Bland, Richard (1710-1776) Receipt for payment as commissioner
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02471.03 Author/Creator: Bland, Richard (1710-1776) Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 1770/07/03 Pagination: 2 p. Order a Copy
[Continental Congress members]
BLAND, Richard, (1710-1776) Delegate from Virginia; member of the Virginia House of Burgesses 1742-1775; member of the Virginia committee of correspondence in 1773; Member of the Continental Congress in 1774 and 1775; again chosen, but declined to serve; member of the Virginia Revolutionary conventions of 1775 and 1776; elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1776. (excerpted from bioguide.congress.gov)
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