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Guide to the Henry Lee Papers,
90SC41 Guide to the Henry Lee Papers, 1756-1854 (bulk 1794-1832) Processed by: Staff; machine-readable finding aid created by:Eric Weig Special Collections Special Collections Kentucky History Center Kentucky Historical Society 100 W. Broadway Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-1931 USA Phone: (502) 564-1792, ext.4470 Fax: (502) 564-4701 URL: http://history.ky.gov/ Copyright 2000 Kentucky Historical SocietyLibraries. All Rights Reserved. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word.Date of source: n.d. Description is in English. Guide to the Henry Lee Papers, 1756-1854 (bulk 1794-1832) Collection number: 90SC41 Contact Information Special Collections Kentucky History Center Kentucky Historical Society 100 W. Broadway Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-1931 USA Phone: (502) 564-1792, ext.4470 Fax: (502) 564-4701 URL: http://history.ky.gov/ Processed by: Staff Date Completed: n.d. Encoded by: Eric Weig Copyright 2000 Kentucky Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. Henry Lee Papers, 1756-1854 (bulk 1794-1832) 90SC41 Lee, Henry, fl. 1794-1832 .1 c.f., 1 folder Fair --> Kentucky Historical Society. Special Collections & Archives. Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-1931 Access at KHS only. Use microfilm, transcriptions or images when available. For microfilmed copies see Clift number(s): 0558, 0560 Permission for commercial use must be requested from the Kentucky Historical Society. Special Collections. [Identification of item], Henry Lee Papers, 1756-1854 (bulk 1794-1832), 90SC41,Library Special Collections and Archives, Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort. Lee, a native of Virginia, began his career as a surveyor and farmer. After moving to Kentucky, he represented the area in the Virginia legislature, and served as a delegate to the Virginia convention, which ratified the federal constitution. Lee also served as a delegate in the 1787 Kentucky statehood convention. As a general in the Kentucky militia, Lee commanded units in Kentucky north of the Licking River. Lee later served as a judge of the Court of Quarter Sessions and the Mason County Circuit Court. He also became president of the Washington Branch of the Bank of Kentucky. These are papers and records of General Henry Lee, an early white settler of Mason County, Kentucky. The collection contains a 1794 letter to Lee by a man named Orr, concerning business matters and politics and an 1832 letter to Lee from his son, Richard Henry Lee, then a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives. The younger Lee gave an account of the nomination of Henry Clay for President by the General Assembly, described other actions of the legislature, and mentioned legal actions involving the elder Lee. Other materials include survey documents for land in Mason County, a plat of land at Stone Lick Creek, Strodes Run, and the War Path, and Henry Lee's bankbook from the Washington Branch of the Bank of Kentucky. Arrangement: Chronological Creator's Occupation: Farmer, surveyor, Kentucky Militia general, judge County: Mason Lee, Henry, --fl. 1794-1832 -- Archives Clay, Henry, --1777-1852 Kentucky -- General Assembly Mason County (Ky.) -- Surveys Lee, Richard Henry