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Richard Henry Lee

1732 - 1794

About the Author

Richard Henry Lee was a Virginia aristocrat who opposed the ratification of the US constitution on the grounds that it took power away from the sovereign states and that it divided sovereign power in an “irrational” way.

In The Library:

• author: Empire and Nation: Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania (John Dickinson). Letters from the Federal Farmer (Richard Henry Lee) (1962)
• author: Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, published during its Discussion by the People, 1787-1788 (1787)