Lee, Richard Henry. “Richard Henry Lee to George Mason.” Essay. In The Founders’ Constitution 1, edited by Philip B. Kurland and William R. Kenan, Jr., 170. University of Chicago Press, 1987. https://archive.org/details/foundersconstitu0000phil/page/170/mode/1up. It has
Lee Resolution. Richard Henry Lee (1776). National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/lee-resolution#transcript Resolved, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from
It having been found from universal experience, that the most expressed declarations and reservations are necessary to protect the just rights and liberty of mankind from the silent powerful and
Source: The American Museum or Repository of Ancient and Modern Fugitive Pieces, etc., Prose and Poetical for July 1787, vol. II, no. 1 (Philadelphia: Matthew Carey, 1789), 553–558; https://goo.gl/H5jnWL. It
Lee, Richard H. “To George Mason.” The Letters of Richard Henry Le, Volume II, edited by Curtis J. Ballagh, New York: The Macmillan Company, 1914. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x000338030. I have waited until now to answer
Dear sir, I am persuaded, a federal head never was formed, that possessed half the powers which it could carry into full effect, altogether independently of the state or local
Dear sir, I believe the people of the United States are full in the opinion, that a free and mild government can be preserved in their extensive territories, only under
Dear sir, Having gone through with the organization of the government, I shall now proceed to examine more particularly those clauses which respect its powers. I shall begin with those
Dear sir, Before I proceed to examine particularly the powers vested, or which ought to be, vested in each branch of the proposed government, I shall briefly examine the organization
Dear sir, To continue the subject of appointments: Officers, in the fifth place, may be appointed by the heads of departments or courts of law. Art. 2. sect. 2. respecting
