[Jérôme bonaparte-patterson (1830-1893) grandson of Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, and his first wife, Élisabeth Patterson, and grand-nephew of Napoléon I, he served under the French flag in Crimea, Kabylie and Italy]. P.S. by Foreign Minister Alexandre Walewski, Paris October 8, 1858; 1page in-fol. partly printed, vignette with imperial coat of arms, ink stamp of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stamps and apostilles on the back, mailing envelope. Passport for "Mr. Bonaparte (Jérôme Napoléon) Lieutenant in the 1st Regiment of African Chasseurs, going to the United States of America", stamped on the back for passage on the ship Fulton, to Le Havre on October 19, 1858, and to Baltimore on March 31, 1859, to go to France on the steamer Arago. This passport for a grand-nephew of Napoleon I is signed by the Emperor's natural son, Alexandre Walewski.