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Article: KIN OF ``THE GREAT BONAPARTE'' STOPPED HERE FOR OYSTERS.(LOCAL)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- September 29, 1997
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Byline: George Tucker
Even though Napoleon I (1769-1821) never set foot on American soil, two of his relatives - his younger brother, Jerome Bonaparte (1784-1860), and his nephew, Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (1808-1873), who became Napoleon III - were wined and dined in Norfolk during the early part of the 19th century.
Jerome Bonaparte stopped over in Norfolk briefly in July 1803, at which time the Norfolk Herald for July 21 reported: ``It is the general conversation in town, that one of the three gentlemen, who arrived here last week from Martinique, is nothing more or less, than Jerome Bonaparte, youngest brother of `The Great Bonaparte!' who ...