Administrative Information
Provenance
The papers of Charles J. Bonaparte, lawyer, municipal and civil service reformer, and U.S. attorney general and secretary of the navy, were given to the Library of Congress by Mrs. Bonaparte in 1923.
Processing History
The Bonaparte Papers were processed in 1958. The finding aid was revised in 2008.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Charles J. Bonaparte Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.