La Réunion, a French Settlement in TexasHammond, William Jackson
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La Réunion, a French Settlement in Texas
Hammond, William Jackson
French -- Texas; Réunion (Tex.)
[7]Herman Studer, _Auswanderung nach hoch—Texas, Was wir in Texas
wollen; Andeutungen Ueber Organization der Arbeit_ (Zuerich, 1855);
Considerant, _Description du Phalanstere et Considerations Sociales
sur l’ Architect antique_ (3rd ed.), Libraire Societaire, Paris,
1846, 64.
[8]Considerant, _Du Texas, premier Rapport a Mes Amis_, (Paris, 1857),
7.
[9]_Ibid._, 8-9. This surprise and disappointment of Considerant in
having all his advice disregarded might explain Considerant’s
attitude toward Savardan’s party at New Orleans and Galveston, as
given in Savardan, _Un Naufrage au Texas_, ch. ii.
[10]Considerant, _Au Texas_, (2nd ed.), 276. The title is sometimes
written the _Société Europeene de colonisation du Texas_.
[11]Savardan, _Un Naufrage Au Texas_, 14; see also Coignet, _Victor
Considerant, sa Vie, son Oeuvre_.
[12]Savardan, _op. cit._
[13]Considerant, _op. cit._, 272-274. Agencies were to be established at
No. 2 Rue de Beaune, Paris, France, and in New York, with Brisbane
as agent for the United States—Considerant, _The Great West_, 60.
[14]Considerant, _Au Texas_, (2nd ed.), 240.
[15]Appendix of statutes of the Society, _ibid._, 271.
[16]Considerant, _A Petition to the Honorable, the Senate and the House
of Representatives of the State of Texas_ (Austin, December 10,
1855), Enclosure c, 7.
[17]Quoting an extract from a letter to his excellency, the Governor of
Texas, in _ibid._, 5.
[18]Considerant, _Au Texas_, (2nd ed.), 199-217.
[19]_Ibid._, 197, 301-324.
[20]Considerant, _The Great West_, 42; _Au Texas_ (2nd ed.), 127-131.
[21]Considerant, _The Great West_, 59-60.
[22]Considerant, _Au Texas_, (2nd ed.), 306-310.
[23]Considerant, _The Great West_, 28-29.
[24]Considerant, _Au Texas_, (2nd ed.), 306-310.
[25]Considerant, _The Great West_, 25.
[26]_Ibid._, 37-38; _Au Texas_, (2nd ed.), 320-321.
[27]Considerant, _The Great West_, 30-31; see also succeeding footnote.
[28]Considerant, _Au Texas_, (2nd ed.), 189-190.
[29]Considerant, _The Great West_, 37-38.
[30]Considerant, _European Colonization in Texas_, 15; _The Great West_,
37-38; _Au Texas_, (2nd ed.), 167-170.
[31]_Ibid._, 169 ff.
[32]Considerant, _The Great West_, 44.
CHAPTER IV
[1]Considerant, _European Colonization in Texas, An Address to the
American People_, New York, 1855, 4-6; _Du Texas_, 5-6.
[2]Considerant, _European Colonization in Texas_, 5.
[3]_Ibid._, 6-7.
[4]_Ibid._, 6-16.
[5]Also quoted in Considerant, _op. cit._, 31.
[6]For Considerant’s reply see his pamphlet _European Colonization in
Texas_; for editorial of _Washington Sentinel_, see _Texas State
Gazette_, October 13, 1855; For the letters see _ibid._, June 2,
1855, October 13, 1855.
[7]_Texas State Gazette_, October 13, 1855.
[8]Letter from J. L. to Editors, dated at Washington, May 2, 1855, as
quoted in _Texas State Gazette_, June 2, 1855.
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