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Richard Bland

(Bland, Richard, 1710-1776)

Richard Bland (May 6, 1710 – October 26, 1776), sometimes referred to as Richard Bland II or Richard Bland of Jordan's Point, was an American Founding Father, planter, lawyer and politician from Virginia. A cousin and early mentor of Thomas Jefferson, Bland served 34 years in the Virginia General Assembly, and with John Robinson and this man's cousin Peyton Randolph as one of the most influential and productive burgesses during the last quarter century of the colonial period. (From Wikipedia)

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Ford, Worthington Chauncey, 1858-1941

Books by Richard Bland:

Bland, Richard, 1710-1776: A Fragment on the Pistole Fee, Claimed by the Governor of Virginia, 1753 (Winnowings in American History Virginia tracts #1; Brooklyn: Historical Printing Club, 1891), ed. by Worthington Chauncey Ford
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Additional books by Richard Bland in the extended shelves:

Bland, Richard, 1710-1776: Extract from a manuscript collection of annals relative to Virginia. (P. Force, 1838), also by Virginia General Assembly (page images at HathiTrust)
Bland, Richard, 1710-1776: An inquiry into the rights of the British colonies (Reprinted by the Appeals Press, for the William Parks Club, 1922), also by E. G. Swem (page images at HathiTrust)
Bland, Richard, 1710-1776: An inquiry into the rights of the British colonies (Reprinted by the Appeals press, inc. for the William Parks Club, 1766), also by E. G. Swem (page images at HathiTrust)
Bland, Richard, 1710-1776: An inquiry into the rights of the British colonies, intended as an answer to The regulations lately made concerning the colonies, and the taxes imposed upon them considered. : In a letter addressed to the author of that pamphlet. / By Richard Bland, of Virginia. ; [Two lines in Latin from Lactantius] (Williamsburg [Va.]: : Printed by Alexander Purdie, & Co., MDCCLXVI. [1766]) (HTML at Evans TCP)
Bland, Richard, 1710-1776: Washington and "Centinel X." ([n.p., 1899), also by Worthington Chauncey Ford (page images at HathiTrust)

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