Middlesex County Museum to Host Arthur Lee Historian at Fall Fundraiser

The Middlesex County Museum and Historical Society will host its Fall Fundraiser on Sunday, October 31 from 2:00 to 4:00 MP at Historic Rosegill on the banks of the Rappahannock River. Dr. Gordon Blaine Steffey, Historic Stradford Hall's Arthur Lee Historian, will be the guest speaker.

During the afternoon's festivities, the Museum's Annual Preservation Award will be presented to A. B. Gravatt in honor of his late wife Diane Gravatt for her hard work and diligence in the preservation of Lansdowne. They completely preserved the historic residence after purchasing the house and property on Virginia Street in the heart of Urbanna in 1998.

Lansdowne was the home of diplomat Arthur Lee (1740-1792), the youngest son of Thomas Lee of Stratford Hall. Lee helped to negotiate and signed the 1778 Treaty of Alliance, which allied France and the United States together during the American Revolutionary War. He was the younger brother…