y at the storming of Stony Point, on the Hudson River,
July 15, 1779, Congress voted him a silver medal. No trustworthy
information can be found concerning him. He is reported to have died
near Charleston, South Carolina, from injuries caused by a fall from
his horse.

No. 6. (p. 029)
PLATE VI.

_August 19, 1779._

Henrico Lee legionis equit. praefecto. Comitia Americana. [Rx].
Non obstantib fluminibus vallis, etc.

MAJOR HENRY LEE.

[_Surprise of Paulus Hook._]

HENRICO LEE LEGIONIS EQUIT. PRAEFECTO. COMITIA AMERICANA. (_Henrico Lee
legionis equitum praefecto Comitia Americana: The American Congress to
Henry Lee, major of cavalry._) Bust of Major Lee, facing the right. On
edge of bust, J. WRIGHT.

Within a crown of laurel: NON OBSTANTIB FLUMINIBUS VALLIS ASTUTIA &
VIRTUTE BELLICA PARVA MANU HOSTES VICIT VICTOSQ. ARMIS HUMANITATE
DEVINXIT. IN MEM PUGN AD PAULUS HOOK DIE XIX. AUG. 1779. (_Non
obstantibus fluminibus vallis astutia et virtute bellica parva manu
hastes vicit victosque armis humanitate devinxit. In memoria pugni ad
Paulus Hook, die 19 Augusti, 1779: Notwithstanding rivers and
ramparts, he conquered, with a handful of men, the enemy by skill and
valor, and attached by his humanity those vanquished by his arms. In
commemoration of the battle of Paulus Hook, August 19, 1719._)[37]

[Footnote 37: See INTRODUCTION, pages xxiii,
xxviii, xxxv; and H, xlvii.]

The original die of the obverse of this medal is in the Mint at
Philadelphia, but the original die of the reverse is not to be found
there. A new one was engraved for the Mint, some time ago, by Mr. Wm.
Barber.

JOSEPH WRIGHT was born in Bordentown, New Jersey, in 1756. He (p. 030)
studied painting in England and France, and, after his return to
America, painted a portrait of General Washington. He was appointed
first draughtsman and die sinker to the United States Mint, and made
the dies of a medal, the bust on the obverse of which was considered
to be the best medallic profile likeness of Washington. He also made
the medal voted by Congress to Major Lee. He died in Philadelphia in
1793.

HENRY LEE was born in Stratford, Westmoreland County, Virginia,
January 29, 1756. He was graduated at Princeton College, New Jersey,
in 1773; was appointed captain in 1777, and major in 1778. He
surprised Paulus Hook, August 19, 1779, and