See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

RICHARD See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

HENRY See also:

• LEE
• LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
• LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
• LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
• LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
• LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
• LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
• LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
• LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
• RICHARD HENRY LEE (1732-1794)
• LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
• LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
• LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
• LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)

LEE (1732-1794)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American statesman and orator, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• STRATFORD
• STRATFORD, JOHN DE (d. 1348)

Stratford, in Westmoreland See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia, on the 20th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1732, and was one of six distinguished sons of See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• LEE
• LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
• LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
• LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
• LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
• LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
• LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
• LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
• LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
• LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
• LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
• LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
• LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
• LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)

Lee (d . 1750), a descendant of an old See also:

• CAVALIER
• CAVALIER, JEAN (1681-1740)

Cavalier See also:

• FAMILY

family, the first representative of which in See also:

• AMERICA

America was See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard Lee, who was a member of the privy See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council, and See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in the reign of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles I. emigrated to Virginia . Richard See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry Lee received an See also:

• ACADEMIC

academic See also:

• EDUCATION

education in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, then spent a little See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in travel, returned to Virginia in 1752, having come into See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• PROPERTY

property See also:

• LEFT

left him by his See also:

• FATHER

father, and for several years applied himself to varied studies . When twenty-five he was appointed See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice of the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of Westmoreland county, and in the same See also:

• YEAR

year was chosen a member of the Virginia See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of Burgesses, in which he served from 1758 to 1775 . He kept a diffident silence during two sessions, his first speech being in strong opposition to See also:

• SLAVERY

slavery, which he proposed to discourage and eventually to abolish, by imposing a heavy tax on all further importations . He early allied himself with the Patriot or Whig See also:

• ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element in Virginia, and in the years immediately preceding the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence was conspicuous as an opponent of the arbitrary See also:

• MEASURES

measures of the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry . In 1768, in a See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter to See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• DICKINSON, ANNA ELIZABETH (1842– )
• DICKINSON, JOHN (1732–1808)

Dickinson of See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania, he suggested a private See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence among the See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends of See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty in the different colonies, and in 1773 he became a member of the Virginia See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

Committee of Correspondence . Lee was one of the delegates from Virginia to the first See also:

• CONTINENTAL

Continental See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress at See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia in 1774, and prepared the address to the See also:

• PEOPLE

people of British America, and the second address to the people of See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, which are among the most effective papers of the time . In accordance with instructions given by the Virginia House of Burgesses, Lee introduced in Congress, on the 7th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1776, the following famous resolutions: (1) " that these See also:

• UNITED

united colonies are, and of right ought to be, See also:

• FREE

free and See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent states, that they are absolved from all See also:

• ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance to the British See also:

• CROWN

crown, and that all See also:

• POLITICAL

political connexion between them and the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved "; (2) " that it is expedient to take the most effectual measures for forming See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign alliances "; and (3) " that a See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan of See also:

• CONFEDERATION (Fr. confederation, Lat. confoederatio, from foedus, a league, foederare, to form a league)

confederation be prepared and transmitted to the respective colonies for their See also:

• CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration and approbation." After debating the first of these resolutions for three days, Congress resolved that the further consideration of it should be postponed until the 1st of See also:

• JULY

July, but that a committee should be appointed to prepare a See also:

• DECLARATION (from Lat. declarare, to make fully clear, clams)

declaration of independence . The illness of Lee's wife prevented him from being a member of that committee, but his first See also:

• RESOLUTION

resolution was adopted on the 2nd pally by Thomas See also:

• JEFFERSON
• JEFFERSON, JOSEPH (1829-1905)
• JEFFERSON, THOMAS (1743-1826)

Jefferson, was adopted two days later . Lee was in Congress from 1774 to 1780, and was especially prominent in connexion with foreign affairs . He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1777, 1780–1784 and 1786–1787; was in Congress again from 1784 to 1787, being See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president in 1784–1786; and was one of the first United States senators chosen from Virginia after the See also:

• ADOPTION (Lat. adoptio, for adoptalio, from adoptare, to choose for oneself)

adoption of the Federal constitution .

Though strongly opposed to the adoption of that constitution, owing to what he regarded as its dangerous infringements upon the independent See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of the states, he accepted the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of senator in See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

hope of bringing about amendments, and proposed the Tenth See also:

• AMENDMENT (through the O. Fr. amender, to correct, from Lat. mendum, a fault)

Amendment in substantially the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form in which it was adopted . He became a warm supporter of See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington's See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration, and his prejudices against the constitution were largely removed by its working in practice . He retired from public See also:

• LIFE

life in 1792, and died at See also:

• CHANTILLY

Chantilly, in Westmoreland county, on the 19th of June 1794 . See the Life (Philadelphia, 1825), by his See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson, R . H . Lee; and Letters (New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, 1910), edited by J . C . Ballagh . His See also:

• BROTHER

brother, See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM LEE (1739–1795), was a diplomatist during the War of Independence . He accompanied his brother, See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

Arthur Lee (q.v.), to England in 1766 to engage in See also:

• MERCANTILE (or COMMERCIAL) AGENCIES

mercantile pursuits, joined the Wilkes See also:

• FACTION (through the French, from Lat. factio, a company of persons combined for action, facere, to do; from the other French derivative facon comes " fashion ")

faction, and in 1775 was elected an See also:

• ALDERMAN (from A.-S. ealdorman, compounded of the comparative degree of the adjective eald, old, and man)

alderman of See also:

• LONDON

London, then a life-position . In See also:

• APRIL

April 1777, however, he received See also:

• NOTICE

notice of his See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment by the Committee of See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

Secret Correspondence in America to See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act with Thomas See also:

• MORRIS
• MORRIS [MORRISON], CLARA (1849– )
• MORRIS, GOUVERNEUR (1752–1816)
• MORRIS, JOHN (1810-1886)
• MORRIS, RICHARD (1833–1894)
• MORRIS, ROBERT (1734–1806)
• MORRIS, SIR LEWIS (1833–1907)
• MORRIS, WILLIAM (1834-1896)

Morris as commercial See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent at See also:

• NANTES
• NANTES, EDICT OF

Nantes . He went to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris and became involved in his brother's opposition to See also:

• FRANKLIN
• FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN (1706-1790)
• FRANKLIN, SIR JOHN (1786-1847)
• FRANKLIN, WILLIAM BUEL (1823-1903)

Franklin and See also:

• DEANE, RICHARD (1610-1653)
• DEANE, SILAS (1737-1789)

Deane .

In May 1777 Congress See also:

• CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

chose William Lee See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner to the courts of See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna and See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, but he gained recognition at neither . In See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1778, however, while at See also:

• AIX

Aix-la-Chapelle, he negotiated a plan of a treaty with See also:

• JAN

Jan de Neufville, who represented See also:

• VAN

Van Berckel, See also:

• PENSIONARY

pensionary of See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam . It was a copy of this proposed treaty which, on falling into the hands of the British on the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of Henry See also:

• LAURENS, HENRY (1724–1792)

Laurens, the duly appointed See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister to the See also:

• NETHERLANDS

Netherlands, led to Great Britain's declaration of war against the Netherlands in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1780 . Lee was recalled from his See also:

• MISSION

mission to Vienna and Berlin in June 1779, without being required to return to America . He resigned his See also:

• POST

post as an alderman of London in January 178o, and returned to Virginia about 1784 . See Letters of William Lee, edited by W . C . See also:

• FORD, EDWARD ONSLOW
• FORD, JOHN (r586–c.1640)
• FORD, RICHARD (1796-1858)
• FORD, THOMAS (b. c. 158o)

Ford (See also:

• BROOKLYN

Brooklyn, 1891) . Another brother, See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

FRANCIS See also:

• LIGHTFOOT, JOHN (1602-1675)
• LIGHTFOOT, JOSEPH BARBER (1828-1889)

LIGHTFOOT LEE (1734–1797), was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1770–1775 . In 1775–1779 he was a delegate to the Continental Congress, and as such signed the Declaration of Independence . He served on the committee which drafted the Articles of Confederation, and contended that there should be no treaty of peace with Great Britain which did not See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant to the United States both the right to the See also:

• NEWFOUNDLAND

Newfoundland See also:

• FISHERIES

fisheries and the free See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation of the See also:

• MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi . After retiring from Congress he served in 1780–1782 in the Virginia See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

Senate .