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The life of Richard Henry Lee

            
            
            
             BIRTHPLACE: Stratford Hall in Westmoreland County, Virginia .
            
             PLACE OF DEATH: Chantilly, Virginia .
             PARENTS: Thomas and Hannah Ludwell Lee .
             EDUCATION: Received his elementary education from private tutors, was sent 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, 1788; United States Senator, 1789-1792 .
             PLACE OF RESIDENCE: Chantilly, Virginia .
             SPOUSE: First wife--Ann Aglett; second wife--Anne Pinckard .
             MISCELLANEOUS: Lee was a staunch defender of colonial rights and was aligned with Patrick Henry as a strong opponent of the Stamp Act. .
             In late 1765, Lee reportedly led a "mob of gentlemen" to confront an official stamp collector and force him to promise never again to perform his duty as a stamp collector. Later, in February 1766, Lee gathered the citizens of his own county together into an "association" to agree to stop importing British goods until the Stamp Act was repealed. .
             Lee, along with Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, and a few other burgesses, wrote the 1774 resolution to make June 1, the day when the port of Boston was closed, a day of "Fasting, Humiliation, and Prayer" in support of the citizens of Boston. As a result of this resolution, Lord Dunmore dissolved the assembly, and a number of the burgesses met at the Raleigh Tavern to continue their discussions. .
             Richard Henry Lee.
             1732-1794.
             Virginia House of Burgesses, Representing Virginia at the Continental Congress.
             Born: January 20, 1732Birthplace: Westmoreland county, Va.Education: Private school at Wakefield, Yorkshire, England.


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