The ''Courrier des Etats-Unis'' was a

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newspaper published by French emigrants in

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. It was founded in 1828 by Félix Lacoste with the help of Joseph Bonaparte (

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's older brother), who was living in

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. The ''Courrier'' was the most famous French newspaper across North America, South America and the Caribbean. In 1850, it had more than 11,000 registered readers and was distributed from

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, and from New York to

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. It also had readers in France.

Bonapartist period (1828-1836)

Founded by Félix Lacoste, a close friend of Joseph Bonaparte, the ''Courrier'' took a bonapartist line. Its readers were often bonapartists or republicans in exile, including Général Lallemand, Lakanal. After the Three Glorious Days in France (27, 28, 29 of July 1830), the ''Courrier'' attacked the new

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and the new king Louis-Philippe. It accused the monarchy of stealing the revolution's principles and forgetting what the French people had fought for. The newspaper argued that the Bonaparte family would be the best defender of the nation's will.

Orleanist period (1836-1848)

After 1836, the ''Courrier'' became the property of French librarian Charles de Behr. He was a supporter of Louis-Philippe and shifted the newspaper's line accordingly. In 1839, Frédéric Gaillardet (1808–1882) bought the ''Courrier''. He stated that he wanted the ''Courrier'' to become the "''organe des populations franco-américaines"'' (newspaper for the Franco-American population).

Republican period (1848-1853)

When news of the French Revolution of 1848 reached New York, Gaillardet returned to France to participate in the construction of the new republic and defend his conservative ideas. He sold the ''Courrier'' to Paul Arpin, a French translator for the Louisiana newspaper '' L'Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orléans''. Arpin turned it into a republican newspaper, attacking the royalists of the Parti de l'Ordre and Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte.

After the Republican period

After the Republican period, the history of the ''Courrier des Etats-Unis'' became obscure. From 1854 to 1861, Régis de Trobriand was a joint editor. During the

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it supported the South. The newspaper switched from daily to weekly in 1937 and ceased publishing in 1938. It was restarted in 1941 and the weekly Amérique (started 1933) merged into it in 1943. It is still published today as the monthly France-Amérique.

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