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LEE, Harriet, sister of Sophia Lee (q.v.) : b. London, 1756; d. Clifton, 1 Aug. 1851. In 1786 she published the (Errors of Innocence,' a novel succeeded by several others now for gotten. In 1797-1805 appeared her bury Tales,' 8 of the 10 tales •f .which were her own, the others being by her sister Sophia. They enjoyed a great popularity in the early part of the 19th century, and a new edition was published in New York in 1856-57. One of the most remarkable is the German tale, (Kruitzner,) from which Lord Byron borrowed not merely the plot and the machinery down to the most trivial incidents, but in some instances the language, of his She also wrote two dramas, the (New Peerage' and the Strangers.' LEE, Henry, American soldier: b. Leesyl vania, Westmoreland County, Va., 29 Jan. 1756; d. Cumberland Island, Ga., 25 March 1818. He was graduated from the College 'of New Jersey in 1774; in 1775 became a captain in Col. Theo doric Bland's legion of Virginia cavalry, and in September 1777 joined Washington's army in Pennsylvania. Promoted major for services in battle (January 1778), he was given command of a partisan corps consisting of two troops of horse, and latter increased by a third troop and an infantry company. This corps, which was employed in the annoyance of the British march and camp, was known as eLee's and its commander as (LLight Horse Harry?) On 19 Aug. 1779 Lee surprised and captured the British post at Paulus Hook (q.v.), N. J. For this achievement, which is regarded as one of the most brilliant exploits of the Revolution. Congress voted him a gold medal. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel, and in the autumn of 1780 was sent to South Carolina to join Greene's army. He covered the American re treat through North Carolina (February 1781). and was involved in some smart skirmishes with Tarleton's dragoons. After Greene had crossed into Virginia, Lee remained in North Carolina to harass the enemy, and, although he could not surprise Tarleton, did defeat 400 loyalists under Colonel Pyle. He outfought Tarleton at Guilford Court House (15 March 1781), and with Marion, by cutting Rawdon's line of communication, compelled that officer to abandon Camden (10 May 1781). He took Augusta, Ga. (5 June 1781), and having re joined Greene, fought with distinction at Eutaw Springs (8 Sept. 1781), and captured some of Rawdon's rear-guard in the British retreat. After having been present at Yorktown, he shortly resigned his commission. In 1785-88 he was a Virginia delegate to the Continental Con gress; in 1788 was a member of the Virginia convention for the ratification of the Federal Constitution; in 1789-91 sat in the general as sembly of the State and in 1792-95 was gov ernor. In 1794 he was appointed by Washing ton to command the 15,000 troops sent to sup press the "Whiskey Insurrection" (q.v.) in western Pennsylvania. After service as a rep resentative in the Sixth Congress (1799-1801), he withdrew from public life. In his 'Funeral Oration upon President Washington,' pro nounced in 1799 before both Houses of Con gresi, occurs the since famous phrase, "First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen." In 1801 he retired to private life, but received a commission in the War of 1812 as major-general. He was prevented from assuming duties of this office by a gun shot wound which he received while aiding his friend, Alexander Contee Hanson, whose house was attacked by a mob of political opponents. He wrote 'Memoirs of the War in the South ern Department of the United States' (1812), published in revision with a memoir by his son, R. E. Lee (q.v.) in 1869.

LEE, Hildegarde Langsdorf ( MRS. GUY CARLETON LEE), American physician: b. Cen terville, Pa., 26 March 1868. She was graduated at Dickinson College in 1888, and at the Woman's Medical College, Philadelphia, 1891. In 1912 she married Guy Carleton Lee (q.v.). She has practised her profession at Carlisle, Pa., since 1892; was on staffs of Harrisburg Insane Hospital, Norristown Insane Hospital, Tewksbury Almshouse. She is also assistant editor Pennsylvania Medical Journal, and sec retary-treasurer National Society for Broader Education and many other societies; is espe cially interested in plans for financing charitable organizations, and is known as a lecturer on social and economic subjects and contributor of articles on sanitation, hygiene, etc.

LEE, James Prince, English bishop: b. London, 28 July 1804; d. Manchester, 24 Dec. 1869. He was graduated at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1828, ordained in 1830 and in 1830 38 he served as a master at Rugby under Dr. Thomas Arnold. He was elected head-master of King Edward's School at Birmingham in 1838 and numbered among his pupils E. W. Benson, archbishop of Canterbury, J. B. Light foot and B. F. Wescott, bishops of Durham. He became first bishop of the newly-created see of Manchester in 1848, and was especially notable for his work in church extension, con secrating 130 churches in the 21 years he served as bishop. He was active in the establishment of the Manchester Free Library, and bequeathed his own library to Owens College, Manchester.

LEE, Jennette Barbour Perry, American novelist : b. Bristol, Conn., 10 Nov. 1860. She was graduated from Smith College, Massachusetts, in 1886, was professor of English at Vassar 1890 93, and in the College for Women at Western Reserve University 1893-96, and in the year last named was married to Rev. G. S. Lee (q.v.). In 1901-04 she was instructor in English and in 1904-13 professor of English language and literature at Smith College. She has published 'Kate Wetherell' (1900) ;