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February 27, 1766, 115 concerned and apprehensive farmers from the Northern Neck assembled at Leedstown, VA, in Westmoreland County, VA, to support a proposal written by Richard Henry Lee, to prevent the introduction of the Stamp Act into the colony of Virginia. This important historical document is known as the Leedstown Resolves.
The 1766 Leedstown Resolves was the first organized protest of "taxation without representation" and was in opposition to the British imposition of the Stamp Act which required colonists to pay a duty on exports. Signers pledged "to bind ourselves to each other….with our lives and fortunes."
This year's Commemoration will include a special presentation by living history interpreters portraying Richard Henry Lee, author of the Leedstown Resolutions, his older brother Philip Ludwell Lee, an entrepreneur and socialite, and their sister Hannah Lee Corbin, an avid activist. Although there is no known documentation of a "Leedstown Resolutions" conversation between these three siblings, this possibly could have occurred after a service at Yeocomico Church, where the three would have attended church.
Photo - Left - Grave site of Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794), Burnt House Field. Right - Yeocomico Church 1706, Westmoreland County, VA
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The 1766 Leedstown Resolves was the first organized protest of "taxation without representation" and was in opposition to the British imposition of the Stamp Act which required colonists to pay a duty on exports. Signers pledged "to bind ourselves to each other….with our lives and fortunes."
This year's Commemoration will include a special presentation by living history interpreters portraying Richard Henry Lee, author of the Leedstown Resolutions, his older brother Philip Ludwell Lee, an entrepreneur and socialite, and their sister Hannah Lee Corbin, an avid activist. Although there is no known documentation of a "Leedstown Resolutions" conversation between these three siblings, this possibly could have occurred after a service at Yeocomico Church, where the three would have attended church.
Photo - Left - Grave site of Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794), Burnt House Field. Right - Yeocomico Church 1706, Westmoreland County, VA
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