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Lee, Thomas Ludwell

lawyer, jurist, statesman, was born about 1730 in Stratford, Va. He was a member of the house of burgesses; of the conventions of July and December, 1775; and of the committee of safety; and in the convention of 1776 was placed on the committee to draft a declaration of rights, and a plan of government. On the organization of the Virginia state government he was appointed one of the five revisers, and one of the five judges of the general court.

He died in 1777.

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