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The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence.
Richard Henry Lee
Born: January 20, 1732
Died: June 19, 1794 (aged 62)
Bio: Richard Henry Lee was an American statesman from Virginia best known for the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain.
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