Bonaparte, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1851-1921

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Bonaparte, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1851-1921

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Bonaparte, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1851-1921

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-31

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Recipient

Bonaparte, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1851-1921

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-24

Creator(s)

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

Recipient

Bonaparte, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1851-1921

President Roosevelt congratulates Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte for his speech at Chicago, which showed his fair enforcement of the law. His attackers use the press and their wealth to recruit powerful people, like college presidents and corrupt judges, to their side at the cost of the “plain people.” These attackers know that developments like the Hepburn Rate Law, the Sherman Anti-Trust Law, the Pure Food and Drug Act, and protections for workers have been effective against moneyed interests and criminals, but they are often lawyers or editors who answer to the corporations. The individual men to whom he refers are, however, merely puppets, and the true issue should be taken with the offenders who stand behind them and control enormous wealth. He and Bonaparte are not responsible for the economic panic, but are striving for the right “in the spirit of Abraham Lincoln.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-23

President Roosevelt informs Attorney General Bonaparte that the Department of Agriculture has advised that a report on impure gas be made public, and asks him to do so as soon as possible.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-19

President Roosevelt asks Attorney General Bonaparte, about the case of Holton, which was brought to him by Post Office Inspector James E. Stuart. Stuart believes that Holton has served a sufficient time, and says that Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis and District Attorney Edwin Walter Sims concur in this and have recommended Holton’s pardon. Roosevelt asks Bonaparte to take up the case and report to him about it soon.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-19

Naval officer William Henry Hudson Southerland relays to Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte the text of a message from Dominican president Horacio Vásquez. On behalf of the Dominican people, Vásquez thanks Southerland for his “successful efforts in behalf of peace” and accepts the offer to put the Scorpion at his disposal. Southerland tells Bonaparte that the situation is “satisfactory.” The Scorpion has arrived with peace commissioners, who capitulated today.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-16

Special Assistant to the Attorney General Richards responds to Attorney General Bonaparte’s notice of reports of his misconduct. The purported misconduct relates to suits against Senator Robert L. Owen’s cancelling of Native American land deeds. Richards describing his actions in the case, as well as those from the Interior Department and Owen. He asserts his innocence in the matter, and suggests that proceedings be brought against Owen due to his violation of Section 2111, R. S.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-18

President Roosevelt informs Attorney General Bonaparte that he does not want to any action concerning the southern railroads without knowing all the facts and is confident of a win. He believes Judge Peter Stenger Grosscup’s decision will be vital to the issue.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-15

President Roosevelt asks Attorney General Bonaparte to show him any answer to the Senate resolution about the commodity section before sending it in.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-05-07

Assistant Attorney General Purdy reports his thoughts to Attorney General Bonaparte regarding legislation to be undertaken in the wake of the financial panic. Rather than formulate new legislation in response to the crisis, Purdy details the “evils” of the Sherman Act so that Congress may address them. Purdy argues that the Sherman Act outlaws all trusts, no matter if they are good or bad, which is impractical to enforce. Purdy believes it would be better and more expedient to outlaw the bad practices of certain trusts rather than making all trusts illegal. If Congress does not agree, however, then all methods of business should be modified to “meet the literal requirements” of the Sherman Act, by creating some simple and efficient legislation to immediately break up all trusts.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-04

Secretary of Commerce and Labor Straus sends Attorney General Bonaparte an excerpt from the arguments of New Mexico Attorney General Albert B. Fall in the land fraud case there. Fall describes the disparaging attitude taken towards the officials overseeing land sales. In the current case, the Territory of New Mexico will finally be able to show the facts to the public and be vindicated in court. The specific details of the sale of the lands and whether the contracts will be voided are questions for the Territory of New Mexico alone to determine.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-30

President Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte to look into a question about a proposed university, and asks what he thinks the proper course to take would be.

Collection

Denver Public Library

Creation Date

1906-08-06

Grover Cleveland is writing an article about Alton B. Parker for McClure Magazine, and President Roosevelt would like Charles J. Bonaparte to write the corresponding article about himself. Roosevelt encloses a letter that Cleveland sent him regarding the Anthracite Coal Strike.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-17

Theodore Roosevelt denies stating that he would only run for president if he was nominated by the Progressive and Republican parties. His final decision will have to wait until after the Republican National Convention. Roosevelt hopes the Republican nominee will be someone that Progressives can support. However, it may be necessary to run a separate ticket and he is unsure if he will head such a ticket. Roosevelt’s course will be determined by what he believes are in the interests of the country and the actions of the convention.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1916-05-29

President Roosevelt denounces the “representatives of predatory wealth” and congratulates Attorney General Bonaparte and the Department of Justice for enforcing the law against the wealthiest corporations and the most powerful individuals “as resolutely and fearlessly as against the humblest citizen.”

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1908-01-02

President Roosevelt congratulates Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte for his speech at Chicago, which showed his fair enforcement of the law. His attackers use the press and their wealth to recruit powerful people, like college presidents and corrupt judges, to their side at the cost of the “plain people.” These attackers know that developments like the Hepburn Rate Law, the Sherman Anti-Trust Law, the Pure Food and Drug Act, and protections for workers have been effective against moneyed interests and criminals, but they are often lawyers or editors who answer to the corporations. The individual men to whom he refers are, however, merely puppets, and the true issue should be taken with the offenders who stand behind them and control enormous wealth. He and Bonaparte are not responsible for the economic panic, but are striving for the right “in the spirit of Abraham Lincoln.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-23

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-20

Creator(s)

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

Recipient

Bonaparte, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1851-1921

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-02

Creator(s)

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

Recipient

Bonaparte, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1851-1921