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 304 LEE of Greene in his memoirs of the southern campaign, show that this temporary misunder- standing did not continue. Finding nis ser- vices no longer necessary, however, Lee retired from the army, and returned to Virginia. He settled down at Stratford, the old family man- sion in Westmoreland, and was soon afterward married to his cousin Matilda, daughter of Philip Ludwell Lee. Upon the death of this lady, he married Ann, daughter of Charles Carter. In 1786 he was appointed by the Vir- ginia assembly one of the delegates to congress, in which body he remained until the federal constitution went into operation. In 1788 he was a member of the Virginia convention to decide upon the adoption of the proposed in- strument, and took a prominent position among the advocates of the measure. He subsequently served in the Virginia house of delegates, and in 1792 was elected governor of the common- wealth for the term of three years. In 1794 occurred the whiskey insurrection in Pennsyl- vania. Every peaceable attempt to suppress the outbreak having failed, the president or- dered a military force to be raised, which he placed under the command of Lee. The ad- vance. of the well known partisan of the revo- lution at the head of 15,000 men speedily ter- minated all resistance, and Lee soon returned to Virginia. In 1799 he again served in con- gress ; and when intelligence was received of the death of Washington he was appointed by the house to pronounce a eulogium. The reso- lutions which he drew up on this occasion, and which were presented during his temporary absence by his friend Judge Marshall, contained the words now so celebrated: "First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." On the election of Jefferson to the presidency in 1801, Lee retired from public affairs, and established himself as a country gentleman in Virginia. The remainder of his life was not, however, to be tranquil. The pro- fuse hospitality and free mode of living then the fashion plunged him into pecuniary trouble, and terminated in the ruin of his estate. He was even arrested for debt, and, if the statement of some persons is to be credited, lodged in the jail of Spottsylvania. The more probable ac- count is, that he was confined within " the lim- its " of that county only. Here, in the year 1809, he wrote his " Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States," which deservedly ranks among the most valu- able and interesting works of a similar descrip- tion. It seems to have been largely based upon communications from his brother officers, is written with candor and impartiality, and pos- sesses the charm peculiar to writers who have witnessed with their own eyes the scenes which they describe. In 1811 he took up his resi- dence at Alexandria, Va., where his family re- mained after his death. Few subsequent traces of the life of Lee remain, up to the year 1814. He seems to have been harassed by pecuniary trouble, but not to have discarded his habits of free living. In 1814 he was in Baltimore when the riots connected with the " Federal Republi- can " newspaper took place, and exposed himself by the part which he took in them to serious injury. The printing office of the journal was destroyed by the mob, and an attack upon the dwelling of the editor followed. Lee was a per- sonal friend of this gentleman, and with charac- teristic impetuosity offered to aid him in defend- ing his house. The result was that two of the assailants were killed, and a number wounded ; which so inflamed the rage of the crowd, that but for the arrival of the city military Lee and his friends would in all probability have been torn to pieces. They were conducted by the military to the city jail for safety ; but during the night the mob reassembled in greater force, broke open the jail, and either killed or shock- ingly maimed all its inmates. From the inju- ries which he received on this occasion Lee never recovered. He made a voyage to the West Indies for the restoration of his health, but all his hopes failed. Finding his strength giving way, he returned to the United States in 1818. In person Lee was above the medium height, well proportioned, and pleasing. His complexion was dark; his manner the frank and open address of a soldier. Self-esteem, based upon the conscious possession of com- manding talents, was a marked trait of his character ; and in this doubtless originated his misunderstanding with Greene. The opinion formed by that great soldier of his military genius has been stated. The "love and thanks " expressed in a letter to Lee from Gen. Washington in 1789, exhibit the affection which his generous qualities had inspired in the bosom of the chief ; and in Virginia he is still known by the name of " Legion Harry " or "Light Horse Harry," in allusion to the rapid and daring movements of his partisan corps in the campaign of the Carolinas. He was father of Robert E. Lee, commander-in-chief of the confederate armies in the civil war. LEE, Jesse, "the Apostle of Methodism in New England," born in Prince George co., Va., March 12, 1758, died in Baltimore, Sept. 12, 1816. At the age of 19 he removed to North Carolina, and in 1779 he preached his first ser- mon. His ministerial career was interrupted in 1780 by being drafted into the militia to re- pel the invasion of the British into South Car- olina. Refusing to do active military duty, during the four months of his impressment he performed the duties of a chaplain. His first appointment was near Edenton, N. C., and in 1783 he was received into the conference on trial. Being appointed to the Salisbury cir- cuit, N. C., in 1784, he also accompanied As- bury on an extended tour of labor extending from Norfolk, Va., to the extreme S. W. por- tions of North Carolina, and reorganized the various circuits that had been nearly destroyed by the war. After three years spent in North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and New Jersey, at the conference of 1789 he was sent to Stam