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FORT See also:- LEE
- LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
- LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
- LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
- LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
- LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
- LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
- LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
- LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
- LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
- LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
- LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
- LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
- LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)
LEE , a See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough of See also:Bergen'See also:county, New See also:Jersey, U.S.A., in the N.E. See also:part of the See also:state, on the W. See also:bank of the See also:Hudson See also:river, opposite the See also:northern part of New See also:York See also:City. Pop. (1905) 3433; (1910) 4472. It is connected with the neighbouring towns and cities by electric See also:railways, and by See also:ferry with New York City, of which it is a residential suburb. The See also:main part of the borough lies along the See also:summit of the Palisades; See also:north of Fort Lee is an Interstate Palisades See also:Park. See also:Early in the See also:War of See also:Independence the Americans erected here a fortification, first called Fort Constitution but later renamed Fort Lee, in See also:honour of See also:General See also:Charles Lee. The name of the fort was subsequently applied to the See also:village that See also:grew up in its vicinity. From the 15th of See also:September until the loth of See also:November 1776 Fort Lee was held by Gen. See also:Nathanael See also:Greene with a See also:garrison of 3500 men, but the See also:capture by the See also:British of Fort See also:Washington on the opposite bank of the river and the See also:crossing of the Hudson by See also:Lord See also:Cornwallis with 5000 men made it necessary for Greene to abandon this See also:post and join Washington in the famous " See also:retreat across the Jerseys." An See also:attempt to recapture Fort Lee was made by General See also:Anthony See also:Wayne in 178o, but was unsuccessful. On the site of the fort a See also:monument, designed by Carl E. Tefft and consisting of heroic figures of a See also:Continental trooper and drummer boy, was erected in 1908. The borough of Fort Lee was incorporated in 1904.
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