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 Descriptive Summary Ms. 75 Laboulaye (Edouard) 1811-1883 Lectures 1848-64 Laboulaye, Edouard, 1811-1883 Johns Hopkins University. Special Collections 2 volumes English The collection consists of two volumes entitled "Constitution des États-Unis." These contain 59 lectures written in French and delivered by Laboulaye at the Collège de France. Most were delivered in 1862-63, and there are five lectures from the following year 1863-64. The lectures deal with the early history of the United States, including the history and thought behind the United States constitution. The titles of the individual lectures are listed in the Container List. Inserted into the first volume is a pamphlet by Laboulaye De la Constitution Am‚ricaine et de L'Utilit‚ de Son Étude (1850) and printed copies of four of the lectures. There are also covers from two additional pamphlets by Laboulaye Consid‚rations sur la Constitution (1848) and Locke, L‚gislateur de la Caroline (1850). A few newspaper clippings are inserted the lectures. In volume one the lectures cover the period from the settlement of New England to the Revolutionary War. The lectures in the second volume begin with the First Continental Congress and end with the adoption of the constitution. This volume also contains additional lectures on early colonial history as well as lectures on the geography and climate of the United States. Laboulaye's approach to his subject included the politics, economics, philosophical thought and personalities of the period. Administrative Information Provenance

The two volumes of lectures were donated to the University by Laboulaye's sons Paul and Ren‚ de Laboulaye in 1891.

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Laboulaye (Edouard) Lectures Ms. 75 Special Collections Milton S. Eisenhower Library The Johns Hopkins University

Biographical Note

Edouard-Ren‚ Lefebvre de Laboulaye was a French businessman, lawyer, author, professor and politician. He was born in Paris January 18, 1811. With his brother Charles-Pierre he established a type foundry. In 1837 Laboulaye wrote an account of the history of landownership in the West for the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres. Two other reports followed soon after. Laboulaye was called to the bar in 1842. He registered himself at the court in Paris and gave up his business.

In 1844 Laboulaye was elected a member of the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres. In 1849 he was named professor of the history of comparative legislation at the Coll‚ge de France. He contributed regularly to the journal Debats (Parliamentary Debates), and in 1855 he founded the Revue Historique de Droit, endeavoring to restore legal education to its true source, history. During this period Laboulaye taught, gave popular lectures and wrote books including Paris en Amerique (1863) and La Prince Caniche (1868). He continually held up the United States government as a model and became one of the principal voices of the liberal opposition to the Empire.

Laboulaye believed strongly in freedom of religion, of the press, of learning and above all in the idea of individual liberty, but he was not a democrat or a revolutionary. He was a liberal and an evolutionist. Laboulaye believed that nations should make gradual and peaceful changes in government. He was misunderstood by many of his contemporaries. Because of hostile demonstrations at the Coll‚ge de France in May 1870, he was forced to suspend his lectures.

After the collapse of the Empire, Laboulaye was elected a member of the Chamber of Deputies in 1871. He supported the Thiers government. In June of 1874, he joined in the call for a constitution for the Republic, and the following year was made a Senator for life. In 1873 Laboulaye was elected by his colleagues Administrator of the Coll‚ge de France, in which capacity he remained until his death in 1883.

 Description of Series/Container List Container List Container List America 1862-63 Lectures America 1862-63 Lectures Box Volume Contents 1 1 Lesson 2 (January 1862) 1 1 Lesson 3 New England 1 1 Lesson 4 Massachusetts-Connecticut 1 1 Lesson 5 English Liberties-Adams-Mably (The Church and the State) 1 1 Lesson 6 The Churches 1 1 Lesson 7 Education 1 1 Lesson 8 The Township 1 1 Lesson 9 The Militia 1 1 Lesson 10 Virginia 1 1 Lesson 11 Virginia-Slavery 1 1 Lesson 12 Slavery 1 1 Lesson 13 The Two Carolinas 1 1 Lesson 14 Pennsylvania 1 1 Lesson 15 New York 1 1 Lesson 16 Maryland-Rhode Island 1 1 Lesson 17 Canada 1 1 Lesson 18 Canada. Richelieu. Colbert. Talon. 1 1 Lesson 19 Canada 1 1 Lesson 20 Loss of Canada in 1763 1 1 Lesson 21 The Revolutionary War 1 1 Lesson 22 Establishment of the Stamp Act and Its Repeal, 1763-1766 1 1 Lesson 23 The Struggle of the Colonies and England, 1769-1774 1 1 Lesson 24 Continuation of the Strife; American in 1774; First Congress 1 1 Lesson 25 Debates of the English Parliament in 1775; Second Congress in America 1 1 Lesson 26 The Year 1776. Declaration of Independence. July 4 1 2 Lesson 27 Summary of the First Semester Lessons 1 2 Lesson 28 Congress of 1774-1778. Establishment of the Confederation 1 2 Lesson 29 The Weakness of the Congress. Paper Money 1 2 Lesson 30 Weakness of the Federal System. Washington and the Army 1 2 Lesson 31 Washington and the Congress during the War. (continuation) 1 2 Lesson 32 Of the Weakness of the Congress and of the Efforts of General Washington to Bring Peace (continuation and end) 1 2 Lesson 33 Decline of the Confederation after 1783 (Finance and Commerce) 1 2 Lesson 34 Preliminaries of the Constitutional Convention of Annapolis. Correspondence of Jay and of Washington (1786) 1 2 Lesson 35 Preliminaries of the Convention (continuation). Resolution of Virginia; Correspondence of Washington; Resolution of Congress and of New York; Assembling of the Convention 1 2 Lesson 36 Federal Convention; Some of the Political Ideas that the Members Brought to It. 1 2 Lesson 37 Declaration of Rights 1 2 Lesson 38 Some of the Men of Federal Convention. Alexander Hamilton 1 2 Lesson 39 The Part of the Anti-Federalists; Jefferson; The Absolute Separation of Church and State. 1 2 Lesson 40 Jefferson (continued and end) 1 2 Lesson 41 Design of the Constitution; Randolph; Pinckney; Division of Power 1 2 Lesson 42 House of Representatives 1 2 Lesson 43 House of Representatives (continued) 1 2 Lesson 44 The Senate 1 2 Lesson 45 Of the Power of Congress 1 2 Lesson 46 Of the Executive Power 1 2 Lesson 47 Judicial Power 1 2 Lesson 48 Last Lesson. Promulgation and Adoption of the Constitution. Other Lectures Other Lectures Box Volume Contents 1 2 Geography of the United States 1 2 miscellaneous notes on the lectures 1 2 Climate America America Box Volume Contents 1 2 Lesson 3 Colonization of America 1 2 Lesson 4 New England 1 2 Lesson 5 Middle Colonies. Conclusion. 1863-64 Lectures 1863-64 Lectures Box Volume Contents 1 2 Lesson 2 Response to Several Objections 1 2 Lesson 3 History of the Colonies 1 2 Lesson 4 America of 1763-1766 1 2 Lesson 5 Of 1765-1776 1 2 Lesson 6 Congress of 1775. Declaration of Independence