Author: Richard Henry LeePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Statesmen
Languages : en
Pages : 550
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The Letters of Richard Henry Lee: 1779-1794
Author: Richard Henry LeePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Statesmen
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
The Letters of Richard Henry Lee
Author: Richard Henry LeePublisher:
ISBN: 9780722274002
Category : United States Politics and government 1775-1783
Languages : en
Pages : 467
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The Letters of Richard Henry Lee, 1762-1794
Author: Richard Henry LeePublisher:
ISBN: 9780722246467
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2979
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The Letters of Richard Henry Lee, Vol. 2
Author: James Curtis BallaghPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330344927
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 641
Book Description
Excerpt from The Letters of Richard Henry Lee, Vol. 2: 1779-1794 The number of important letters of Richard Henry Lee that could be collected from scattered and widely separated sources, such as are noted in the preface to the first volume of this edition, has exceeded the editor's expectation. More than 540 letters of Lee's authorship have been printed in these two volumes, the present volume containing over 290 letters written during the last fifteen years of his life, 1779 - 1794. Besides Lee's active service as Member of Congress, Virginia Assemblyman, President of Congress, and first United States Senator from Virginia during this period so important in American political and constitutional development, he maintained a correspondence still more extensive apparently than before. He added some threescore persons, many of whom were conspicuous in home and foreign affairs, to the ten or more prominent public men he had retained from among the correspondents of the earlier time. The letters disclose the inner workings of Congress and abundantly show Lee's continued devotion to the cause of independence and to the union of the states under the Confederation, for both of which he had moved in Congress in 1776. Even while in the Virginia Assembly he kept national ends in mind, and like Jefferson had a vision of the West. He pressed his state for a cession of her claims to the lands beyond the Ohio that Maryland might accede to the Union, and that there might be a national domain from which new states could be created. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Letters of Richard Henry Lee, Vol. 2
Author: James Curtis BallaghPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780656122165
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
Excerpt from The Letters of Richard Henry Lee, Vol. 2: 1779-1794 Lee gives very different reasons from those some times assigned for his declining the proffered honor of representing his state in the Federal Convention. Suggestions also to its delegates, such as, that the right of making paper money Shall be exclusively vested in Congress, indicate his desire to aid their work. Later he expressed the belief that a practical improvement of our federal Constitution would come from the Convention, and of the plan it produced he wrote, This Constitution has a great many excel lent regulations in it, and if it could be reasonably amended would be a fine system. The proposals for amendment that Lee made to Congress when it was considering the Constitution are here (pp. 442 n. - 444. N.) printed for the first time from an original draft found in the interesting Shippen Collection. During the struggle for ratification he was urging adoption of the Constitution with amend ments, and opposing the proposals for rejection and a new convention. He sought his appointment to the United States Senate that he might fight for his cherished Bill of Rights and other amendments. Lee's interest in foreign relations was keen, and it is appropriate that the final letter of the volume Should be to Washington, approving his policy of neutrality and peace. Gratefully the editor acknowledges his obligation to those mentioned in the preface of the first volume for past and continued aid to his work. Appreciation and thanks are also expressed to Professor George Petrie, Dean of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, to Dr. Charles 0. Paullin of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, and to Mr. Joseph Sabin of New York for suggesting or presenting additional letters of Lee. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Letters of Richard Henry Lee Volume - II 1779-1794
Author: James Curtis BallaghPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9780526755455
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
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The Letters of Richard Henry Lee Volume - II 1779-1794 - Scholar's Choice Edition
Author: James Curtis BallaghPublisher:
ISBN: 9781298346520
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Letters of Richard Henry Lee
Author: Richard Henry LeePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Etats-Unis
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Letters of Richard Henry Lee, 1762-1794. Collected and Ed. by James Curtis Ballagh
Author: Richard Henry LeeThe Letters of Richard Henry Lee
Author: James Curtis BallaghPublisher: New York, Macmillan
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 652
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