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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—VirginiaFrancis Lightfoot LEE
(1734-1797)
LEE, Francis Lightfoot,
(brother of Arthur Lee and Richard Henry Lee), a Delegate from
Virginia; born at “Stratford,” in Westmoreland County,
Va., October 14, 1734; pursued classical studies under private
teachers; member of the house of burgesses 1758-1775; signed the
Westmoreland Association against the stamp act; Member of the
Continental Congress 1775-1779; one of the signers of the
Declaration of Independence; member of the State house of delegates
in 1780 and 1781; served in the Virginia State senate 1778-1782;
died at his home, “Menoken,” in Richmond County, Va.,
January 11, 1797; interment in wife’s family (Tayloe) burial
ground, Mount Airy plantation, near Warsaw, Va.
Bibliography
Dill, Alonzo Thomas. Francis Lightfoot Lee, The Incomparable
Signer. Edited by Edward M. Riley. Williamsburg: Virginia
Independence Bicentennial Commission, 1977.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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