A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves... and include all men capable of bearing arms.

Hannah was the daughter of Col. He was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and his famous resolution of June 1776 led to the United States Declaration of Independence which Lee signed. Mary Lee (1764–1795).

He was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and his famous resolution of June 1776 led to the United States Declaration of Independence which Lee signed. He also served a one-year term as the President of the Continental Congress and was a United States Senator from Virginia from 1789 to 1792 serving during part of that time as one of the first Presidents pro tempore. Richard Henry Lee (January 20 1732 – June 19 1794) was an American statesman from Virginia best known for the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain.