1. The life of Richard Henry Lee
... to England to complete his education at the academy at Wakefield. He probably returned to Virginia in 1752. He then studied law OCCUPATION: Planter OFFICES HELD: Justice of the Peace, Westmoreland County, 1757; Delegate, Virginia House of Burgesses, 1758-1775; Delegate, Continental Congress, 1775-1779; Signer of the Declaration of Independence, 1776; Member, Virginia House of Delegates, 1777, 1780, 1785; Delegate, Virginia Constitutional Ratification Convention ... stamp collector. Later, in February 1766, Lee gathered the citizens of his own county together into an "association" to agre...
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