Richard Henry Lee (1732 - 1794), planter & Virginia statesman, owned:
Clavis Anglica linguae botanicae; or, A botanical lexicon; in which the terms of botany, particularly those occurring in the works of Linnaeus, & other modern writers, are applied, derived, explained, contrasted, & exemplified by John Berkenhout
An introduction to botany Containing an explanation of the theory of that science; extracted from the works of Dr. Linnæus; with twelve copper-plates, two explanatory tables, an appendix & glossary by Carl von Linne
Medicina Britannica; or A treatise on such physical plants, as are generally to be found in the fields or gardens in Great Britain ... Together with the observations of the most learned physicians ... communicated to the late ... Mr. Ray,& Dr. Sim. Pauli by Thomas Short
Richard Henry Lee was a planter & Virginia statesman, the originator of the resolution for independence in the Continental Congress & a Signer of the Declaration of Independence. The son of Virginia politician/planter Thomas Lee & Hannah Ludwell Lee.
Born at Stratford, Westmoreland County, Virginia, Lee was educated privately at Wakefield Academy in England. From 1758-1775 he served in the House of Burgesses, & sat in the Continental Congress from 1774-79, 1784-85, & 1787. He also sat in the Virginia legislature in 1777, 1780, & 1785. He sat in the Virginia constitutional ratification convention in 1788 (opposing ratification), & was elected to the first U.S. Senate, serving from 1789 until 1792.
Lee had four surviving children with his first wife, Anne Aylett (1738-1768) & five children by his second wife, Anne Gaskins Pinckard. Lee died at his Westmoreland County plantation Chantilly in 1794.
