Archives Sociétaire, 1832-1882 (C233)

208 letters on 2 rolls of microfilm

MICROFILM

INTRODUCTION

Selected letters from the Archives Sociétaire, housed at the Archives Nationales, Paris, France. The Archives Sociétaire are the records of the followers of Charles Fourier. Included is correspondence of Victor Considérant, founder of the Fourierist colony at Réunion, Texas, and Albert Brisbane, Fourierism's foremost advocate in the United States.

DONOR INFORMATION

The Archives Sociétaire were purchased from the Archives Nationales in Paris on 26 March 1954 (Accession No. 3194).

HISTORICAL SKETCH

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 propagation 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.

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. The letters are in no discernible order. Also included on the shelf cards 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.

CALENDAR

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Target: Archives Nationales 10 A S 28 Dossier 9

Letter 1Victor Considérant, New York, to Julie Considérant,
Jan. 31, 1859, 1 page.
Has returned to America.
Letter 2Victor Considérant, Brussels, to Julie Considérant,
July 10, 1858, 4 pages.
Reports on his attempt to find support for the colony in Europe.
Letter 3Victor Considérant, Cincinnati, to Julie Considérant,
May 3, [1853], 13 pages.
Describes his trip through America.
Letter 4Victor Considérant, [Austin], to Julie Considérant,
n.d., 2 pages.
Letter 5Victor Considérant, New York, to Julie Considérant,
June 5-6, 1858, 2 pages.
Going to Europe to get help for the colony.
Letter 6Victor Considérant, San Antonio, to Julie Considérant,
Dec. 1, 1856, 8 pages.
Concerns moving from Réunion to San Antonio.
Letter 7Victor Considérant, San Antonio, to Julie Considérant,
Sept. 28, 1856, 1 page.
Writes during trip looking for more land for colony.
Letter 8Victor Considérant, San Antonio, to Julie Considérant,
Sept. 14, 1856, 2 pages.
Letter 9Victor Considérant, Austin, to Julie Considérant,
Feb. 3, 1856, 2 pages.
Letter 10Directors of the colonization society to French minister of finance,
Dec. 22, 1854, 2 pages.
Concerns stamp imposed on printed material distributed by the society in France.
Letter 11Victor Considérant, Austin, to Julie Considérant,
Dec. 3, 1854, 4 pages.
Trying to get a land concession. Complains of the hasty dispatching of colonists before sufficient preparations.
Letter 12Victor Considérant, Brussels, to -----,
Oct. 20, 1854, 3 pages.
Asks that information on the society be sent to Dana and Kipley.
Letter 13Victor Considérant, to A. [Bureau],
May 1854, 4 pages.
Remarks on distribution of pamphlet Au Texas.
Letter 14Victor Considérant, Brussels, to A. Bureau,
June 7, 1854, 6 pages.
List of subscribers to colonization society.
Letter 15Victor Considérant, Brussels, to -----,
June 26, 1854, 3 pages.
List of subscribers to colonization society.
Letter 16Victor Considérant, Brussels, to -----,
July 27 and Aug. 14, 1854, 3 pages.
Information on subscribers to colonization society.
Letter 17Victor Considérant, Brussels, to -----,
1854, 4 pages.
Concerns format of Au Texas.
Letter 18Victor Considérant, Brussels, to -----,
Feb. 6, 1854, 4 pages.
Concerns Au Texas.
Letter 19Victor Considérant, Brussels, to -----,
Feb. 5, 1854, 4 pages.
Concerns distribution of Au Texas.
Letter 20Victor Considérant, Buffalo, to Julie Considérant,
Apr. 23, 1853, 2 pages.
Letter 21Victor Considérant, New York, to Julie Considérant,
Mar. 26, 1853, 4 pages.
Has returned from Boston.
Letter 22Victor Considérant, New York, to Julie Considérant,
Mar. 9, 1853, 4 pages.
Personal matters.
Letter 23Victor Considérant, North American Phalanx [Red Bank, New Jersey] to Julie Considérant,
[Jan. 15], 1853, 8 pages.
Personal matters.
Letter 24Victor Considérant, New York, to Julie Considérant,
Feb. 26, 1853, 9 pages.
Discusses people he has met.
Letter 25Victor Considérant, New York, to Julie Considérant,
Feb. 19, 1853, 6 pages.
Discusses possibility of a colony in America.
Letter 26Victor Considérant, Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Julie Considérant,
May 18, [1853], 2 pages.
Letter 27Victor Considérant, to -----,
n.d., 6 pages, (fragment).
Describes trip to America. Hears about [Gauhenant], the Scarian.
Letter 28Victor Considérant, Belgium, to A. Bureau,
Nov. 20, 1852, 3 pages.
Discloses plan to go to America.
Letter 29Victor Considérant, Brussels, to Emile Bourdon,
Jan. 26, 1852, 3 pages.
Has heard of scheme to emigrate to America.
Letter 30Victor Considérant, to Julie Considérant,
May 13, [1856], 4 pages.
On tour of America.
Letter 31Victor Considérant, Brussels, to -----, Paris,
Feb. 2, 1854, 4 pages.
About Au Texas.
Letter 32Victor Considérant, Monterey, Mexico, to Julie Considérant,
Mar. 5, n.y., 2 pages.
Refers to French troops in Mexico.
Letter 33Victor Considérant, Austin, to Julie Considérant,
Nov. 9-10, [1856], 3 pages.
Letter 34Victor Considérant, San Antonio, to Julie Considérant,
Mar. 6, n.y., 2 pages.
Refers to purchase of land in Uralde, Texas, presumably to move the colony.
Letter 35Victor Considérant, New York, to Julie Considérant,
Apr. 5, 1853, 2 pages.
Writes before beginning trip to the interior with Albert Brisbane.
Letter 36Victor Considérant, New York, to Julie Considérant,
June 1858, 3 pages.
Discusses trip to Europe.
Letter 37Victor Considérant, Mobile, Alabama, to Julie Considérant,
May 26, 1858, 1 page.
On way to New York. Will stop at Washington.
Letter 38Victor Considérant to Julie Considérant,
Feb. 11, 1857, 3 pages.
Letter 39Victor Considérant, San Antonio, to Julie Considérant,
Feb. 8, 1857, 2 pages.
Letter 40Victor Considérant, San Antonio, to -----,
Oct. 1, 1856, 2 pages.
Concerns expedition to find a new site for the colony.
Letter 41Victor Considérant, San Antonio, to President-elect Ulysses S. Grant,
Dec. 27, 1868, 38 pages.
Rough draft of Considérant's scheme for monetary reform.
Letter 42Victor Considérant to Horace [Greeley],
n.d., 6 pages, (fragment).
Discusses Greeley's opposition to women's suffrage. In English.
Letter 43Victor Considérant, San Antonio, to Charles Durant,
Jan. 15, 1868, 4 pages.
Concerns monetary reform.
Letter 44Victor Considérant, San Antonio, to -----,
Mar. 16, 1868, 5 pages.
Concerns monetary reform.
Letter 45Victor Considérant, San Antonio, to Charles Durant,
Feb. 16, 1869, 8 pages.
Concerns monetary reform.
Letter 46-- Arnaud, Paris, to Emile Bourdon,
Aug. 12, 1872, 3 pages.
Comments on the Bulletin du Mouvement Social.
Letter 47L. Bert, Amboise, France, to the editor of the Bulletin du Mouvement Social,
Apr. 1, 1874, 2 pages.
Letter 48Charles Bergeron, Paris, to Victor Considérant,
Mar. 11, 1874, 3 pages.
Concerns an invention of Bergeron's. Albert Brisbane asked to promote in America.
Letter 49V. Besanion, Paris, to Victor Considérant,
Sept. 30, 1870, 4 pages.
Supports Considérant's ideas.
Letter 50Aimee Benque, Lyon, to Phalansterien committee,
Feb. 27, 1833, 1 page.
Wants to enter a phalanx.
Letter 51Aimee Benque, Lyon, to editors of la Phalange,
Sept. 17, 1841, 2 pages.
Information on Considérant's travels.
Letter 52Aimee Benque, Lyon, to Victor Considérant,
Mar. 18, 1842, 3 pages.
Information on scheme to establish a colony on Sardinia.
Letter 53A. Bureau, Paris, to Julie Considérant and Clarisse Vigoureux,
Aug. 3, 1853, 2 pages.
Asks for news of Considérant in America.
Letter 54Aimee Benque, Paris, to the Texas colony,
Jan. 3, 1855, 4 pages.
Letter 55Aimee Benque, Paris, to Clarisse Vigoureux,
Feb. 16, 1855, 4 pages.
Letter 56Aimee Benque, Paris, to Julie Considérant and Clarisse Vigoureux,
1855 or 1856, 4 pages.
Letter 57Aimee Benque, Paris, to Clarisse Vigoureux,
May 2, 1855, 4 pages.
Letter 58Aimee Benque, Paris, to Julie Considérant and Clarisse Vigoureux,
Sept. 20, 1858, 4 pages.
Comments on the reception Considérant received when he returned to Paris.
Letter 59Aimee Benque, Paris, to Clarisse Vigoureux,
Jan. 1, 1856, 4 pages.
Letter 60Aimee Benque, Paris, to Julie Considérant and Clarisse Vigoureux,
Jan. 30, 1856, 4 pages.
Letter 61Aimee Benque, Paris, to Julie Considérant and Clarisse Vigoureux,
Sept. 12, 1856, 4 pages.
Letter 62Aimee Benque, Paris, to Julie Considérant and Clarisse Vigoureux,
Oct. 27, 1858, 4 pages.
Letter 63Aimee Benque, Paris, to Julie Considérant and Clarisse Vigoureux,
Aug. 16, 1859, 2 pages.
News of a general amnesty to political exiles.
Letter 64Document, Aimee Benque,
Nov. 8, 1861, 1 page.
Bestows her title of representative to an 1861 meeting on another person.
Letter 65Aimee Benque, Paris, to Julie Considérant,
Jan. 20, 1867, 4 pages.
Comments on America and the death of Abraham Lincoln.
Letter 66Aimee Benque, Paris, to Julie Considérant,
Mar. 6, 1868, 4 pages.
Information on the situation of the school in France.
Letter 67Aimee Benque, Paris, to the Considérants,
July 14, 1868, 4 pages.
Letter 68Aimee Benque, Paris, to Aug.e Dupont,
Feb. 16, 1871, 2 pages.
Resignation 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,
Dec. 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,
Aug. 18, 1875, 2 pages.
Attempting 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 76A. Bureau, Paris, to the North American Phalanx,
n.d., 3 pages.
Details phalanx activities. In English.
Letter 77A. Bureau, Paris, to -----,
Mar. 16, 1852, 3 pages.
Discusses state of l'Ecole Sociétaire.
Letter 78A. Bureau, Paris, to [Dr. Savardan],
Dec. 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.
Letter 79A. Bureau, Paris, to Victor Considérant,
July 20-21, 1854, 2 pages.
Information on more colonists, allusion to a contribution from Brisbane.
Letter 80A. Bureau to -----,
c. 1854, 2 pages, (fragment).
Information on colonists.
Letter 81A. Bureau to Victor Considérant,
1854, 2 pages.
Mentions Krolikowski's support of the Texas colony.
Letter 82A. Bureau to Victor Considérant,
Aug. 19, 1854, 2 pages.
Information on colonists for Texas colony.
Letter 83Frederick Burgi, Zurich, to the society, Paris,
Mar. 26, 1855, 2 pages.
Describes departure of Swiss colonists for Texas colony.
Letter 84Charles Burkley, Zurich, to the society, Paris,
Aug. 5, 1848, 3 pages.
Reports on success of propaganda.
Letter 85Charles Burkley, Zurich, to the society, Paris,
Oct. 1, 1848, 1 page.
Requests writings of members of l'Ecole Sociétaire.
Letter 86Charles Burkley, Zurich, to the society, Paris,
Dec. 2, 1848, 3 pages.
Lists books in phalanx library.
Letter 87Charles Burkley, Zurich, to -----,
Jan. 12, 1849, 2 pages.
Promises assistance.
Letter 88Charles Burkley, Zurich, to the society, Paris,
Dec. 23, 1849, 1 page.
Concerns propaganda material.
Letter 89Charles Burkley, Zurich, to Bourdox and Co.,
June 30, 1850, 2 pages.
Describes spread of Fourierist ideas into Switzerland.
Letter 90William F. Channing, Boston, to Victor Considérant,
Apr. 3, 1853, 11 pages.
Includes copy of letter Channing sent to Lajos Kossuth. In English.
Letter 91A. Cretien, Dallas, to disciples in France,
Jan. 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 92A. Cretien to comité d'exécution,
Apr. 27, 1875, 1 page.
Letter 93A. Cretien to E. Nus,
n.d, 1 page.
Letter 94A. Cretien, Dallas, to E. Nus,
May 4, 1875, 4 pages.
Letter 95A. Cretien, Dallas, to the editor of Bulletin du Mouvement Social,
June 24, 1875, 3 pages.
Letter 96A. Cretien, Dallas, to the editor of Bulletin du Mouvement Social,
Dec. 29, 1875, 4 pages.
Mentions a French journal published in New York.
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 -----,
Aug. 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,
Aug. 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.
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,
Nov. 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,
Mar. 27, 1875, 4 pages.
Suggests society's Texas lands be sold.
Letter 106-- Godin, Guise, France, to -- Tallon,
Apr. 2, 1875, 5 pages.
Concerns liquidation of the Texas colony.
Letter 107-- Godin, Guise, France, to the society,
Feb. 11, 1855, 1 page.
Supplies for the colony.
Letter 108-- Godin, Guise, France, to the administration of the society,
Feb. 8, 1855, 1 page.
Supplies for the colony.
Letter 109-- Godin, Guise, France, to the administration of the society,
Feb. 13, 1855, 2 pages.
Supplies for the colony.
Letter 110-- Godin, Guise, France, to the administration of the society,
Feb. 14, 1855, 1 page.
Supplies for the colony.
Letter 111-- Godin, Guise, France, to the administration of the society,
Apr. 3, 1855, 1 page.
Supplies for the colony.
Letter 112-- Godin, Guise, France, to colleagues of the colonization society,
Apr. 11, 1855, 2 pages.
Letter 113-- Grunel, New Orleans, to -- Tallon,
Apr. 29, 1876, 1 page.
Mentions the French consul visiting the Bulletin du Mouvement Social.
Letter 114-- Guillon, Paris, to Victor Considérant,
Sept. 11, 1854, 2 pages.
Organizing the Texas adventure, references to Albert Brisbane.
Letter 115-- Guillon to -- Bureau,
Sept. 6, 1854, 4 pages.
Remarks on reception of Au Texas by the Fourierists in France.
Letter 116-- Guillon, Paris, to Victor Considérant,
Dec. 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,
Mar. 11, 1851, 4 pages.
Letter 118Oscar Koecklin, Baudry, to -----,
May 15, 1854, 1 page.
Reaction to Au Texas.
Letter 119Louis Krolikowski, Paris, to members of l'Ecole Sociétaire,
1854, 1 page.
Describes reaction of Cabet's lieutenant to the Texas adventure.
Letter 120B. Krantz, St. Maurice, France, to Victor Considérant,
Feb. 23, 1869, 3 pages.
Reference to Albert Brisbane.
Letter 121-- Küss, Mar.olsheim, to F. Cantagrel,
Feb. 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 123Ludovic Lechant, Lanvic, to Victor Considérant,
Oct. 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.
Letter 125L. 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,
Sept. 4, 1860, 16 pages.
Discusses 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.
Letter 129Georges Mascard, Brussels, to the editor of the Democratie Pacifique,
Nov. 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 131Mary 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 132Cesarine Mignerot, London, to Victor Considérant,
Nov. 27, 1854, 6 pages.
As an exile herself expresses her strongest sympathies for the Texas venture.
Letter 133Mme. Mooser, Geneva, to Victor Considérant,
Aug. 23, 1854, 4 pages.
Asks when colonists will depart.
Letter 134Mme. Mooser, Geneva, to Victor Considérant,
Sept. 6, 1854, 4 pages.
Tells of son's adventures in Texas colony.
Letter 135A. [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.
Letter 136Petit 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 137A. Pinet, Bernay-sur-Eure, to Victor Considérant,
Aug. 25, 1854, 3 pages.
Comments on the Texas adventure.
Letter 138-- Souliquen to -- Guillon,
Nov. 28, 1855, 3 pages.
Remarks on the failure of the Texas colony.
Letter 139-- Souliquen to -- Guillon,
Jan. 10, 1856, 3 pages.
Remarks on the failure of the Texas colony.
Letter 140-- Raoux, Lausanne, Switzerland, to Victor Considérant[?],
Nov. 10, 1871, 3 pages.
Mentions Godin's writings and le Familistere at Guise.
Letter 141Jules Rouby, Le Havre, to members of the society,
June 11, 1856, 14 pages.
A Texas colonist describes his disillusionment in the colony.
Letter 142Eusebio A. de Salazar, Eaux Bonnes, to Victor Considérant,
June 30, n.y., 2 pages.
Asks about the Texas adventure.
Letter 143Charles Sauvestre, Paris, to Victor Considérant,
Sept. 28, 1854, 2 pages.
Information on the Texas adventure.
Letter 144Charles Sauvestre, Paris, to Victor Considérant,
May 13, 1854, 1 page.
Statement of his qualifications as a colonist.
Letter 145Adolphe Smith, London, to -- Girand,
Apr. 16, 1873, 4 pages.
Englishman interested in the cooperative movement writes to the Bulletin du Mouvement Social. In English.
Letter 146Charles Sears, North American Phalanx, Monmouth County, New Jersey, to Victor Considérant,
Jan. 3, 1853, 2 pages.
Letter of welcome, explains purpose of Considérant's visit to America. In English.
Letter 147Hamilton W. Merrill, Batavia, Genesee County, New York, Affidavit,
Aug. 6, 1854, 2 pages.
Explanation of Considérant's purchase of firearms. In English.
Letter 148Sabas Sanchez Hidalgo, Quadalajara, Mexico, to l'Ecole Sociétaire,
Mar. 18, 1850, 2 pages.
Report on the progress of propagation.
Letter 149Arthur Young, North American Phalanx, Monmouth County, New Jersey, to Messrs. Bureau, Guillon, and Godin,
Jan. 19, 1856, 9 pages.
Urges a closer relationship between the Texas colony and Phalanx.
Letter 150-----, New York, to Victor Considérant,
Apr. 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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Letter 1J. Manesca, New York, to the editor of l'Artiste,
Oct. 14, 1837, 4 pages.
Requests that he be named the correspondent of the American group. Remarks on the weaknesses of the American economy.
Letter 2J. Manesca, New York, to Charles Fourier,
Feb. 1835, 7 pages.
Attempts at propaganda; asks Fourier to personally direct a realization in America.
Letter 3J. Manesca, New York, to Charles Fourier, Paris,
Jan. 30, 1836, 8 pages.
Discusses the attitude of American disciples and other matters.
Letter 4J. Manesca, New York, to Victor Considérant, Paris,
Nov. 20, 1836, 4 pages.
Remarks on the Phalange; America as a site of a realization.
Letter 5Albert Brisbane, Berlin, to Jules Lechwalier, Paris,
June 1832, 4 pages.
Discusses Fourier and Enfantin.
Letter 6Albert Brisbane, New York, to Charles Fourier, Paris,
Apr. 1, 1834, 4 pages.
Remarks on the bank war; plans for propagation of Fourier's ideas.
Letter 7Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant, Paris,
Aug. 1, 1836, 4 pages.
Plans to publish Fourier's works in America.
Letter 8Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant,
June 25, 1838, 2 pages.
Letter of introduction for M. Donegani, a Canadian.
Letter 9Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant, Paris,
May 1, 1840, 4 pages.
Account of Fourier's birthday celebration held by American disciples.
Letter 10Albert Brisbane and Victor Considérant, Paris, Agreement,
Nov. 25, 1844, 3 pages.
Regarding Fourierist propaganda in America.
Letter 11Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant,
Sept. 28, 1869, 4 pages.
Discusses Considérant's articles and the need for a new review.
Letter 12Clarisse Vigoureux, Brussels, to A. Bureau, Paris,
Apr. 15, 1854, 2 pages.
Mentions a letter from Brisbane.
Letter 13Albert Brisbane, Buffalo, to Victor Considérant,
Sept. 25, 1866, 3 pages.
Information on costs of translation; news of Charles Brisbane's arrival in Texas.
Letter 14Albert Brisbane, Buffalo, to --[Gauhenant],
Oct. 13, 1866, 2 pages.
Letter of introduction for Charles Brisbane.
Letter 15Albert Brisbane, Buffalo, to -----,
Oct. 13, 1866, 3 pages.
Letter of introduction for Charles Brisbane.
Letter 16Albert Brisbane, Buffalo, to -----,
Oct. 17, 1866, 2 pages.
Letter of introduction for Charles Brisbane. In English.
Letter 17-----, Naples, to Charles Brisbane, New Providence, New Jersey,
Dec. 4, 1866. Family matters.
Letter 18Albert Brisbane, Buffalo, to --[Gauhenant],
Dec. 8, 1866, 1 page.
Letter of introduction for Charles Brisbane.
Letter 19Albert Brisbane, New York, to Charles Brisbane,
Jan. 9, 1867, 1 page.
Urges him to leave San Antonio and find [Gauhenant] at Pilot Point in Denton County. In English.
Letter 20Albert Brisbane, Buffalo, to Charles Brisbane,
Jan. 14, 1867, 3 pages.
Instructions to son in Texas. In English.
Letter 21Albert Brisbane, Buffalo, to Victor Considérant,
Feb. 15, 1867, 3 pages.
Asks him to come to the North and write a book on America.
Letter 22Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant,
Mar. 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 23Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant,
Sept. 18, 1867, 4 pages.
Information on inventions of Brisbane; his interest in organizing a new association.
Letter 24Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant,
Dec. 27, 1867, 2 pages.
(fragment). Remarks on public opinion and reason Considérant's article was ignored.
Letter 25Albert Brisbane, Buffalo, to Victor Considérant,
Aug. 17, 1868, 4 pages.
Remarks about his invention, a pneumatic tube.
Letter 26Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant,
Nov. 23, 1868, 2 pages.
Considérant's action in Europe; Boissiere's Kansas adventure.
Letter 27Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant,
Nov. 24, 1868, 4 pages.
Theoretical explanation of his invention. Premonitions of increased social agitation.
Letter 28Albert 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,
Aug. 14, 1869, 2 pages.
Mention of New Orleans press reaction to Considérant's departure for France.
Letter 30Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant,
Sept. 10, 1869, 2 pages.
Concerns letter in the New York Tribune criticizing Considérant's article on paper currency, importance of a new journal, antici- pation of agitation at Napoleon's disappearance.
Letter 31Albert Brisbane, Buffalo, to Victor Considérant,
Feb. 5, 1869, 4 pages.
Outline of Brisbane's scheme for currency reform.
Letter 32Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant,
Feb. 19, 1869, 3 pages.
Brisbane's relation to the Kansas experiment of Boissiere and Grant. Remarks on his own work.
Letter 33Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant,
Sept. 2, 1869, 2 pages.
Writes that Horace Greeley has published Considérant's article.
Letter 34Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant,
Sept. 13, 1869, 2 pages.
Comments from Dana, Greeley, and Biglow on Considérant's article.
Letter 35Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant,
Oct. 27, 1869, 4 pages.
Remarks on Considérant's article; importance of a new journal. Urges Consi- dérant to interest the French in his invention.
Letter 36Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant,
Nov. 24, 1869, 8 pages.
Concerns Considérant's article and Brisbane's invention.
Letter 37Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant,
Dec. 9, 1869, 4 pages.
Remarks on article and his invention.
Letter 38Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant,
Dec. 27, 1869, 2 pages.
Concerns his invention; advice on an article to be written by Considérant.
Letter 39Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant,
Mar. 18, 1870, 2 pages.
Asks him to obtain French patent for invention. Inquires about Considérant's health and plans for a journal.
Letter 40Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant,
Apr. 4, 1870, 2 pages.
Concerns the introduction of invention in France.
Letter 41Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant,
Apr. 5, 1870, 8 pages.
Historical development of invention. Remarks on need for a new journal.
Letter 42Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant,
Aug. 25, 1870, 4 pages.
Information on invention.
Letter 43Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant,
Aug. 23, 1870, 2 pages.
Requests involving invention.
Letter 44Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant,
Jan. 5, 1872, 4 pages.
Family matters. Plans to live in New York and resume the propaganda; plans for a new organization.
Letter 45Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant,
Mar. 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 46Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant,
Apr. 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,
Nov. 2, 1872, 1 page.
Brisbane should renew his patent.
Letter 48Albert Brisbane, Washington, to Victor Considérant,
Dec. 29, 1872, 4 pages.
Describes pneumatic tube extending from Capitol to Government Printing Office; urges Considérant to have an article on his invention published in la Science Sociale. Thinks Americans would subscribe to a monthly journal.
Letter 49Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant,
Jan. 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 50Albert Brisbane, Washington, to Victor Considérant,
Oct. 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 51Albert Brisbane, New York, to Victor Considérant,
Feb. 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 52Albert Brisbane, Kansas City, to Victor Considérant,
Sept. 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 53Albert Brisbane, Buffalo, to Charles Brisbane,
Oct. 23, 1866, 2 pages.
Request information about the French colony near Dallas and the location of Considérant. In English.
Letter 54Albert Brisbane, Buffalo, to Charles Brisbane,
Oct. 24, 1866, 2 pages.
Requests son to call on Thomas J. Durant in New Orleans. In English.
Letter 55Albert Brisbane, Buffalo, to Charles Brisbane,
Nov. 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 56Albert Brisbane, Buffalo, to Charles Brisbane,
Dec. 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 57Albert Brisbane, Buffalo, to Charles Brisbane,
Jan. 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.

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