Charles J. Bonaparte papers

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Charles J. Bonaparte papers

1760-1921 (bulk 1874-1921)

Lawyer, municipal and civil service reformer, and U.S. attorney general and secretary of the navy. Correspondence, articles, speeches, memoranda, notes, personal miscellany, legal records, biographical material, clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating mainly to Bonaparte's public service and political career.

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