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Williamsburg (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry bland-richard
Bland, Richard, 1710-1776
Statesman: born in Virginia.
May 6, 1710; was educated at the College of William and Mary; became a fine classical scholar, and was an oracle touching the rights of the colonies.
He was a member of the House of Burgesses from 1745 until his death — a period of thirty-one years; and he was one of the most active of its patriotic members.
In 1774 he was a delegate in the Continental Congress, but declined to serve the next year.
In 1766 he published one of the ablest tracts of the time, entitled An inquiry into the rights of the British colonies.
He died in Williamsburg, Va., Oct. 26, 177
Richard Bland (search for this): entry bland-richard
Bland, Richard, 1710-1776
Statesman: born in Virginia.
May 6, 1710; was educated at the College of William and Mary; became a fine classical scholar, and was an oracle touching the rights of the colonies.
He was a member of the House of Burgesses from 1745 until his death — a period of thirty-one years; and he was one of the most active of its patriotic members.
In 1774 he was a delegate in the Continental Congress, but declined to serve the next year.
In 1766 he published one of the ablest tracts of the time, entitled An inquiry into the rights of the British colonies.
He died in Williamsburg, Va., Oct. 26, 177
1745 AD (search for this): entry bland-richard
Bland, Richard, 1710-1776
Statesman: born in Virginia.
May 6, 1710; was educated at the College of William and Mary; became a fine classical scholar, and was an oracle touching the rights of the colonies.
He was a member of the House of Burgesses from 1745 until his death — a period of thirty-one years; and he was one of the most active of its patriotic members.
In 1774 he was a delegate in the Continental Congress, but declined to serve the next year.
In 1766 he published one of the ablest tracts of the time, entitled An inquiry into the rights of the British colonies.
He died in Williamsburg, Va., Oct. 26, 177
1776 AD (search for this): entry bland-richard
Bland, Richard, 1710-1776
Statesman: born in Virginia.
May 6, 1710; was educated at the College of William and Mary; became a fine classical scholar, and was an oracle touching the rights of the colonies.
He was a member of the House of Burgesses from 1745 until his death — a period of thirty-one years; and he was one of the most active of its patriotic members.
In 1774 he was a delegate in the Continental Congress, but declined to serve the next year.
In 1766 he published one of the ablest tracts of the time, entitled An inquiry into the rights of the British colonies.
He died in Williamsburg, Va., Oct. 26, 177
1710 AD (search for this): entry bland-richard
Bland, Richard, 1710-1776
Statesman: born in Virginia.
May 6, 1710; was educated at the College of William and Mary; became a fine classical scholar, and was an oracle touching the rights of the colonies.
He was a member of the House of Burgesses from 1745 until his death — a period of thirty-one years; and he was one of the most active of its patriotic members.
In 1774 he was a delegate in the Continental Congress, but declined to serve the next year.
In 1766 he published one of the ablest tracts of the time, entitled An inquiry into the rights of the British colonies.
He died in Williamsburg, Va., Oct. 26, 177
May 6th, 1710 AD (search for this): entry bland-richard
Bland, Richard, 1710-1776
Statesman: born in Virginia.
May 6, 1710; was educated at the College of William and Mary; became a fine classical scholar, and was an oracle touching the rights of the colonies.
He was a member of the House of Burgesses from 1745 until his death — a period of thirty-one years; and he was one of the most active of its patriotic members.
In 1774 he was a delegate in the Continental Congress, but declined to serve the next year.
In 1766 he published one of the ablest tracts of the time, entitled An inquiry into the rights of the British colonies.
He died in Williamsburg, Va., Oct. 26, 177
1774 AD (search for this): entry bland-richard
Bland, Richard, 1710-1776
Statesman: born in Virginia.
May 6, 1710; was educated at the College of William and Mary; became a fine classical scholar, and was an oracle touching the rights of the colonies.
He was a member of the House of Burgesses from 1745 until his death — a period of thirty-one years; and he was one of the most active of its patriotic members.
In 1774 he was a delegate in the Continental Congress, but declined to serve the next year.
In 1766 he published one of the ablest tracts of the time, entitled An inquiry into the rights of the British colonies.
He died in Williamsburg, Va., Oct. 26, 177
October 26th, 1776 AD (search for this): entry bland-richard
Bland, Richard, 1710-1776
Statesman: born in Virginia.
May 6, 1710; was educated at the College of William and Mary; became a fine classical scholar, and was an oracle touching the rights of the colonies.
He was a member of the House of Burgesses from 1745 until his death — a period of thirty-one years; and he was one of the most active of its patriotic members.
In 1774 he was a delegate in the Continental Congress, but declined to serve the next year.
In 1766 he published one of the ablest tracts of the time, entitled An inquiry into the rights of the British colonies.
He died in Williamsburg, Va., Oct. 26, 1776
1766 AD (search for this): entry bland-richard
Bland, Richard, 1710-1776
Statesman: born in Virginia.
May 6, 1710; was educated at the College of William and Mary; became a fine classical scholar, and was an oracle touching the rights of the colonies.
He was a member of the House of Burgesses from 1745 until his death — a period of thirty-one years; and he was one of the most active of its patriotic members.
In 1774 he was a delegate in the Continental Congress, but declined to serve the next year.
In 1766 he published one of the ablest tracts of the time, entitled An inquiry into the rights of the British colonies.
He died in Williamsburg, Va., Oct. 26, 177