The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . r mine was said to be in bonanza when producingprofitable ore. It has since been used of successfulenterprises generally, in the sense of a mine ofwealth. BONAPARTE, a village of Van Buren County,southeastern Iowa, situated on the Des MoinesRiver, about 35 miles of Keokuk, and on theChicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad. It con-tains an academy, flouring-mills, sash, door andblind factories, and one of the largest woolen fac-tories west of the Mississippi. Population in 1900,898. BONAPARTE
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . r mine was said to be in bonanza when producingprofitable ore. It has since been used of successfulenterprises generally, in the sense of a mine ofwealth. BONAPARTE, a village of Van Buren County,southeastern Iowa, situated on the Des MoinesRiver, about 35 miles of Keokuk, and on theChicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad. It con-tains an academy, flouring-mills, sash, door andblind factories, and one of the largest woolen fac-tories west of the Mississippi. Population in 1900,898. BONAPARTE, Elizabeth Patterson, the wifeof Jerome Bonaparte, was born in Baltimore, Mary-land, Feb. 6, 1785; died there, April4, 1879. Herfather, William Patterson, had emigrated fromUlster, Ireland, to the United States. He became aship-owner and one of the wealthiest men in Mary-land. At a ball in Baltimore Miss Patterson was in-troduced to Jerome Bonaparte, a youth of 19,brother of Napoleon, who had been serving in theFrench navy in the West Indies. He made a pro- BONAPARTE — BONARD 539. MADAME BONAPARTE. posal of marriage, which she accepted, and herfather opposed. The contract was drawn up by J. Dallas, andthe marriage cerenionjperformed by ArchbishopCarroll in Baltimore,Dec. 24, 1803. Napoleonwas deeply enraged atthe marriage and under-took to declare it nulland void, excluded Ji5-rome from his dynasty,and threatened him withimprisonment unless heconsented to repudiatehis wife. In 1805 Jeronieand Elizabeth embarkedfor Europe and arrived inLisbon, April 2, was not permittedto land, and, leaving her,Jerome met Napoleon at Alessandria. The Em-peror remained obdurate, but declared that if MissPatterson would return to the United States andresume her own name he would give her a pen-sion of 60,000 francs. In the mean time her vesselwent to Amsterdam, but was prevented from land-ing, and Mme. Bonaparte sought refuge in Eng-land, where her son, Jerome Napoleon Bonap
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