Archives Societaire (C0233)

Collection Number: C0233

Collection Title: Archives Societaire

Dates: 1832-1882

Creator: Archives nationales (France), collector

Abstract: Selected letters from the Archives Societaire, housed at the Archives Nationales, Paris, France. The Archives Societaire are the records of the followers of Charles Fourier. Included is correspondence of Victor Considerant, founder of the Fourierist colony at Reunion, TX, and Albert Brisbane, Fourierism’s foremost advocate in the United States.

Collection Size: 2 rolls of microfilm

Language: Collection materials are primarily in French. Letters in English are noted in the container list.

Repository: The State Historical Society of Missouri

Restrictions on Access: Collection is open for research. This collection is available at The State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center-Columbia. If you would like more information, please contact us at [email protected]. Collections may be viewed at any research center.

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Preferred Citation: [Specific item; box number; folder number] Archives Societaire (C0233); The State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center-Columbia [after first mention may be abbreviated to SHSMO-Columbia].

Donor Information: The microfilm was purchased by the University of Missouri from the Archives Nationales (Paris, France) on March 26, 1954 (Accession No. CA3194).

Existence and Location of Originals: Archives Nationales (France)

Processed by: Processed by the State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center-Columbia Staff, date unknown. Finding aid revised by Anne Cox on April 7, 2020.

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Historical Note:

Fourierism, founded by Charles Fourier, advocated the reorganization of society into small communities or phalanxes. Fourier’s principles were advocated by the “Société pour la propaga- tion et la réalisation de la théorie de Fourier” and the Ecole Sociétaire in Paris, France.

After Fourier's death in 1837, Victor Considérant became the most influential of Fourier’s disciples. Because of his political activities, Considérant was forced to leave France in 1849 and settle in Belgium.

In the early 1850s, Considérant came to the United States to establish a Fourierist colony. The colony was established in Réunion, Texas, in 1855 but was dissolved by 1857.

The foremost advocate of Fourierism in the United States was Albert Brisbane who renamed it Associationism and corresponded frequently with Considérant about his efforts to advance Fourierism/Associationism in the United States.

Arrangement:

The letters are in no discernible order.

Scope and Content Note:

The Archives Sociétaire consists of 208 letters, all but a few in French, dating from 1832 to 1882. The letters are not the entire Archives but rather selected letters requested by a researcher for a now unknown research topic. The letters are listed as they appear on the microfilm; each letter is numbered in the inventory but this number does not appear on the microfilm. Also included on the inventory are “targets” that appear periodically on the microfilm to aid the researcher in locating a particular letter.

The letters are primarily the correspondence of Victor Considérant, Albert Brisbane, and others interested in Fourierism and the Fourierist colony in Réunion, Texas. Both men were also interested in currency reform, and later correspondence documents their concerns and ideas on this subject.

Container List:

Roll 1

Target: Archives Nationales 10 A S 28 Dossier 9 Letter 1. Victor Considérant, New York, to Julie Considérant, January 31, 1859, 1 page. Has returned to America. Letter 2. Victor Considérant, Brussels, to Julie Considérant, July 10, 1858, 4 pages. Reports on his attempt to find support for the colony in Europe. Letter 3. Victor Considérant, Cincinnati, to Julie Considérant, May 3, [1853], 13 pages. Describes his trip through America. Letter 4. Victor Considérant, [Austin], to Julie Considérant, n.d., 2 pages. Letter 5. Victor Considérant, New York, to Julie Considérant, June 5-6, 1858, 2 pages. Going to Europe to get help for the colony.

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Letter 6. Victor Considérant, San Antonio, to Julie Considérant, December 1, 1856, 8 pages. Concerns moving from Réunion to San Antonio. Letter 7. Victor Considérant, San Antonio, to Julie Considérant, September 28, 1856, 1 page. Writes during trip looking for more land for colony. Letter 8. Victor Considérant, San Antonio, to Julie Considérant, September 14, 1856, 2 pages. Letter 9. Victor Considérant, Austin, to Julie Considérant, February 3, 1856, 2 pages. Letter 10. Directors of the colonization society to French minister of finance, December 22, 1854, 2 pages. Concerns stamp imposed on printed material distributed by the society in France. Letter 11. Victor Considérant, Austin, to Julie Considérant, December 3, 1854, 4 pages. Trying to get a land concession. Complains of the hasty dispatching of colonists before sufficient preparations. Letter 12. Victor Considérant, Brussels, to -----, October 20, 1854, 3 pages. Asks that information on the society be sent to Dana and Kipley. Letter 13. Victor Considérant, to A. [Bureau], May 1854, 4 pages. Remarks on distribution of pamphlet Au Texas. Letter 14. Victor Considérant, Brussels, to A. Bureau, June 7, 1854, 6 pages. List of subscribers to colonization society. Letter 15. Victor Considérant, Brussels, to -----, June 26, 1854, 3 pages. List of subscribers to colonization society. Letter 16. Victor Considérant, Brussels, to -----, July 27 and August 14, 1854, 3 pages. Information on subscribers to colonization society. Letter 17. Victor Considérant, Brussels, to -----, 1854, 4 pages. Concerns format of Au Texas. Letter 18. Victor Considérant, Brussels, to -----, February 6, 1854, 4 pages. Concerns Au Texas. Letter 19. Victor Considérant, Brussels, to -----, February 5, 1854, 4 pages. Concerns distribution of Au Texas. Letter 20. Victor Considérant, Buffalo, to Julie Considérant, April 23, 1853, 2 pages. Letter 21. Victor Considérant, New York, to Julie Considérant, March 26, 1853, 4 pages. Has returned from Boston. Letter 22. Victor Considérant, New York, to Julie Considérant, March 9, 1853, 4 pages. Personal matters. Letter 23. Victor Considérant, North American Phalanx [Red Bank, New Jersey] to Julie Considérant, [January 15], 1853, 8 pages. Personal matters. Letter 24. Victor Considérant, New York, to Julie Considérant, February 26, 1853, 9 pages. Discusses people he has met. Letter 25. Victor Considérant, New York, to Julie Considérant, February 19, 1853, 6 pages. Discusses possibility of a colony in America. Letter 26. Victor Considérant, Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Julie Considérant, May 18, [1853], 2 pages. Letter 27. Victor Considérant, to -----, n.d., 6 pages. (fragment). Describes trip to America. Hears about [Gauhenant], the Scarian. Letter 28. Victor Considérant, Belgium, to A. Bureau, November 20, 1852, 3 pages. Discloses plan to go to America. Letter 29. Victor Considérant, Brussels, to Emile Bourdon, January 26, 1852, 3 pages. Has heard of scheme to emigrate to America. Letter 30. Victor Considérant, to Julie Considérant, May 13, [1856], 4 pages. On tour of America.

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Letter 31. Victor Considérant, Brussels, to -----, Paris, February 2, 1854, 4 pages. About Au Texas. Letter 32. Victor Considérant, Monterey, Mexico, to Julie Considérant, March 5, n.y., 2 pages. Refers to French troops in Mexico. Letter 33. Victor Considérant, Austin, to Julie Considérant, November 9-10, [1856], 3 pages. Letter 34. Victor Considérant, San Antonio, to Julie Considérant, March 6, n.y., 2 pages. Refers to purchase of land in Uralde, Texas, presumably to move the colony. Letter 35. Victor Considérant, New York, to Julie Considérant, April 5, 1853, 2 pages. Writes before beginning trip to the interior with Albert Brisbane. Letter 36. Victor Considérant, New York, to Julie Considérant, June 1858, 3 pages. Dis- cusses trip to Europe. Letter 37. Victor Considérant, Mobile, Alabama, to Julie Considérant, May 26, 1858, 1 page. On way to New York. Will stop at Washington. Letter 38. Victor Considérant to Julie Considérant, February 11, 1857, 3 pages. Letter 39. Victor Considérant, San Antonio, to Julie Considérant, February 8, 1857, 2 pages. Letter 40. Victor Considérant, San Antonio, to -----, October 1, 1856, 2 pages. Concerns expedition to find a new site for the colony.

Target: Archives Nationales 10 A S 28 Dossier 10 Letter 41. Victor Considérant, San Antonio, to President-elect Ulysses S. Grant, December 27, 1868, 38 pages. Rough draft of Considérant's scheme for monetary reform. Letter 42. Victor Considérant to Horace [Greeley], n.d., 6 pages. (fragment). Discusses Greeley's opposition to women's suffrage. In English. Letter 43. Victor Considérant, San Antonio, to Charles Durant, January 15, 1868, 4 pages. Concerns monetary reform. Letter 44. Victor Considérant, San Antonio, to -----, March 16, 1868, 5 pages. Concerns monetary reform. Letter 45. Victor Considérant, San Antonio, to Charles Durant, February 16, 1869, 8 pages. Concerns monetary reform.

Target: Archives Nationales 10 A S 36 Dossiers 1, 4-6, 8-10, 12, 13 Letter 46. -- Arnaud, Paris, to Emile Bourdon, August 12, 1872, 3 pages. Comments on the Bulletin du Mouvement Social. Letter 47. L. Bert, Amboise, France, to the editor of the Bulletin du Mouvement Social, April 1, 1874, 2 pages. Letter 48. Charles Bergeron, Paris, to Victor Considérant, March 11, 1874, 3 pages. Concerns an invention of Bergeron's. Albert Brisbane asked to promote in America. Letter 49. V. Besanion, Paris, to Victor Considérant, September 30, 1870, 4 pages. Sup- ports Considérant's ideas. Letter 50. Aimee Benque, Lyon, to Phalansterien committee, February 27, 1833, 1 page. Wants to enter a phalanx. Letter 51. Aimee Benque, Lyon, to editors of la Phalange, September 17, 1841, 2 pages. Information on Considérant's travels. Letter 52. Aimee Benque, Lyon, to Victor Considérant, March 18, 1842, 3 pages. Informa- tion on scheme to establish a colony on Sardinia.

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Letter 53. A. Bureau, Paris, to Julie Considérant and Clarisse Vigoureux, August 3, 1853, 2 pages. Asks for news of Considérant in America. Letter 54. Aimee Benque, Paris, to the Texas colony, January 3, 1855, 4 pages. Letter 55. Aimee Benque, Paris, to Clarisse Vigoureux, February 16, 1855, 4 pages. Letter 56. Aimee Benque, Paris, to Julie Considérant and Clarisse Vigoureux, 1855 or 1856, 4 pages. Letter 57. Aimee Benque, Paris, to Clarisse Vigoureux, May 2, 1855, 4 pages. Letter 58. Aimee Benque, Paris, to Julie Considérant and Clarisse Vigoureux, September 20, 1858, 4 pages. Comments on the reception Considérant received when he re- turned to Paris. Letter 59. Aimee Benque, Paris, to Clarisse Vigoureux, January 1, 1856, 4 pages. Letter 60. Aimee Benque, Paris, to Julie Considérant and Clarisse Vigoureux, January 30, 1856, 4 pages. Letter 61. Aimee Benque, Paris, to Julie Considérant and Clarisse Vigoureux, September 12, 1856, 4 pages. Letter 62. Aimee Benque, Paris, to Julie Considérant and Clarisse Vigoureux, October 27, 1858, 4 pages. Letter 63. Aimee Benque, Paris, to Julie Considérant and Clarisse Vigoureux, August 16, 1859, 2 pages. News of a general amnesty to political exiles. Letter 64. Document, Aimee Benque, November 8, 1861, 1 page. Bestows her title of representative to an 1861 meeting on another person. Letter 65. Aimee Benque, Paris, to Julie Considérant, January 20, 1867, 4 pages. Comments on America and the death of Abraham Lincoln. Letter 66. Aimee Benque, Paris, to Julie Considérant, March 6, 1868, 4 pages. Information on the situation of the school in France. Letter 67. Aimee Benque, Paris, to the Considérants, July 14, 1868, 4 pages. Letter 68. Aimee Benque, Paris, to Auguste Dupont, February 16, 1871, 2 pages. Resigna- tion from the Librairie Phalansterienne. Letter 69. -- Bottot, Bône[Annaba, Algeria], to Victor Considérant, May 14, 1846, 3 pages. Asks for Fourierists' support of the agricultural colony. Letter 70. -- Binet, Amiens, France, to editor of the Phalanstere, December 4, 1832, 1 page. Supports colony at conde-sur-Vesgres. Letter 71. -- [Billott], Nantes, France, to Jules le Chevalier, June 9, 1832, 3 pages. Expresses enthusiasm for Fourier's theories. Letter 72. -- Boissiere to -----, May 17, 1854, 1 page. Comments on the proposed Texas emigration. Hopes these colonists will be directed by someone more practical than Albert Brisbane. Letter 73. -- Boissiere, Williamsburg, Kansas, to E. Nus, August 18, 1875, 2 pages. At- tempting a phalanx on a small scale. Letter 74. -- Brunier, Paris, to -----, May 12, 1854, 1 page. Expresses his intention to contribute to the Texas colony. Letter 75. -- Breton, Paris, to -- Alliez, June 1, 1841, 9 pages. Explains the attitude of the society toward groups of propagation; society is the final arbiter on matters involving colonization. Letter 76. A. Bureau, Paris, to the North American Phalanx, n.d., 3 pages. Details phalanx activities. In English. 77. A. Bureau, Paris, to -----, March 16, 1852, 3 pages. Discusses state of l'Ecole Sociétaire. Letter 78. A. Bureau, Paris, to [Dr. Savardan], December 22, 1852, 3 pages. Defines the position of the society toward Laverdant's and Savardan's proposed colonization at Conde of a phalanx for foundling children.

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Letter 79. A. Bureau, Paris, to Victor Considérant, July 20-21, 1854, 2 pages. Information on more colonists, allusion to a contribution from Brisbane. Letter 80. A. Bureau to -----, c. 1854, 2 pages. (fragment). Information on colonists. Letter 81. A. Bureau to Victor Considérant, 1854, 2 pages. Mentions Krolikowski's support of the Texas colony. Letter 82. A. Bureau to Victor Considérant, August 19, 1854, 2 pages. Information on colonists for Texas colony. Letter 83. Frederick Burgi, Zurich, to the society, Paris, March 26, 1855, 2 pages. Describes departure of Swiss colonists for Texas colony. Letter 84. Charles Burkley, Zurich, to the society, Paris, August 5, 1848, 3 pages. Reports on success of propaganda. Letter 85. Charles Burkley, Zurich, to the society, Paris, October 1, 1848, 1 page. Requests writings of members of l'Ecole Sociétaire. Letter 86. Charles Burkley, Zurich, to the society, Paris, December 2, 1848, 3 pages. Lists books in phalanx library. Letter 87. Charles Burkley, Zurich, to -----, January 12, 1849, 2 pages. Promises assistance. Letter 88. Charles Burkley, Zurich, to the society, Paris, December 23, 1849, 1 page. Concerns propaganda material. Letter 89. Charles Burkley, Zurich, to Bourdox and Co., June 30, 1850, 2 pages. Describes spread of Fourierist ideas into Switzerland.

Target: Archives Nationales 10 A S 37 Dossiers 3, 5 Letter 90. William F. Channing, Boston, to Victor Considérant, April 3, 1853, 11 pages. Includes copy of letter Channing sent to Lajos Kossuth. In English. Letter 91. A. Cretien, Dallas, to disciples in France, January 8, 1874, 4 pages. Cites Texas colony as an example of necessity of recruiting colonists who are thoroughly indoctrinated and have a firm faith in the teachings of the society. Letter 92. A. Cretien to comité d'exécution, April 27, 1875, 1 page. Letter 93. A. Cretien to E. Nus, n.d, 1 page. Letter 94. A. Cretien, Dallas, to E. Nus, May 4, 1875, 4 pages. Letter 95. A. Cretien, Dallas, to the editor of Bulletin du Mouvement Social, June 24, 1875, 3 pages. Letter 96. A. Cretien, Dallas, to the editor of Bulletin du Mouvement Social, December 29, 1875, 4 pages. Mentions a French journal published in New York.

Target: Archives Nationales 10 A S 38 Dossiers 4, 5, 11, 13, 14, 16 Letter 97. -- Dubreuil, Baltimore, to -- Simonin, June 1, 1856, 2 pages. Second-hand account of the fate of the Texas colony. Letter 98. -- Duval, [Lodz, Poland], to -----, August 13, 1844, 3 pages. Relates a rumor that a phalanx is going to be organized in America. Letter 99. -- Duval, [Lodz, Poland], to the editor of la Democratie Pacifique, August 9, 1844, 6 pages. Advises editorial policy. Letter 100. -- Duval, [Lodz, Poland], to -----, July 30, 1844, 4 pages. Remarks on the policy of the school. Letter 101. -- Duval, [Lodz, Poland], to -----, July 1, 1844, 4 pages. Asks for more articles by Brisbane. Letter 102. -- Guilliot, Erstein, France, to -----, May 17, 1856, 4 pages. Suggests an organization that would avoid the mistakes of the Texas colony.

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Letter 103. -- Guilliot, Erstein, France, to Victor Considérant, May 2, 1852, 8 pages. Urges that a colonization be attempted. Letter 104. -- Godin, Guise, France, to the Director of the Boarde de Mouvement Sociale, November 30, 1876, 1 page. Asks for a subscription to the Bulletin du Mouvement Social for a man in Nebraska. Letter 105. -- Godin, Guise, France, to -- Tallon, March 27, 1875, 4 pages. Suggests society's Texas lands be sold. Letter 106. -- Godin, Guise, France, to -- Tallon, April 2, 1875, 5 pages. Concerns liquidation of the Texas colony. Letter 107. -- Godin, Guise, France, to the society, February 11, 1855, 1 page. Supplies for the colony. Letter 108. -- Godin, Guise, France, to the administration of the society, February 8, 1855, 1 page. Supplies for the colony. Letter 109. -- Godin, Guise, France, to the administration of the society, February 13, 1855, 2 pages. Supplies for the colony. Letter 110. -- Godin, Guise, France, to the administration of the society, February 14, 1855, 1 page. Supplies for the colony. Letter 111. -- Godin, Guise, France, to the administration of the society, April 3, 1855, 1 page. Supplies for the colony. Letter 112. -- Godin, Guise, France, to colleagues of the colonization society, April 11, 1855, 2 pages. Letter 113. -- Grunel, New Orleans, to -- Tallon, April 29, 1876, 1 page. Mentions the French consul visiting the Bulletin du Mouvement Social. Letter 114. -- Guillon, Paris, to Victor Considérant, September 11, 1854, 2 pages. Organizing the Texas adventure, references to Albert Brisbane. Letter 115. -- Guillon to -- Bureau, September 6, 1854, 4 pages. Remarks on reception of Au Texas by the Fourierists in France. Letter 116. -- Guillon, Paris, to Victor Considérant, December 30, 1851, 4 pages. Relates conversation with Albert Brisbane on what to do after the coup d'état in France. Letter 117. -- Guillon, Sainte Pelagie, France, to Victor Considérant, March 11, 1851, 4 pages.

Target: Archives Nationales 10 A S 39 Dossiers 5-8 Letter 118. Oscar Koecklin, Baudry, to -----, May 15, 1854, 1 page. Reaction to Au Texas. Letter 119. Louis Krolikowski, Paris, to members of l'Ecole Sociétaire, 1854, 1 page. De- scribes reaction of Cabet's lieutenant to the Texas adventure. Letter 120. B. Krantz, St. Maurice, France, to Victor Considérant, February 23, 1869, 3 pages. Reference to Albert Brisbane. Letter 121. -- Küss, Marcholsheim, to F. Cantagrel, February 17, 1844, 3 pages. Suggests a publication to be used as a guide for the false realizations in America. Letter 122. -- Ledoux, Besançon, France, to members of l'Ecole Sociétaire, July 2, 1854, 3 pages. Suggests commissions be set up in various cities to screen emigrants. Reference to the failure of the Scarians in Texas. Questions on details of organization. Letter 123. Ludovic Lechant, Lanvic, to Victor Considérant, October 1, 1869, 4 pages. Request for information on the reported sexual promiscuity at the Oneida colony. Letter 124. [Clysée] Lefebvre to Victor Considérant, June 1-3, 1854, 3 pages. Advice on sheep-raising and vegetable culture for the Texas colony.

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Letter 125. L. Lenglet, Douai, France, to a member of the l'Ecole Sociétaire, July 3, 1854, 2 pages. Asks for information on land and land titles in Texas colony. Letter 126. -- Laverdant, Paris, to Victor Considérant, September 4, 1860, 16 pages. Dis- cusses report of the commission named to examine Cantagrel's proposal to transfer the administration of the Texas colony to America. Laverdant a member of this commission. Letter 127. -- Laverdant, Nice, to -- Brunier, n.d., 6 pages. Remarks on the status of l'Ecole Sociétaire. Letter 128. -- Laverdant to Victor Considérant, c. 1854, 8 pages. Mentions the arrest in Merrill's affidavit(# 147). Laverdant remaining in Europe, thinks Fourier's ideas will be realized there.

Target: Archives Nationales 10 A S 40 Dossiers 1-3 Letter 129. Georges Mascard, Brussels, to the editor of the Democratie Pacifique, November 4, 1845, 1 page. Suggests non-European lands as a site for realization of their aims. Letter 130. -- Malgoratt, Bordeaux, to Charles Fourier, July 15, 1833. Proposes to set up phalanxes in America. Letter 131. Mary Meynieu to Victor Considérant, July 9, [1854], 4 pages. Favorable reaction to Au Texas but wants an arrangement whereby a person with little money may participate. Letter 132. Cesarine Mignerot, London, to Victor Considérant, November 27, 1854, 6 pages. As an exile herself expresses her strongest sympathies for the Texas venture. Letter 133. Mme. Mooser, Geneva, to Victor Considérant, August 23, 1854, 4 pages. Asks when colonists will depart. Letter 134. Mme. Mooser, Geneva, to Victor Considérant, September 6, 1854, 4 pages. Tells of son's adventures in Texas colony. Letter 135. A. [Lehuneke], near Geneva, to Victor Considérant, 1854, 3 pages. Letter recommends a young man named Mooser for the Texas colony. States reactions to Au Texas.

Target: Archives Nationales 10 A S 41 Dossiers 5, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15 Letter 136. Petit D'Ormoy, Chartres, to Victor Considérant and members of the l'Ecole Sociétaire[?], May 1854, 2 pages. Reactions to Considérant's Au Texas and suggestions for the organization of the society. Letter 137. A. Pinet, Bernay-sur-Eure, to Victor Considérant, August 25, 1854, 3 pages. Comments on the Texas adventure. Letter 138. -- Souliquen to -- Guillon, November 28, 1855, 3 pages. Remarks on the failure of the Texas colony. Letter 139. -- Souliquen to -- Guillon, January 10, 1856, 3 pages. Remarks on the failure of the Texas colony. Letter 140. -- Raoux, Lausanne, Switzerland, to Victor Considérant[?], November 10, 1871, 3 pages. Mentions Godin's writings and le Familistere at Guise. Letter 141. Jules Rouby, Le Havre, to members of the society, June 11, 1856, 14 pages. A Texas colonist describes his disillusionment in the colony. Letter 142. Eusebio A. de Salazar, Eaux Bonnes, to Victor Considérant, June 30, n.y., 2 pages. Asks about the Texas adventure.

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Letter 143. Charles Sauvestre, Paris, to Victor Considérant, September 28, 1854, 2 pages. Information on the Texas adventure. Letter 144. Charles Sauvestre, Paris, to Victor Considérant, May 13, 1854, 1 page. Statement of his qualifications as a colonist. Letter 145. Adolphe Smith, London, to -- Girand, April 16, 1873, 4 pages. Englishman interested in the cooperative movement writes to the Bulletin du Mouvement Social. In English. Letter 146. Charles Sears, North American Phalanx, Monmouth County, New Jersey, to Victor Considérant, January 3, 1853, 2 pages. Letter of welcome, explains purpose of Considérant's visit to America. In English. Letter 147. Hamilton W. Merrill, Batavia, Genesee County, New York, Affidavit, August 6, 1854, 2 pages. Explanation of Considérant's purchase of firearms. In English. Letter 148. Sabas Sanchez Hidalgo, Quadalajara, Mexico, to l'Ecole Sociétaire, March 18, 1850, 2 pages. Report on the progress of propagation. Letter 149. Arthur Young, North American Phalanx, Monmouth County, New Jersey, to Messrs. Bureau, Guillon, and Godin, January 19, 1856, 9 pages. Urges a closer relationship between the Texas colony and Phalanx. Letter 150. -----, New York, to Victor Considérant, April 24, 1853, 4 pages. Urges Considérant to attempt a colonization in America. Points out the necessity of learning the language. Letter 151. -----, Le Havre, to -----, July 25, 1854, 2 pages. Information on costs and travel conditions to America from a shipping firm.

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Target: Archives Nationales 10 A S 40 Dossier 1 Letter 1. J. Manesca, New York, to the editor of l'Artiste, October 14, 1837, 4 pages. Requests that he be named the correspondent of the American group. Remarks on the weaknesses of the American economy.

Target: Archives Nationales 10 A S 36 Dossier 11 Letter 2. J. Manesca, New York, to Charles Fourier, February 1835, 7 pages. Attempts at propaganda; asks Fourier to personally direct a realization in America. Letter 3. J. Manesca, New York, to Charles Fourier, Paris, January 30, 1836, 8 pages. Discusses the attitude of American disciples and other matters. Letter 4. J. Manesca, New York, to Victor Considérant, Paris, November 20, 1836, 4 pages. Remarks on the Phalange; America as a site of a realization. Letter 5. Albert Brisbane, Berlin, to Jules Lechwalier, Paris, June 1832, 4 pages. Discusses Fourier and Enfantin. Letter 6. Albert Brisbane, New York, to Charles Fourier, Paris, April 1, 1834, 4 pages. Remarks on the bank war; plans for propagation of Fourier's ideas. Letter 7. Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant, Paris, August 1, 1836, 4 pages. Plans to publish Fourier's works in America. Letter 8. Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant, June 25, 1838, 2 pages. Letter of introduction for M. Donegani, a Canadian. Letter 9. Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant, Paris, May 1, 1840, 4 pages. Account of Fourier's birthday celebration held by American disciples.

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Letter 10. Albert Brisbane and Victor Considérant, Paris, Agreement, November 25, 1844, 3 pages. Regarding Fourierist propaganda in America. Letter 11. Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant, September 28, 1869, 4 pages. Discusses Considérant's articles and the need for a new review. Letter 12. Clarisse Vigoureux, Brussels, to A. Bureau, Paris, April 15, 1854, 2 pages. Mentions a letter from Brisbane. Letter 13. Albert Brisbane, Buffalo, to Victor Considérant, September 25, 1866, 3 pages. Information on costs of translation; news of Charles Brisbane's arrival in Texas. Letter 14. Albert Brisbane, Buffalo, to --[Gauhenant], October 13, 1866, 2 pages. Letter of introduction for Charles Brisbane. Letter 15. Albert Brisbane, Buffalo, to -----, October 13, 1866, 3 pages. Letter of introduction for Charles Brisbane. Letter 16. Albert Brisbane, Buffalo, to -----, October 17, 1866, 2 pages. Letter of introduction for Charles Brisbane. In English. Letter 17. -----, Naples, to Charles Brisbane, New Providence, New Jersey, December 4, 1866. Family matters. Letter 18. Albert Brisbane, Buffalo, to --[Gauhenant], December 8, 1866, 1 page. Letter of introduction for Charles Brisbane. Letter 19. Albert Brisbane, New York, to Charles Brisbane, January 9, 1867, 1 page. Urges him to leave San Antonio and find [Gauhenant] at Pilot Point in Denton County. In English. Letter 20. Albert Brisbane, Buffalo, to Charles Brisbane, January 14, 1867, 3 pages. Instructions to son in Texas. In English. Letter 21. Albert Brisbane, Buffalo, to Victor Considérant, February 15, 1867, 3 pages. Asks him to come to the North and write a book on America. Letter 22. Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant, March 28, 1867, 3 pages. Brisbane proposes to propagate the doctrines of Fourierism after a fortune is made with his inventions. Postscript by O. MacDaniel gives favorable opinion of Brisbane's patents. Letter 23. Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant, September 18, 1867, 4 pages. Information on inventions of Brisbane; his interest in organizing a new association. Letter 24. Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant, December 27, 1867, 2 pages. (fragment). Remarks on public opinion and reason Considérant's article was ignored. Letter 25. Albert Brisbane, Buffalo, to Victor Considérant, August 17, 1868, 4 pages. Remarks about his invention, a pneumatic tube. Letter 26. Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant, November 23, 1868, 2 pages. Considérant's action in Europe; Boissiere's Kansas adventure. Letter 27. Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant, November 24, 1868, 4 pages. Theoretical explanation of his invention. Premonitions of increased social agitation. Letter 28. Albert Brisbane, Chicago, to Victor Considérant, May 3, 1869, 2 pages. Instructions to Considérant concerning his departure for France from New York. Letter 29. -----, New Orleans, to Albert Brisbane, August 14, 1869, 2 pages. Mention of New Orleans press reaction to Considérant's departure for France. Letter 30. Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant, September 10, 1869, 2 pages. Concerns letter in the New York Tribune criticizing Considérant's

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article on paper currency, importance of a new journal, anticipation of agitation at Napoleon's disappearance. Letter 31. Albert Brisbane, Buffalo, to Victor Considérant, February 5, 1869, 4 pages. Outline of Brisbane's scheme for currency reform. Letter 32. Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant, February 19, 1869, 3 pages. Brisbane's relation to the Kansas experiment of Boissiere and Grant. Remarks on his own work. Letter 33. Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant, September 2, 1869, 2 pages. Writes that Horace Greeley has published Considérant's article. Letter 34. Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant, September 13, 1869, 2 pages. Comments from Dana, Greeley, and Biglow on Considérant's article. Letter 35. Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant, October 27, 1869, 4 pages. Remarks on Considérant's article; importance of a new journal. Urges Considérant to interest the French in his invention. Letter 36. Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant, November 24, 1869, 8 pages. Concerns Considérant's article and Brisbane's invention. Letter 37. Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant, December 9, 1869, 4 pages. Remarks on article and his invention. Letter 38. Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant, December 27, 1869, 2 pages. Concerns his invention; advice on an article to be written by Considérant. Letter 39. Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant, March 18, 1870, 2 pages. Asks him to obtain French patent for invention. Inquires about Considérant's health and plans for a journal. Letter 40. Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant, April 4, 1870, 2 pages. Concerns the introduction of invention in France. Letter 41. Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant, April 5, 1870, 8 pages. Historical development of invention. Remarks on need for a new journal. Letter 42. Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant, August 25, 1870, 4 pages. Information on invention. Letter 43. Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant, August 23, 1870, 2 pages. Requests involving invention. Letter 44. Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant, January 5, 1872, 4 pages. Family matters. Plans to live in New York and resume the propaganda; plans for a new organization. Letter 45. Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant, March 12, 1872, 4 pages. Has gained support in Washington for his plan of transportation, trying to obtain an act of incorporation for company. Mentions that senators have asked him for documents on the organization of labor. Letter 46. Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant, April 28, 1872, 4 pages. Friend trying to interest railroad men in invention, mentions financial crisis and French currency policy. Boissiere's Kansas enterprise going slowly. [Denant], in Washington, head of branch of the Internales. Working on Methods of Study. Letter 47. -----, Paris, to Albert Brisbane, November 2, 1872, 1 page. Brisbane should renew his patent. Letter 48. Albert Brisbane, Washington, to Victor Considérant, December 29, 1872, 4 pages. Describes pneumatic tube extending from Capitol to Government Printing Office; urges Considérant to have an article on his invention

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published in la Science Sociale. Thinks Americans would subscribe to a monthly journal. Letter 49. Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant, January 27, 1873, 2 pages. Writes that Mrs. A.N. Barnard, sent by U.S. government to examine European immigration to the U.S, interested in Fourierism. Barnard instrumental in getting his transportation bill passed in Congress. Asks when he should send money for patent. Letter 50. Albert Brisbane, Washington, to Victor Considérant, October 13, 1873, 4 pages. Sends plan and explanation of his invention. Hopes to sell property in Buffalo and organize a new review to be published in America and France, asks Considérant to take editorship of it in Paris. Letter 51. Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant, February 9, 1874, 4 pages. Concerns invention, might be used as a means of transporting mail, asks Considérant to interest French capitalists in the venture. Letter 52. Albert Brisbane, Kansas City, to Victor Considérant, September 13, 1882, 4 pages. Advises sale of land in Texas. Invidiar's comparison of intellectual life of France and Germany with the U.S. Letter 53. Albert Brisbane, Buffalo, to Charles Brisbane, October 23, 1866, 2 pages. Request information about the French colony near Dallas and the location of Considérant. In English. Letter 54. Albert Brisbane, Buffalo, to Charles Brisbane, October 24, 1866, 2 pages. Requests son to call on Thomas J. Durant in New Orleans. In English. Letter 55. Albert Brisbane, Buffalo, to Charles Brisbane, November 5, 1866, 4 pages. Urges son to find [Gauhenant] at Pilot Point, Denton County, and question Considérant about his future intentions and attitudes towards Fourier's ideas. In English. Letter 56. Albert Brisbane, Buffalo, to Charles Brisbane, December 9, 1866, 4 pages. Writing on education, including Fourier's system; gives analysis of son's illness and urges him to take care of himself. In English. Letter 57. Albert Brisbane, Buffalo, to Charles Brisbane, January 12, 1867, 6 pages. Urges son to leave San Antonio and conserve his money; alludes to own financial problems; urges son to find [Gauhenant] at Pilot Point. In English.

Index:

Subject Rolls Brisbane, Albert, 1809-1890 roll 1, letters 47,72; roll 2, letters 5-11,13-16,18-57 Considerant, Victor, 1808-1893 roll 1, letters 1-9,11-45, 48, 49, 52, 67, 69, 79, 81, 82, 90, 103, 114, 116, 120, 123, 124, 126, 128, 131-137, 140, 142- 144, 146, 147, 150; roll 2, letters 4, 7, 11, 13, 21-28, 30-46, 48-52 Fourier, Charles, 1772-1837 roll 2, letters 3, 5, 6 Fourierism roll 1, letters 1-151; roll 2, letters 1-57 Archives nationales (France) roll 1-2 Monetary policy roll 1, letters 41, 43-45; roll 2, letters 30, 31

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