Definition of Richard Henry Lee

1. Noun. Leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794).

Exact synonyms: Lee
Generic synonyms: American Revolutionary Leader

Lexicographical Neighbors of Richard Henry Lee

Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Richard Buckminster Fuller
Richard Burbage
Richard Burdon Haldane
Richard Burton
Richard Coeur de Lion
Richard D'Oyly Carte
Richard D. Fosbury
Richard E. Byrd
Richard E. Smalley
Richard Errett Smalley
Richard Erskine Leakey
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Richard Feynman
Richard Haldane
Richard Henry Lee (current term)
Richard Henry Tawney
Richard Hooker
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace
Richard I
Richard II
Richard III
Richard J. Roberts
Richard John Roberts
Richard Jordan Gatling
Richard Kuhn
Richard Leakey
Richard Lovelace
Richard M. Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon

Literary usage of Richard Henry Lee

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1899)
"See " Life of Richard Henry Lee," Vol. ii, p. io. Unpublished PS Speaks of the need of a hospital. Vol. i, p. 189, No. 56. 1776.—May ii, New York. ..."

2. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Charles Campbell (1860)
"Richard Henry Lee was born at Stratford, on the Potomac, January 20th, 1732, his father being Thomas Lee, and his mother, Hannah, daughter of Colonel ..."

3. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1898)
"[The following letters of Richard Henry Lee, of Virginia, are addressed to his friend, Hon. William Whipple, of New Hampshire. ..."

4. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Charles Campbell (1860)
"Richard Henry Lee—Francis Lightfoot Lee—Carter Braxton. Richard Henry Lee, a signer of the Declaration, was born at Stratford, on the Potomac, ..."

5. American Eloquence: a Collection of Speeches and Addresses: By the Most by Frank Moore (1857)
"Richard, the great-grandfather of Richard Henry Lee, removed from England to Virginia, ... Richard Henry Lee was born on the twentieth day of January, 1732, ..."

6. The Writings of George Washington by George Washington (1889)
"DEAR SIR, TO Richard Henry Lee. WILLIAMSBURG, ^ August, 1774.' If this letter should (though I do not see any probable chance that it will,) reach your ..."

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