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    William Vans Murray (February 9, 1760 – December 11, 1803) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman. He served in the Maryland House of Delegates...
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  • 1937–1944 William Alexander Murray, Canadian politician from Ontario William Pitt Murray (1825–1910), American lawyer and politician William Vans Murray (1760–1803)...
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    however remained optimistic that war was unrealistic, writing to William Vans Murray, the American minister to The Netherlands, that "nothing but madness"...
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    diplomatic commission was approved, consisting of William Vans Murray, Oliver Ellsworth, and William Richardson Davie. Their objectives were to formally...
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    William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, PC (2 March 1705 – 20 March 1793), was a British judge, politician, lawyer and peer best known for his reforms to...
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    James Mazel. Also possibly: William Murray c. 1658–1725, remained in Scotland and married Mary Vans; son William Vans Murray died 1763 in Maryland. Cromwell's...
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  • daughter of William Richard Hayward and Eliza Ennalls Eccleston. They had three children: Earl Van Dorn Sulivane (1869–1950). Vans Murray Sulivane (1873–1938)...
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    military dictator. On February 18, 1799, Adams nominated diplomat William Vans Murray for a peace mission to France without consulting either his cabinet...
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    discouraging Van Buren from pushing for the annexation of Texas during his presidency. Whig nominee William Henry Harrison defeated Van Buren in the 1840...
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    sometimes holds that the home was the birthplace of William Vans Murray, but land records and Murray's biographical data both indicate that it is unlikely...
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