Richard Bland served more than 30 years in the House of Burgesses, Virginia's colonial legislative assembly.
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11 Facts About Richard Bland
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In 1766, Richard Bland wrote an influential pamphlet questioning the right of the British Parliament to impose taxes on colonists without their consent.
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Richard Bland's father, Richard Bland I, was a member of one of the patriarchal First Families of Virginia and was related to many of the others.
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Richard Bland married Anne Poythress, the daughter of Colonel Peter and Ann Poythress, from Henrico County, Virginia.
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Richard Bland served as a justice of the peace in Prince George County and was made a militia officer in 1739.
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Richard Bland frequently served on committees whose role was to negotiate or frame laws and treaties.
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Sometimes described as a bookish scholar as well as farmer, Richard Bland read law and was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1746.
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Richard Bland did not practice before the courts but collected legal documents and became known for his expertise in Virginia and British history and law.
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Richard Bland's first widely distributed public paper came as a result of the Parson's Cause, which was a debate from 1759 to 1760 over the established church and the kind and rate of taxes used to pay the Anglican clergy.
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Richard Bland believed that reconciliation with England was still possible and desirable.
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Richard Bland served on the committee which drafted Virginia's first constitution in 1776.
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