. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. lolding befitting a deposed king A^ho had, by this time, assumed he title of Compte de Survilliers. \n ideal location, the estate was situated just south of New Jer- sey's capital, Trenton, within ;asy traveling distance to New Sfork and Philadelphia, and at ;he confluence of Crosswicks Dreek and the Delaware River. During the next 23 years, Bonaparte spent much of his ime at Point Breeze. Visitors to ;he estate included John Quincy \dams, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Stephen Girard and Nicholas Biddle. The guest list read like a &q
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. lolding befitting a deposed king A^ho had, by this time, assumed he title of Compte de Survilliers. \n ideal location, the estate was situated just south of New Jer- sey's capital, Trenton, within ;asy traveling distance to New Sfork and Philadelphia, and at ;he confluence of Crosswicks Dreek and the Delaware River. During the next 23 years, Bonaparte spent much of his ime at Point Breeze. Visitors to ;he estate included John Quincy \dams, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Stephen Girard and Nicholas Biddle. The guest list read like a "Who's Who" in the American political and business ivorld. Although many friends and family members j oined him, Bonaparte's wife, Julie, fearful jf a sea voyage, remained in Italy. FACT AND FICTION con- tinue to surround the stay of the ex-king and his entourage in this country. Their activities remain the subject of scholarly study as well as intriguing speculation. One well documented business transaction, dated June 6, 1836, was destined to make national news 134 years later and link Bonaparte's elegant bygone era to today's world of modern cran- berry processing. At that time, Bonaparte deeded 11 acres of his Bordentown estate to the Camden and Amboy Railroad and Trans- portation Company to serve as right-of-way for the state's first railroad. However, it was agreed that the land would revert back to the Bonaparte family and heirs if it "ceased to be used for railroad ; Today, Edward V. Lipman, retired manager of Ocean Spray's Bordentown facility and current member of New Jersey's State Agricultural Society, recalls that, although Ocean Spray acquired the land in question from the railroad company, plant manage- ment did not think it wise to con- struct a new warehouse on the site and adjoining land "until the title was cleared and the re- verter clause stricken from the ; This required extensive geneological research and legal ac
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