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1. 1.1.42-43 - Meeting Minutes

   Selected snyopsis of meeting minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association and the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation of: September 20, 1915 October 18, 1915 December 27, 1915 1916 March 20, 1916 April 8, 1916 September 18, 1916 February 4, 1918 September 4, 1896 September 9, 1898 June 8, 1927

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2. 1.1.43 - Letter

   Letter dated 7/23/1906 to Joseph Fels in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from R. F. Powell, of the Fairhope Improvement Company, stating the company's opinion about the special referendum election of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation of the same date. The election is to decide if special trustees will be allowed to assume debt in the Corporation's best insterest for needed public servies (the water works system). It is against the FSTC constitutio...

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3. 1.1.44-47 - Essay

   Undated typed version of essay "True Greatness," also available in this archive in handwritten form ( see 1.1.18-28 and 1.1.31-37). . Author not known.

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4. 1.1.48 - Constitution

   Typed, undated platform and constitution of the Des Moines Single Tax Club. See 1.1.5-9 for hand-written version.

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5. 1.1.5-9 - Meeting Minutes

   Platform of Principles and Constitution of the Des Moines Single Tax Club. This document was signed in 1891. Some were signed on 2/14 and some on 3/29, and most do not indicate the date. Signed by: J. Bellangee J. W. King H. D. Cope William Morphy H. Wendt S. Vander-Meulen C. B. Allison J. Watts Thos. Brooke E. B. Skinner William Caldbeck R. G. Scott DaNiel P. Rinking R. A. Rollinson Ernest B. Gaston F. Kurtz Frank M. Rice J....

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6. 1.10.105-106 - Legal Documents

   James Bellangee's copy of a subpoena for Melville vs Fairhope Single Tax Corporation suit dated 5/4/1914 including names of others summoned to appear.

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7. 1.10.107 - Statement

   Statement saying that the resident members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation are desirous of extending to non-member leasees every privilege of participation in the administration of Corporation affairs.

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8. 1.10.108-116 - Letter

   Undated letter to E. B. Gaston from James Bellangee in reference to incurring debt for the water works system. Bellangee thinks that to show an effective demonstration of the Single Tax they should adhere more strictly to its principles by waiting until there is a sufficient accumulation of land values to provide services rather and not complicate nor mar the demonstration by other devices (such as taking on debt). He thinks that by deferring wan...

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9. 1.10.117-122 - Letter

   Letter dated 10/6/1907 to E. B. Gaston from James Bellagee. This is a long letter and it is difficult to decipher where it starts and ends, it may be a draft. Mr. Bellangee is expressing discontent over Gaston's handling of the Fairhope Courier. He says that as editor of the Fairhope Courier Gaston has weight and influence with the outside world and that greater circumspection must be used in the future. "We can all pull together for affirmative...

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10. 1.10.123-124 - Letter

    Undated, unsigned letter to E. B. Gaston, editor of the Fairhope Courier critical of one of his publications.

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11. 1.10.125-126 - Petition

    Petition with no date signed by some members of the Fairhope Single Tax Association. The building being used as a public school and always assumed to be for that purpose is actually owned by the FSTC. This information has just been brought to the attention of the Town of Fairhope, the school board and the public. The signers of this petition want to transfer the ownership so that it will be maintained only for the public school, and to do othe...

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12. 1.10.127-128 - Petition

    Undated petition regarding the wish by some members of the FSTC to transfer the public school building from FSTC ownership to the school board. This is a duplicate of 1.10.125-126, except that it was signed by S. S. Mann and Mrs. S. S. Mann (Mary Mead Mann).

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13. 1.10.129-133 - Letter

    Undated letter to the editor (likely of the Single Tax Review) authored by James Bellangee. Bellangee is responding to the editorial published by this paper in which is printed "the semblance of personality is unavoidable" in the discussion of the troubles in Fairhope. Bellangee agrees with that comment and says the "true story of Fairhope's troubles cannot be told without full recognition of a degree of human weakness and folly that will sh...

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14. 1.10.134 - Petition

    Petition (likely written in 1904-05) of selected members of the Leaseholders Protective Union which is supporting an amendment to the constitution of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. These individuals are removing their names as being in favor of the amendment and say they "are satisfied with the present constitution" and "opposed to the useless and harmful agitation against" the FSTC. Signed by Fred Mathison, A. H. Mershon, C L. Mersho...

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15. 1.10.135-139 - Letter

    Several pages of an undated letter, with only a few worlds readable. It concerns the Single Tax League. From James Bellangee's papers.

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16. 1.10.14-17 - Letter

    Letter dated 6/25/1905 to "My Dear Post" (possibly Louis F. Post, publisher The Public newspaper in Chicago) from James Bellangee telling him about people who are making trouble in Faihope and accusing Bellangee and Gaston of dishonorable motives and conduct. These include Dr. Hail who is the local representative of the Bell Telephone Company, C. K. Brown, who he describes as a leading kicker and is Dr. Hail's father-in-law and E. Q. Norton, edi...

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17. 1.10.140 - Note

    Back side of folder containing James Bellangee's papers concerning a 1905 amendment to the Fairhope Single Tax Constitution and the contentious publication of the issue. Note says "came to personal blows." E. Q. Norton of the Daphne Standard newspaper E. B. Gaston of the Fairhope Courier newspaper James Bellangee Mobile Daily Times newspaper Unknown who wrote this note on the file folder or when.

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18. 1.10.18-20 - Letter

    Letter dated 8/17/1905 to the Mobile Daily Item from James Bellangee correcting errors in an issue of their newspaper called "Fairhope Facts."

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19. 1.10.27-31 - Letter

    Undated (but likely 1905) and unsigned (but likely James Bellangee) respose to "glaring inaccuracies" in a newspaper article written by E. Q. Norton, editor Daphne Standard newspapers. (etter includes pages 8-12 but pages 1-7 are missing). Letter outlines rents paid and taxes refunded to many Fairhope residents. Letter concludes, "Mr. Norton's real cause for complaint, as shown by his actions from the inception of the colony to the present da...

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20. 1.10.32 - Letter

    Unsigned letter (but likely written by James Bellangee) to E. Q. Norton, editor Daphne Standard, telling him that Fairhope Single Tax Corporation feels that Norton should make corrections to an article "Inside Facts" in which he gave incorrect information about the Fairhope Colony rather than to offer the Colony space in his newspaper to post their own corrections.

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