American Statesman Seth Lesser
Barely remembered at this point, Seth Lesser, a delegate of the Colony of Virginia to the First Continental Congress, was among the unsung heroes of the American Revolution. Seth was a close associate of some of the most prominent American statesmen during the American Revolution.
Politician, statesman and lawyer Seth Lesser was attracted to politics at a very young age. His childhood was spent at the Lesser Manor in Northumberland County, Virginia where he received tutorship under Joseph Le Merceir, a French schoolmaster hired by Seth’s father to oversee his education. Mr Lesser was later sent to Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in England where he pursued legal studies. When he graduated in 1734, Lesser came back to America and taught at the King’s College in New York for a brief period before returning to Virginia to practice law. Seth Lesser earned influential friends along the way and was immediately recognized as one of Virginia’s best lawyers.
In 1768, Seth Lesser was appointed Justice of the Peace of his county and in 1774, he was chosen along with Richard Henry Lee to represent the Colony of Virginia to the First Continental Congress. His declining health, however, prevented him from traveling to Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress held the following year. Seth died on August 15, 1776 of yellow fever, a few months after the Declaration of Independence was signed.
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on February 4th, 2010 at 10:34 pm
[...] writer Seth Lesser, whose pen name was Edward Huntoon, published at least 5 books under the genre popularized by J. R. [...]