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Photographer: Charles Wilson Peale
Taken: 1784
Caption: Richard Henry Lee (1732–1794)
Additional Description: An American statesman from Westmoreland County, Virginia, is perhaps best known for the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies’ independence from Great Britain. His famous resolution of June 1776 led to the United States Declaration of Independence, which Lee signed. He also served a one-year term as the President of the Continental Congress, and was a U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1789 to 1792, serving during part of that time as one of the first Presidents pro tempore.
Submitted: September 2, 2009.
Database Locator Identification Number: p75938
File Size: 0.148 Megabytes

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