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Francis Lightfoot Lee (October 14, 1734 – January 11, 1797) was a Founding Father of the United States and a member of the House of Burgesses in the Colony of Virginia. [1] As an active protester regarding issues such as the Stamp Act of 1765, Lee helped move the colony in the direction of independence from Britain.
15 de ago. de 2022 · Francis Lightfoot Lee, known as Frank, was a member of the House of Burgesses (1758–1774), the Continental Congress (1775–1779), and the Senate of Virginia (1778–1782). Born into the Lee family of Stratford Hall, Lee was a dedicated if reluctant public servant for most of his life.
Francis Lightfoot Lee. 1734-1797. Virginia House of Burgesses, Representing Virginia at the Continental Congress. by Ole Erekson, Engraver, c1876, Library of Congress. Francis Lightfoot Lee (brother of R.H. Lee) was born in Westmoreland, Virginia, on the fourteenth of October, 1734.
18 de fev. de 2020 · Francis Lightfoot Lee was a Virginian delegate to the second Continental Congress, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation, and served on the Virginia House of Burgesses.
27 de ago. de 2023 · Francis Lightfoot Lee: An Unknown Hero of the Revolution. One name kept drawing my attention as I dug deeper into the history of America’s early years: Francis Lightfoot Lee. Francis, a major Lee family member from Virginia, is largely overshadowed by his more well-known contemporaries and even by members of his own family.
In 1775, Mr. Lee was chosen a member of the continental congress, by the Virginia convention. This was an eventful period in the annals of America. It was the year in which was shed the first blood in the revolutionary struggle. It was emphatically the year of "clouds and darkness," in which indeed the hope of better days was indulged, but in ...
LEE, FRANCIS LIGHTFOOT. (1734–1797). Member of Congress, Signer. Virginia. One of the famous four brothers of the Lee family, he was tutored at Stratford, the family home, and then left to settle at Coton, a Loudoun County estate he inherited from his father.
