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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: September 26, 2019
Caption: Richard Bland Lee
Additional Description: Here reposes the remains of
Richard Bland Lee
A native of Virginia
As a Patriot Father Husband & Friend
He was beloved and admired
As a Philanthropist & man he was
Unsurpassed for the benevolence
& affection of this heart.
If he had an enemy on earth
That enemy knew him not.
He Died at Washington
On the 12 March 1827
In the 67th year of his Age.
Richard Bland Lee and His Wife Elizabeth Collins Lee were buried in Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC. In 1975 their graves were moved to Sully.
Submitted: September 29, 2019, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p495624
File Size: 1.846 Megabytes

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