Six Characters in Search of a Republic: Studies in the Political Thought of the American ColoniesRevised version of Part II of [the author's] Seedtime of the Republic. |
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Page 153
... Bland , the subject of this chapter . His father a Bland , his mother a Randolph , his birthplace a large and successful plantation on the James , young Richard Bland was marked from birth for social and political leadership . His ...
... Bland , the subject of this chapter . His father a Bland , his mother a Randolph , his birthplace a large and successful plantation on the James , young Richard Bland was marked from birth for social and political leadership . His ...
Page 179
... Bland had opposed Henry's resolution to arm the colony passed by the convention of March 1775 . There was life in Bland yet , it would seem , for he re- mained active in Virginia's temporary legislature ... BLAND , Esq RICHARD BLAND 179.
... Bland had opposed Henry's resolution to arm the colony passed by the convention of March 1775 . There was life in Bland yet , it would seem , for he re- mained active in Virginia's temporary legislature ... BLAND , Esq RICHARD BLAND 179.
Page 181
... Bland hath manifested himself the friend of his country , and uniformly stood forth an able asserter of her rights and liberties . A week later Bland read a full report of his triumph in the newspapers and two weeks later was re ...
... Bland hath manifested himself the friend of his country , and uniformly stood forth an able asserter of her rights and liberties . A week later Bland read a full report of his triumph in the newspapers and two weeks later was re ...
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Apostle of Soul Liberty | 35 |
A Star of the First Magnitude | 79 |
Herald of Revolution | 116 |
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