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4 days ago · Her mother was Hannah Ludwell Lee Harrison whose Harrison and Ludwell kinsmen included many of the wealthiest and most influential members of the colony, including burgesses and members of the governor’s Council. Her father was Thomas Lee, who was president of the Council and acting governor when he died in 1750.
2 days ago · In April 1782, he married his second cousin, Matilda Ludwell Lee, the 18-year-old heiress to Stratford Hall; the marriage united the Stratford and Leeslyvania branches of the family. The couple had three children – Philip Ludwell Lee (1784-1794), Lucy Grymes Lee (1786-1860), and Henry Lee IV (1787-1837), the latter of whom would go on to serve as a speechwriter for Andrew Jackson.
3 days ago · When Ludwell Lee freed Steptoe in 1803, she moved to Georgetown, now part of Washington, D.C. That’s where Cassell was born, and went on to receive an education.
4 days ago · An outspoken leader in the local civil rights movement, she spoke regularly at meetings of the County-Wide League and the NAACP on the importance of education in gaining civil...
3 days ago · When Ludwell Lee freed Steptoe in 1803, she moved to Georgetown, now part of Washington, D.C. That’s where Cassell was born, and went on to receive an education. Georgetown was also home to James Alexander Simpson, a self-taught 19th-century portraitist and art teacher.
3 days ago · Roanoke Colony ( / ˈroʊənoʊk / ROH-ə-nohk) was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America. The colony was founded in 1585, but when it was visited by a ship in 1590, the colonists had inexplicably disappeared.
3 days ago · A 28-year-old man who was fatally gunned down outside Hampton Park Plaza early Friday evening was the groom whose wedding was destroyed by gunfire at Ottawa's Infinity Convention Centre last summer, CBC News has learned.The tragic connection comes as police investigate whether the two cases are linked, and sheds some light on what they believe are related pockets of shootings.According to ...
