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.

[24]

a. Considerant and council of six (supposedly elected by people). b. A Director, apparently responsible to the Council.