samuel, 1751-1817. Samuel Frost orderly book, 1775-1779. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Custis-Lee Family Papers, 1700-circa 1928, (bulk 1770-1870) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Alfred and Elizabeth Brand Collection of Civil War and Lee Family Papers, 1757-1925, (bulk 1838-1868) David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958. Houghton Library
creatorOf United States. Declaration of Independence : ms. copy, [ca. 1794]. Rosenbach Museum & Library
referencedIn George Weedon military correspondence, 1777-1786, 1777-1786 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Washington, Corbin, 1767-ca. 1800. ALS (Copy) : Walnut Farm, Westmoreland County, Va., to Bushrod Washington, 1796 Feb. 19-20. Rosenbach Museum & Library
creatorOf Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803. Edmund Pendleton letter to Richard Henry Lee [manuscript], 1778 July 27. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813. Letter of Edmund Randolph to James Madison, 1788 November 10. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Letter, 1778 December 27, Chantilly, [Fairfax County, Va.], to Patrick Henry, n.p. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
creatorOf Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. ALS, 1782 January 20 : Chantilly, VA, to a Continental General, perhaps Nathaniel Greene. Copley Press, J S Copley Library
referencedIn Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (bulk:1700-1800) New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Mason, George, 1725-1792. Letters of George Mason, 1779-1787. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Lee, Charles Carter, 1798-1871, collector. Collection, 1768-1931 (bulk 1813-1870) [microform]. Library of Virginia
creatorOf Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Autograph letter signed : Chantilly [Virginia], 1781 Oct. the 28th. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803. Autograph letter signed : to Richard Henry Lee, 1785 Dec. 17. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826,. Photostats of Richard Henry Lee Papers in the Library of Congress [manuscript], 1941. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. ALS, 1777 January 7 : In Secret Committee, to James and Robert Purveyance. Copley Press, J S Copley Library
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creatorOf Lee, Ricbard Henry, 1732-1794. ALS, 1787 April 19 : Nassau-New Providence, to his son Carter. Copley Press, J S Copley Library
creatorOf Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Letter : York, Pa., to John Page, Williamsburg, Va., 1778 May 31. University of Chicago Library
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creatorOf Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799. Autograph letter signed : Prince Edward, to Richard Henry Lee, 1790 Feb. 8. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Lee family. Lee family papers, 1740-1795 (inclusive), [microform]. Yale University Library
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creatorOf Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Additional papers of the Lee family [manuscript] 1749-1828. University of Virginia. Library
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creatorOf Brock, R. A. (Robert Alonzo), 1839-1914. Letters of Richard Henry Lee, 1774 and 1777. William & Mary Libraries
creatorOf Cabell, Joseph C. (Joseph Carrington), 1778-1856. Cabell Family papers [manuscript], 1731-1917. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Autograph letter signed : "In Council", to Richard Henry Lee, Speaker of the House of Delegates, 1781 Mar. 17. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Morris, Robert, 1734-1806. [Letter] : October 23rd 1776, Philad[elphi]a, [to] Silas Deane, Paris. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Samuel Adams Papers, 1635-1826 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Letters of Richard Henry Lee [manuscript] 1776-79. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813. Letter of Edmund Randolph to James Madison [manuscript], 1788 November 10. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Jay Johns Papers, 1918-1974. Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
creatorOf Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. ALS, 1778 [May] 4, York, Pa., to John Page, Williamsburg, Va. Rosenbach Museum & Library
creatorOf Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Letter, 1778 January 7, Chantilly, [Fairfax County, Va.], to Governor Patrick Henry, Williamsburg, [Va.]. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
creatorOf Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803. Samuel Adams papers, 1635-1826. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Washington, George, 1732-1799. ALS : Philadelphia, to Richard Henry Lee, 1794 Apr. 15. Rosenbach Museum & Library
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creatorOf Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Letter, 12 August 1779. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letters to various recipients [manuscript] 1790-1823. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Autograph letter signed : Chantilly, to Thomas Jefferson, 1776 Feb. 23. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume III, Miscellany, 1756-1807 Cornell University Library
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creatorOf William L. Clements Library. Nathanael Greene papers, 1762-1852, bulk 1780-1785. William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794. Papers of Richard Henry Lee, 1785-1796. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Adams, John, 1735-1826. ALS : to John Trumbull, 1790 Apr. 25. Rosenbach Museum & Library
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creatorOf Tazewell family. Papers, 1664 [1771-1805] 1842. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
referencedIn Lee, Richard Henry, 1794-1865,. Lee family papers, 1742-1795 [microform]. Library of Virginia
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associatedWith Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 person
associatedWith Laurens, John, 1754-1782 person
associatedWith Lawson, Robert, d. ca. 1802. person
associatedWith Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792 person
associatedWith Lee, Arthur, 1740-1826. person
associatedWith Lee, Charles person
associatedWith Lee, Charles, 1731-1782. person
associatedWith Lee, Charles Carter, 1798-1871, collector. person
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sibling of Lee, Francis Lightfoot, 1734-1795. person
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associatedWith Lee, Ludwell, 1760-1836. person
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associatedWith Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870. person
associatedWith Lee, Thomas Ludwell. person
associatedWith Lee, William, 1739-1795 person
associatedWith Lewis, Francis, 1713-1802. person
associatedWith Logan, Robert Restalrig, person
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associatedWith Lovell, James, 1737-1814 person
associatedWith Lyne, Cassie Moncure, b. 1875. person
associatedWith Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959 person
associatedWith Martin, John person
associatedWith Mason, George, 1725-1792. person
associatedWith McEvers, Charles, fl. 1770-1785. person
associatedWith McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817. person
associatedWith Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800 person
associatedWith Monroe, James, 1758-1831. person
associatedWith Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816 person
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associatedWith Moses, Ezekial. person
associatedWith Nelson, William, 1711-1772. person
associatedWith Page, John, 1744-1808. person
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associatedWith Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 person
associatedWith Parker, Daniel, 1782-1846. person
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associatedWith Potts, John, fl. 1798, person
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associatedWith Purveyance, Robert. person
associatedWith Purviance, Samuel, person
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correspondedWith Roberdeau, Daniel, 1727-1795. person
associatedWith Rosenbach, A. S. W. (Abraham Simon Wolf), 1876-1952, person
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associatedWith Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804. person
associatedWith Searle, James, 1730-1797, person
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correspondedWith Shippen family family
associatedWith Shippen, William, person
associatedWith Shippen, William, 1736? -1808 person
associatedWith Shippen, William, Dr, person
correspondedWith Smith, Meriwether, 1730-1790. person
associatedWith Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 person
associatedWith Stedman, Henry R. person
associatedWith Stephen, Adam, b. ca. 1730-1791. person
correspondedWith Strauss, Lewis L. person
associatedWith Sullivan, James person
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associatedWith Thalhimer, Morton G. person
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associatedWith Willard, Henry A. (Henry Augustus), 1902- person
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Place Name Admin Code Country
United States
Westmoreland County VA US
Westmoreland County VA US
New York City NY US
Wakefield ENG GB
Subject
1778-1927
Slavery
Actions and defenses
Executors and administrators
American Revolution
Ash Lawn (Virginia : Estate)
Boundaries, State
Canadian Invasion, 1775-1776
Card weaving
Carleton's Invasion, 1776
Commerce
Constitutional history
Debt, Imprisonment for
Debts, Public
Decedents' estates
Early National Politics
Foreign ministers
Governor
Military history
Legilslators
Money
Non-importation agreements, 1768-1769
Ordnance
Plantation owners
Plantations
Political corruption
Real property
Shipbuilding
Slaves
Slaves
Stamp act, 1765
Tobacco
War, Cost of
Weaving
Wills
Occupation
Delegates, U.S. Continental Congress
Justices of the peace
Militia officers
Senators, U.S. Congress
Statesmen
Activity

Person

Birth 1732-01-20

Death 1794-06-19

Male

Americans,

Britons

English

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