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Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Victor Howard Metcalf

Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Victor Howard Metcalf

Attorney General Bonaparte provides legal advice for Secretary of the Navy Metcalf regarding the transportation of coal for the Navy from Atlantic to Pacific ports. Bonaparte finds that the prohibitions Metcalf mentioned do not apply to property owned by the government, and that coal for the Navy can be transported on foreign vessels if sufficient American vessels cannot be contracted or if they can only be had for an exorbitant price.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-03

Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Oscar S. Straus

Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Oscar S. Straus

Attorney General Bonaparte provides legal counsel for Secretary of Commerce and Labor Straus regarding the British steamer Ferndene, which transported coal for the Navy from the East Coast to the West Coast. Bonaparte informs Straus that, so long as the ship carried nothing else but the coal, she does not have to pay the associated tonnage tax and Straus’s other questions are moot.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-09