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Object ID |
1.11.45-46 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Description |
Letter (likely a draft) dated 1906 from James Bellangee to "Dear Sir" but probably to Joseph Fels. Bellangee is reporting about the upcoming special referendum election of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation on 7/23/1906 to fund a water works by creating a Water board to absob debt on a temporary basis in order to get the needed project completed. Bellangee is against this referendum and see it as going against the constitution of the FSTC and single tax principles. He says "I have been proud of Fairhope in the past and I have had great hopes for her future and nothing in her history has so discouraged me as this attempt to set aside her principles ." From the papers of Anne Bellangee Call. |
Date |
1906/00/00 |
People |
Bellangee, James (1844-1915) Call, Anne Bellangee (1874-1954) Fels, Joseph (1853-1914) |
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Single Tax Principles Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, water system Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, referendum election Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, constitution Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, debt Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, elections |