To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.

Hannah was the daughter of Col. He was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and his famous resolution of June 1776 led to the United States Declaration of Independence which Lee signed. Mary Lee (1764–1795).

He was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and his famous resolution of June 1776 led to the United States Declaration of Independence which Lee signed. He also served a one-year term as the President of the Continental Congress and was a United States Senator from Virginia from 1789 to 1792 serving during part of that time as one of the first Presidents pro tempore. Richard Henry Lee (January 20 1732 – June 19 1794) was an American statesman from Virginia best known for the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain.