Lee family papers, 1740-1795 (inclusive), [microform].

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Lee family papers, 1740-1795 (inclusive), [microform].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122597761

Personal, political, diplomatic, and commercial correspondence, commercial accounts and records, and financial records of Thomas Lee of Virginia and his sons Arthur, Richard Henry, and William Lee. Also included are the papers of Robert Morris, John Ross, and William Brigham and the proceedings of the Secret Committee of Correspondence of the Continental Congress.

8 reels.

Yale University Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6782359

Yale University Library

Related Entities

There are 11 Entities related to this resource.

Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kb40wq (person)

Arthur Lee (20 December 1740 – 12 December 1792) was a physician and opponent of slavery in colonial Virginia in North America who served as an American diplomat during the American Revolutionary War. He was educated in medicine and law at the University of Edinburgh and in London, respectively. After passing the bar, he practiced law in London for several years. He stayed in London during the Revolutionary War, representing the colonies to Britain and France and also serving as an American spy ...

Morris, Robert, 1734-1806

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67q9qh2 (person)

Robert Morris, Jr. (January 20, 1734 – May 8, 1806) was an English-born merchant and a Founding Father of the United States. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, the Second Continental Congress, and the United States Senate, and he was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. From 1781 to 1784, he served as the Superintendent of Finance of the United States, becoming known as the "Financier of the Revolution...

Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zd8txq (person)

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 fro...

Lee, Thomas, 1690-1750

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69k4cgt (person)

Thomas Lee signed as President of the Council. From the description of Land grant, 1750 June 1, to James Taylor. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 9592925 ...

Brigham, William C. (American landscape architect, contemporary)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6253pdz (person)

Molyneaux, John Lambert,

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69w0qsk (person)

Ross, John, 1729-1800.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zp50gk (person)

John Ross was Philadelphia merchant, shipper and financier. From the description of Account books and ledgers, 1758-1791. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122580269 ...

Lee family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hz0fcf (family)

United States. Continental Congress. Committee of Secret Correspondence

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68q0vs6 (corporateBody)

Hoffman, Paul, 1952-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gb3mjc (person)

Lee, William, 1739-1795

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68917s0 (person)