Letter, 1776 May 18.

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Letter, 1776 May 18.

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Thomas L. Lee notes enclosure of the resolves adopted by the Virginia Constitutional Convention and requests advice and comments from Richard H. Lee, his brother, a member of the Continental Congress. The enclosure has not been located. The committee's report was adopted on May 15, 1776. It included the resolutions that the united colonies be declared "free and independent states" and that a committee be appointed to prepare a declaration of rights and a plan of government for the colony. Richard Henry Lee did much to promote adoption of the resolutions and he was chosen to present them before Congress.

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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 fro...

Lee, Thomas Ludwell, 1730-1778

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Thomas Ludwell Lee, a delegate from Stafford County to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1776, was a member of "a committee appointed to prepare a Declaration of Rights, and such plan of government as will be most likely to maintain peace and order in this colony, and secure substantial and equal liberty to the people." From the description of Letter, 1776 May 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122602279 ...