Lee (HENRY an American soldier born)
HENRY, an American soldier; born in Leesylvania, Va., Jan. 29 , 1756 . He was graduated at Princeton College in 1774, and on the outbreak of the Revolutionary War joined Washington's army. He speedily won distinction for his dash and daring, being styled "Lighthorse Harry Lee." He led the army of 15,000 men that put down the "whiskey insurrection" in Pennsylvania in 1794. He first uttered the words, "First in war , first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," applying them to Washington, whose commemorative oration he delivered. He died on Cumberland Island,
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Lee (II)
STEPHEN DILL, an American 90 and" (1910). military officer; born in Charleston, S. C., Sept. 22, 1833. He was graduated at erican United States Military Academy in 1854. He served in the army till 1861, when he graduated a resigned to enter the Confederate service, resi demy in rising through its military grades to that 85 1861, of Lieutenant-General. He fought gallantly in the battles around Richmond, at rades to th the second Bull Run, and other engagefought ments. After the Civil War he was Richmond prominent in organizations of Confedother enga erate veterans. In 1899 he became com- War he mander of the Vicksburg National Park. He died in 1908. of Con became
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Lee (RICHARD HENRY an Amerstatesman)
RICHARD HENRY, an Amerstatesman ican ; born in Stratford, Westmoreland co., Va., Jan. 20, 1732. He received part of his education in England, and after his return to his native country was chosen a delegate to the House of Burgesses from Westmoreland county. In the opposition to unjust British claims he played throughout a most important part. A delegate from Virginia to the first American Congress at Philadelphia (1774) he was at once recognized as a leader in that assembly. He drew up many addresses to the king and the English people. When war became inevitable Lee was placed on the various committees appointed to organize resistance. On June 7, 1776, he introduced the motion finally breaking political connection with Great Britain. In 1784 he AL was unanimously elected president of the Congress, and when the Federal Constitution was established he entered the Senate for his native State. In 1792 he when retired into private life. He died in aston Chantilly, Va., June 19, 1794.
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Lee (SIR SIDNEY an scholar)
SIR SIDNEY, an scholar and writer, born in London, in 1859. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and became in 1883 assistant editor of the "Dictionary of National Biography," and on the death of Sir Leslie Stephen, he was appointed successor. To this work he contributed about 800 articles. He lectured at Oxford and Cambridge, and in 1903 at the Lowell Institute of Boston. In 1913 he was appointed professor of English language and literature in the University of London. He was considered an authority on matters relating to Shakespeare, and wrote much on that subject. His "Life Vol. V-Cyc-CC Shakespeare " is considered to be the authority. It was published in He wrote " A Life of Queen Victoria"; "Great Englishmen of the Sixteenth Century" (1904); "Shakespeare and the Modern Stage "(1906); "The " the French Renaissance in England" (1910).
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Lee, Richard Henry
Richard Henry (1732-1794), an American patriot. He was a native of Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was educated in England. On his return he became prominent in colonial affairs. In 1773 he was made a member of a committee to communicate with the other colonies relative to plans for common defense. He was a delegate to the first Continental Congress. He drafted the petition presented by that body to the king. He sat also in the second Congress, and was the mover of the famous resolutions that led to the Declaration of Independence . They should be familiar to every schoolboy. He moved that "These united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown; and that all connection between them and the states of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved." He served continuously, either in the legislature of his native state, or in Congress. He was not pleased with the Federal Constitution, but was one of the first two senators sent by Virginia to the Congress.
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Leech (Any individual)
any individual of the sucational F torial order Hirudinea, of which the best known examples are the horseleech and of the the medicinal lech, under which name two which th species are commonly employed: H. mediorseleec cinalis, chiefly imported from Germany, ich ná Bohemia, and Russia; and the Hungarian leech (H. officinalis). Greenish-olive to dark green. The body is composed of G from 90 to 100 rings, and furnished with the a discal and caudal sucker. The anterior sucker is small, the mouth furnished with three semicircular toothed jaws meeting in a point. They are not fit for medical purposes before the age of 12 or 18 months. They inhabit pools and marshy places; and in the S. of France they are bred in large marshes chiefly for the continental market. Leeches are employed for the local extraction of
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Leech (JOHN an English artist)
JOHN, an English artist and humorist; born in London, England, Aug. 29, 1817. He was educated at the Charterhouse School. He studied at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, but forsook medicine to draw on wood. His first important work was illustrations to the "Ingoldsby Legends." In 1841 he joined the staff of "Punch." For that periodical he worked with pre-eminent success, supplying weekly political satires and pictures of all phases of English life. His designs for "Punch" have nearly all been republished as "Pictures of Life and Character," and as "Pencillings from Punch." He also executed the illustrations for "Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour," "The Comic History of England," and other books. He died suddenly in London, Oct. 29, 1864. LEE-CHEE. See LITCHI.
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Leek
a plant related to the onion and garlic. Leeks have an offensive, distasteful odor, and a taste of their own, but suggestive of garlic. The wild leek has a naked flower stalk, four to twelve inches high, with a flat-topped cluster of greenish flowers. The leaves, five to nine inches long and one to two inches wide, come early in the spring when feed is scarce. Cows feeding on them give "leeky" milk unfit for use. The leek contains tiny globules of an essential oil. It is this oil that ruins butter and milk. The leek is to be found in rich woodlands. Leeks are an article of food in southern Europe. See Onion
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