CHAPTER VI
[1]Victor Prosper Considerant, Au Texas, le premier Rapport a mes Amis (1st ed., Bruxelles, 1855), 44; The Great West, A New Social and Industrial Life in its Fertile Regions (New York, 1854), 9-10; European Colonization in Texas, an Address to the American People (New York, 1855), 18. The greater part of this chapter first appeared as an article in The Southwestern Social Science Quarterly, XVII, No. 2, September, 1936.
[2]A Petition to the Honorable, the Senate and the House of Representatives of the State of Texas, Austin, December 10, 1885; Savardan, Un Naufrage au Texas ..., p. 30-31.
[3]Deed Record, Dallas County, Book K, 67-69; also Book F, 410-411.
[4]Considerant, Au Texas (2nd ed.).
[5]Savardan, op. cit., v.
[6]Phalanstery was the name given to a unit of the colony in writings supporting the movement.
[7]Deed filed in Harris County Record of Deeds, Book D, 164; see also County of Dallas, Deeds Record, Book K, 174-176.
[8]Savardan, Un Naufrage au Texas, 148-149.
[9]Ibid., v.
[10]Southwest Review, (October-July, 1928-1929), XIV, 324-325. A list of the tracts purchased is found in Dallas County, Deed Record, Book K, 67-73.
[11]Savardan, op. cit., 244-246.
[12]Compare, Ibid., 160 ff.
[13]Savardan, Un Naufrage, 206-213.
[14]Considerant, Au Texas, passim, for definite explanation.
[15]Savardan, op. cit., 179 ff.
[16]Dallas Herald, November 23, 1859.
[17]Dallas Herald, June 1, 1859.
[18]Vincent, “The Story of Old French Town,” Dallas Morning News, November 23, 1919.
[19]Savardan, op. cit., vii.
[20]Ibid., vii.
[21]Ibid., 191-193.
[22]Ibid., 153-154.
[23]Ibid., 179, 180 ff.
a. Considerant and council of six (supposedly elected by people). b. A Director, apparently responsible to the Council. c. Worker’s Council (elected from the different groups of workers). Two from this organization were elected to serve in the council of six. d. In addition to these committees there were numerous minor groups—one of the store, and one of the hotel—each one exerting some influence on local affairs.
Savardan, Un Naufrage au Texas, passim.