Jordan 7 DMP Joseph Bonaparte's Place in the Histo

Architecture was a hobby for Joseph Bonaparte. He constructed scale models prior to breaking ground for any new structure on the property. The tunnels grew out of Joseph Bonaparte’s idea to improve the banks of Crosswicks Creek. He built a stone archway over a patio on the bank, under which he hosted picnics for the Bonaparte family and guests. He extended the archway until it became a tunnel that led all the way back to the house.
Wendy Cooper notes that Joseph Bonaparte was "one of the most significant catalysts in disseminating European culture and artistic knowledge to early nineteenth century Americans.” Joseph Bonaparte, the ex-king of Spain, was happy in Bordentown, at peace with his exile. He occupies a unique place in the history of New Jersey.
Joseph Bonaparte Brought European Style
Joseph Bonaparte revitalized his New Jersey estate in European style, planting trees and ornamental shrubbery, marking gracefully curving paths, and damming Crosswicks Creek to make his own lake, which featured islands upon which he planted exotic flora. Guests sailed to the islands in small boats shaped like swans.
The mansion was connected via tunnels to outlying homes and lookout structures. The tunnels piqued the curiosity of his neighbors, who imagined that the ex-king might one day need a secret escape route to outwit an enemy but, as a former servant recalled in 1891,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the tunnels represented nothing so nefarious.
Swans and other birds made the lake their home, much to the delight of Joseph Bonaparte's nephew,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Prince Charles Lucien Bonaparte. Prince Charles, an esteemed ornithologist, formed ties with Audubon, joined the Academy of Natural Sciences in nearby Philadelphia, and worked on his completion of Alexander Wilson's classic American Ornithology during his residence with Uncle Joseph.
First France, then Spain shunned Napoleon’s older brother, Joseph Bonaparte, but New Jersey welcomed him. New Jersey passed a bill to allow Joseph Bonaparte to purchase land, and thereby secure a foothold for the Bonaparte family on American soil.
Bonaparte pressed the captain to put him ashore on Long Island, but the captain refused. He persisted towards New York Harbor. Two British frigates tried to block their passage—they thought the ship carried Napoleon, rather than Joseph Bonaparte--but the Commerce evaded them, and moored safely.
From New York, Bonaparte was shuffled to Philadelphia, where Henry Clay, Secretary of State, provided the ex-king a hotel room.Bonaparte stowed most of his valuables in Switzerland, but he toted a suitcase full of jewels as he traveled from Philadelphia to Bordentown to buy an estate known as Point Breeze, where Joseph Bonaparte built an oasis from the sometimes turbulent Bonaparte family history,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and carved his name in the history of New Jersey.
When the original mansion burned, Bonaparte, with help from his neighbors, saved virtually all his art, books, and other treasures thanks, in part, to the tunnels. When he rebuilt the main house, modeling it after his Swiss chateau,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], he augmented the tunnel network so that the lake house, the erstwhile lodging for Prince Charles, was connected to th
Joseph Bonaparte’s Passage to America
Joseph Bonaparte was smuggled into the country in disguise. Captain Misservy of the Commerce collected 18,000 francs to carry an “ordinary passenger,” complete with entourage, to New York.
Joseph Bonaparte's mansion overlooked the confluence of the Delaware River and Crosswicks Creek. From his balcony, he enjoyed the sunsets, which he likened to those of Venice.
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