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

Edward Henry Harriman, in the Scottish Highlands, stands with arms and sword raised next to a diamond-shaped rock labeled “Flim-Flam Finance” balancing on a pointed base. Harriman is confronting Theodore Roosevelt and his band of Scotsmen, William H. Taft, Charles J. Bonaparte, Frank B. Kellogg, James Rudolph Garfield, and Milton Dwight Purdy. Caption: Fitzjames Harriman (to Teddy Dhu) — Come one, come all! This rock shall fly from its firm base as soon as I!

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At one time in the United States, the works of Sir Walter Scott were extremely popular; his books ubiquitous in homes and libraries. Many Scots today are virtually reverential about Scott’s stirring, dramatic, and nationalistic poetry.

Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt about his recent trip to Philadelphia to give a speech. His son Ted accompanied him on the trip. Roosevelt and his wife Edith have also been doing quite a bit of entertaining lately. Roosevelt’s Uncle Jim Roosevelt will buy Roosevelt’s land. The tangle in the House of Representatives over the tariff and income tax is good for the Republicans.

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Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1894-01-28

Cover sheet for correspondence between Charles J. Bonaparte and the editor of the Providence Journal regarding the editorial “A Lamentable Naval Episode.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-06

Holmes Conrad writes to President Roosevelt concerning Seymour Wilcox Tulloch’s letter to Roosevelt. Conrad comments that the letter is in bad taste by trying to determine Roosevelt’s actions concerning appointments to public office.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-04

In a letter to William Loeb, Joseph L. Bristow includes a communication between Holmes Conrad and Charles J. Bonaparte. Bristow discusses his recent postal fraud report, relaying that he will omit the word “Christianity” from the report and that they should maintain a reference to Judge Baldwin.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-17

As President Roosevelt requested, Charles C. Long sends William Loeb the reports of Holmes Conrad and Charles J. Bonaparte regarding ex-cashier Seymour Wilcox Tulloch’s charges in the Post Office scandal. Long relays that the Attorney General’s Office did not receive the Civil Service Commission report.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-19

Attorney General Knox submits a report from Joseph L. Bristow, Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, returned by Holmes Conrad and Charles J. Bonaparte regarding the Post Office fraud.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-13

Philander C. Knox and Charles J. Bonaparte submit the brief of Joseph L. Bristow, Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, regarding the postal fraud case.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-05

As directed by President Roosevelt, in accord with a recommendation by Holmes Conrad and Charles J. Bonaparte following a recent government investigation, Secretary of the Treasury Shaw lists the names of appointees from the Department of the Treasury to a special commission. The commission’s duty will be to develop a plan to protect the work of the comptroller and auditors from political influence and from enmity incurred in the course of such work. The appointees include Charles Hallam Keep, W. H. Hills, and Milton E. Ailes.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-06

Charles Emory Smith writes to President Roosevelt regarding the Republican campaign in Iowa and Ohio. Smith discusses the Bonaparte-Conrad report and the issue of allowing laborers to do clerical work, referencing a conversation between Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock and Commissioner William Dudley Foulke. Smith expresses confidence that Senator Hanna and Governor Warren G. Harding will secure a Republican win in Ohio against Democratic candidate for Governor Tom Loftin Johnson.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-26

Charles Emory Smith encloses a letter on the Conrad-Bonaparte report. The more he examines the report “the more unjustifiable on many points it seems.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-13

Postmaster General Payne discusses various Post Office investigations. Payne mentions the investigation by Charles J. Bonaparte and Holmes Conrad of the charges made by Seymour Wilcox Tulloch, ex-cashier in the Washington Post Office. Payne urges President Roosevelt to order a full investigation of that office since John A. Merritt was appointed Postmaster General. Payne also tells Roosevelt he will send the report on the investigation of the New York Post Office upon its completion.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-19

Eugene A. Philbin has heard that President Roosevelt would like the Ellis Island Committee report at an early date and he requests a rough date that would be suitable. The inquiry is very broad and it will be difficult to complete the work rapidly. Charles J. Bonaparte has agreed to delay filing his brief until speaking with Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-30

Assistant Postmaster General Bristow spoke with Charles J. Bonaparte regarding S. Davies Warfield’s letter to Senator Louis E. McComas. Bonaparte will take up the matter with President Roosevelt next week.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-25

Postmaster General Payne is surprised by the claim of the Civil Service Reform League that fourth-class postmasters were in the classified service by President Roosevelt’s order on March 20, 1903.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-14

Postmaster General Payne realizes that President Roosevelt has received reports regarding the investigation of the offices of the First Assistant Postmaster General in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore. Payne will submit a full report very soon. He is also optimistic about the investigation in the New York office and trusts that the grand jury will hand down indictments soon.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-18

Postmaster General Payne informs President Roosevelt that Charles J. Bonaparte will be in Washington, D.C., on the 8th to further investigate the postmaster in Baltimore.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-04

Postmaster General Payne writes to President Roosevelt regarding the schedule of Charles J. Bonaparte. Payne would like to meet with both Bonaparte and Holmes Conrad.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-08-28

Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock is pleased his letter to Pat F. Garrett was approved by President Roosevelt. Hitchcock sent a telegram to Charles J. Bonaparte, and Judge Ryan returned last night. N. Dubois Miller might be available to head the investigation.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-03

Postmaster General Payne informs President Roosevelt that he has provided a copy of a letter from George E. Green to Assistant Postmaster General Joseph L. Bristow. Payne has also prepared copies for investigators Charles J. Bonaparte and Holmes Conrad, but he notes that Bonaparte and Conrad are away on vacation, and they will surely wish to devote sufficient time to reviewing the relevant documents, thereby delaying their report. Unless instructed otherwise, however, Payne will ensure they receive the letter on their return.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-08-15