Author: W. E. Mears

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-24

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780484666008

Excerpt from The Son of Light Horse Harry Philip, the second son, removed to Maryland in 1700, and the Lee family of that State are de scended from him. Francis, the third son, died a bachelor; but Thomas, the fourth, remained in Virginia, where he received what might be called a common - school education; but he was an apt scholar and a hard student, and became, despite his lack of university training, very proficient in Latin and Greek. Through his own endeavors and ability also he amassed a considerable fort une, and became so well known and respected that his name reached royal ears in London, and when the old Westmoreland house burned down Queen' Caroline sent him a large sum of money out of her privy purse to assist in rebuilding his property. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.