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1. 1.10.81-82 - Letter

   Letter dated 11/12/1907 to Louis Post in Chicago, Illinois from James Bellangee in Fairhope, Alabama. Bellangee is writing about the upcoming Single Tax Conference and the likelihood that two parties from Fairhope will attend the conference. Bellangee is concerned about airing Fairhope's problems in this forum, and feels neither party represents "the common people of Fairhope." Bellangee describes the men who plan to attend the conference by...

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2. 1.10.83-85 - Letter

   Letter dated 8/24/1909 to James Bellangee from A. Freeland in Nashville, Tennessee. Freeland is responding to Bellangee's letter and says he has been feeling "that something was wrong at Fairhope" which is attributes to the bad soil and "frictions" among the colonists. He refers to the W. E. Brokaws and J. H. Springer as not being about to "harmonize" with the colonists, and bemoans the vast number of discouraged people who have left Fairhope. ...

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3. 1.10.86 - Letter

   Letter dated 6/23/1913 to James Bellangee from Senator Albert B. Cummins of Iowa acknowledging Bellangee's letter asking for an investigation into "the ways and methods of Washington Lobbyists."

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4. 1.10.87 - Letter

   Likely draft of a letter to E. B. Gaston from James Bellangee, no date. Bellangee is probably responding to an article and subsequent letters written by Mr. A. J. Wolf and Gaston and published in the Daphne Standard newspaper. In this letter Bellangee admonishes Gaston to allow others to have opinions, as is their right in a democracy. He employes a racial salutation of "Suh" to address Gaston and says "I believe (that) is the lowest rank ...

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5. 1.10.88 - Letter

   Letter dated 6/23/1913 to James Bellangee from S. H. Dent, Jr. congressman from the 2nd district of Alabama, which includes Baldwin County. Dent is acknowledging Bellangee's letter protesting against a protestive tariff.

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6. 1.10.89 - Letter

   LIkely a draft of a letter (no date) to E. B. Gaston from James Bellangee in which the argument between the two is escalating. It centers around an article which was published about Fairhope and Bellangee's response to the article. In this letter Bellangee wants Gaston to refrain from printing related articles in the Fairhope Courier newspaper because he feels such publication are "not working affirmatively for the Single Tax and for Fairho...

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7. 1.10.90 - Flyer

   Flyer dated 7/16/1913 by E. B. Gaston in which he extends James Bellangee an apology and his great regret for publishing in the Fairhope Courier newspaper incorrect information about Bellangee's position on Fairhope Single Tax Corporation constitutional changes. This was likely posted on a public billboard.

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8. 1.10.91 - Invitation

   Birthday party invitation (no date) for an event on July 15th, at 6:00 p.m. Located in James Bellangee's papers.

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9. 1.10.92 - Letter

   Letter dated 7/16/1913 to James Bellangee from E. B. Gaston. Gaston is responding to Bellangee in which the latter has protested about actions taken by Gaston and items printed in the Fairhope Courier newspaper, and in which Bellangee innumerates Gaston's faults. Gaston has posted a retraction on the community bulletin board (see 1.10.90) and tells Bellangee, that whatever his weaknesses, he is committed to working for Fairhope and the Single T...

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10. 1.10.93-104 - Legal Documents

    Alexr. J. Melville vs. Fairhope Single Tax Corporation lawsuit filed on behalf of the Fairhope Lessees Association, Alfred J. Wolf, Secretary. 4/25/1914.

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11. 1.11.10 - Newspaper Article

    Undated newspaper clipping from unidentified newspaper discussing a myriad of issues about Fairhope, including Dr. Harris Greeno's membership application to the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, the fate of the steamer "Fairhope," quotes from Henry George, the need for a "real newspaper in Fairhope that will report the news in a non partisan manner," and the ongoing issues between the "Royalists" and the "Patriots." The Royalists are the Fairhope...

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12. 1.11.11-14 - Letter

    Letter written to E. Q. Norton of Daphne, Alabama from Anne B. Call on January 3, 1905. She states the reasons she withdrew her advertising in the Times and gave it to the Standard stating they had never ageed on the refunding of personal property tax, but she considered him entitled to his opinion and free expression of his opinions. Mr. Norton seems to have objected to the "Fairhope Plan" and had been frequent in saying this to others.. ...

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13. 1.11.15-17 - Note

    A typed note dated Fairhope, Alabama 10/4/1905. Two additional sheets before and after this note have both the dates January 3, 1905 and just 1905 on otherwise blank sheets. The note: "Erronious reports having been circulated in the press, L.C. R. Brown hereby acknowledge that on the occasion of the assault on Dr. Hail with Wm. Call that Mr. Call did not come toward Dr. Hail but went toward Dr. Mershon's drug store. That Mrs. Call did not at...

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14. 1.11.18 - Letter to the Editor

    Letter the the Editor of The Item from Anne B. Call of Fairhope, Alabama on August 11, 1905. It seems a person is writing anonymous letters to the editor and signing it "Philosopher". Over half of the resident members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation sent a petition asking that The Item (newspaper) change the correspondent to the paper as a large amount of controversial items regarding the Fairhope Single Tax Colony have been published fo...

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15. 1.11.19-28 - Reports

    No full date given on report from the Trustees of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation in response to a memorial (memorandum) from C. L. Coleman, H.S. Grew and others to the Executive Council. This was a significant report on the affairs of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation around 1905. This report is in answer to questions asked in the memorandum. The trustees noted that many of the answers to questions are already part of the public re...

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16. 1.11.2-3 - Newspaper Article

    From the papers of Anne Bellangee Call Newspaper articles from The Nebraska Independent, all written for the Henry George Edition of The Independent) pages 15-16, dated 5/14/1903. Of note on page 15 has an article by August Dellgren, of Minneapolis, Minnesota titled Concerning MInisters. (Rev. Dellgren and his wife were among the founders of Fairhope, although they left the Colony and returned to their former home.) Of note on page 1...

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17. 1.11.29 - Letter

    Petition from Mrs. Anne B. Call to Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. She voices a lack of trust in the Water Trustees, in their competance to complete the job of establishing a water works within the proposed budget. She sugests the purchasing of water scrip. issued in sums of five-cents, up.

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18. 1.11.30 - Petition

    resolution from the office of Mrs Anne B Call stating that securing public services through authorized trustees who have pledged their services in good faith and administered their obligations to the best of their ability, is not in violation of the constitution, and should be pursued in securing needed public services.

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19. 1.11.31 - Petition

    Petition shows in the archives as having been photographed backwards.

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20. 1.11.32 - Petition

    A resolve by the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation that securing public servises through authorized trustees is not in violation of the constitution.

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