Richard Henry Lee

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Richard Henry Lee (January 20, 1732 – June 19, 1794) was an American statesman from Virginia best known for proposing the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies’ independence from Great Britain.

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portrait, Continental Congress, representative, US Senator, U.S. Senator, Independence

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Famous People: L, US Senators, Famous Virginians

Source

Benson John Lossing, ed. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (vol. 5) (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1912)

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