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DescriptionWilliam Peter Van Ness (Saint-Memin).jpg
English: William Peter Van Ness, federal judge from New York
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National Portrait Collection, Smithsonian Institution. Object Number: S/NPG.74.39.7.15. 1807.
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Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 12 Mar 1770 - 23 Jun 1852
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