LIFE OF ARTHUR LEE, LL. D. JOINT COMMISSIONER OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE COURT OF WITH HIS POLITICAL AND LITERARY CORRESPONDENCE AND HIS PAPERS BY RICHARD HENRY LEE, Α. Μ., Η. Α. Μ. Author of the Life of RICHARD HENRY LEE. Boston : PUBLISHED BY WELLS AND LILLY, COURT STREET. .......... 1829. Univ E 249 147 DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO WIT: District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the first day of September, A. D. 1829, in the fifty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Wells & Lilly, of the said District, have deposited in this Oflee the Title of a Book, the Right whereof they claim as Proprietors, in the words following, to wit: "Life of Arthur Lee, LL. D. Joint Commissioner of the United States to the Court of France, and Sole Commissioner to the Courts of Spain and Prussia, during the Revolutionary War, with his Political and Literary Correspondence, and his Papers on Diplomatic and Political Subjects, and the Affairs of the United States, during the same Period. By Richard Henry Lee, A. M. H. A. M. Author of the Life of Richard Henry Lee." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies, during the times therein mentioned;" and also to an Act, entitled, " An act supplementary to an Act, entitled An Act for the encouragement of Learning, by seeuring the Copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies during the times therein mentioned; and extending the Benefits thereof to the Arts of Designing, Engraving, and Etching Historical, and other Prints." JNO. W. DAVIS, Clerk of the District of Massachusetts. DEDICATION. TO JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. SIR, Permit me to dedicate to you the following Memoir of the Life of Arthur Lee. Yourself a patriot and a scholar, a statesman and a diplomatist, you will find the writings of Arthur Lee breathing a spirit of patriotism congenial with your own; possessing a vigour and an elegance of style you. will feel and admire; while you will trace, in the history of his life, labours that you will know how to appreciate, and services similar to those which, like him, you have rendered to our common country. Your fellow citizen, RICHARD HENRY LEE. Leesburg, Sept. 1828. CONTENTS OF VOL. I. BIRTH and parentage of Arthur Lee-Is sent to England-He goes through the Academic course of study at Eton-He becomes a student of the Uni- versity of Edinburgh-His literary and professional studies at the Univer- sity-He obtains a Diploma, and the degree of M. D., and the Botanical Prize-His Botanical Treatise in Latin is published by a Decree of the University-He travels through Holland and Germany, and returns to Virginia and commences the practice of Medicine-Leaves the practice of physic, and returns to England-Studies law in London-Becomes a practitioner of law with Dunning, Glynn, Alleyne-His literary and scientific friends, Jones, Burke, Price, &c. - Is made a member of the Royal Society-Becomes a popular writer on "American Questions"- His Letters Junius Americanus, and Monitor's Letters-Is made a mem- ber of the "Society of the Bill of Rights"--Writes their Address to the People of England-His Address to the English People, signed "An old Member of Parliament" - His controversy with Junius, on the right of Parliament to tax America-Letter to his brother on public Affairs. Political contentions between the Ministerial and Opposition parties in Eng- land-The Lord Mayor of London, Crosby, and Alderman Oliver are committed to the Tower, by order of the Commons-The Society of the Bill of Rights vote their thanks to Crosby and Oliver, and an Ad- dress to them-Lee is appointed to draught the Address and prepares it- It is accepted and published-The Address - Its style, &c. It is admired -He is appointed Colonial Agent of Massachusetts, in case of the death |