found: His The claim of William Vans, a citizen of the U.S. on the heirs of John & Richard Codman ... 1824.
found: His Appeal to the public, 1827: t.p. (William Vans, a native citizen of Massachusetts)
found: LC data base, 11-4-87 (hdg.: Vans, William, b. 1763)
found: MWA/NAIP files (hdg.: Vans, William, 1763-1840; note: clerk in counting office of John Coffin Jones, 1776-81; lived in Salem, Mass. 1781-83; merchant 1783-94, sailing in his own ships; U.S. Consul in France, 1794-1809; merchant in Boston, 1810-1840; b. Salem, Mass. 2/22/1763; d. Boston 3/27/1840, aged 77)
Vans, William, 1763-1840
