William Paterson or Bill Paterson may refer to: Wikipedia
William Paterson (December 24, 1745 – September 9, 1806) was an American statesman, lawyer, jurist, and signer of the United States Constitution. He was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, the second governor of New Jersey, and a Founding Father of the United States. Wikipedia
Colonel William Paterson, FRS (17 August 1755 – 21 June 1810) was a Scottish soldier, explorer, Lieutenant Governor and botanist best known for leading early settlement at Port Dalrymple in Tasmania. In 1795, Paterson gave an order that resulted in the massacre of a number of men, women and children, members of the Bediagal tribe. Wikipedia
File:New Amsterdam and its people; studies, social and topographical, of the town under Dutch and early English rule (1902) (14579651777).jpg|thumb|William Paterson, from a wash drawing in the British Museum Wikipedia
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