Richard Henry Lee of Virginia
Subtitle: a portrait of an American revolutionary
By: J. Kent McGaughy.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794.; United States. -- Signers -- Biography.; Revolutionaries -- United States -- Biography.; Politicians -- United States -- Biography.; Politicians -- Virginia -- Biography.; Plantation owners -- Virginia -- Biography.; Merchants -- Virginia -- Biography.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography.; Virginia -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : "We cannot do without you" a Virginia dynasty; title: Richard Henry Lee, Esquire; title: Chantilly-on-the-Potomac; title: The making of a radical; title: The decision for American Independence; title: Business and politics; title: Defending the Potomac; title: Mr. President; title: "Killing ourselves for fear of dying" : the debate over the Federal Constitution; title: The honorable senator from Virginia; title: Twilight; title: Epilogue : Legacies.