"I would rather see you unlettered and unnoticed, if virtuous in practice as well as in theory, than see you the equal in glory to the great Washington."
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Military leaders from the United StatesMembers of the United States House of RepresentativesPoliticians from VirginiaGovernors of VirginiaFederalist Party (United States) politicians
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Letter to his son, Charles Carter Lee, as quoted in R.E.Lee: A Biography (1934) by Douglas Southall Freeman, Vol. I, p.32.
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Henry Lee III
Henry Lee III (January 29, 1756 – March 25, 1818), also known as Light-Horse Harry Lee, was an early American Patriot who served as the ninth Governor of Virginia and as the Virginia Representative to the United States Congress. During the American Revolution, Lee served as a cavalry officer in the Continental Army. Henry Lee was the father of Confederate general Robert E. Lee.
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