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Arthur Lee

Arthur Lee was born in Virginia in 1740. " He was highly educated in England, and took the degree of M. D. at the Medical University of Edinburgh. Afterward, he returned to Williamsburg in his native State and commenced the successful practice of his profession. In a few years he returned to England; read law in the Temple and became a political writer over the signature of Junius Americanus which gave him an acquaintance with the popular party and gained him a membership in the famed society of the supporters of the Bill of Rights. His numerous political essays in favor of the cause of Liberty gained for him a high reputation at home. He was associated with Messrs. Franklin and Deane in negotiating a treaty of alliance with France in 1776. Upon learning that false accusations had been circulated by Mr. Deane alleging improper political conduct he resigned and returned home. He was elected to the Virginia Legislature in 1781 and then to Congress where he remained until 1785. The previous year he had effected a treaty with the Six Nations of Indians. He went from Congress into the Treasury Department where he continued up to 1789 when he left the public arena and died in 1792. He was a man of parts and a zealous patriot."

Source: The Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson