William Vans Murray - People - Department History
William Vans Murray (1760–1803)
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State of Residence: Maryland
- Minister Resident (Netherlands)
Appointed: March 2, 1797
Presentation of Credentials: June 20, 1797
Termination of Mission: Presented recall on September 2, 1801- Commissioned to the Batavian Republic.
- Minister Plenipotentiary (France)
- Not commissioned; nomination superseded by a nomination of Murray and two others to serve on a joint commission.