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Object ID |
30.35.1-15 |
Object Name |
Correspondence |
Description |
Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated November 1926. 30.35.4 is a letter to E. B. Gaston from T. E. Mann in Gladbrook Iowa dated November 3, 1926, in which he asks Gaston about the possibilty of acquiring accommodations in Fairhope for a few months (Gaston responds at 30.35.6). Mann is a son of Fairhope co-founder S. S. Mann, and supported the Colony over the years. Mann references his wife, his daughter Floy Mann Schermerhorn, and Mrs. Schermerhorn's six-year old daughter Bonnie Schermerhorn Holt. ( Note: Mrs. Holt sat for an oral history interview in 1995, available on this site at FSTC-V0035. Mrs. Holt's daughter Alison Holt Knight presented a lecture in 2015 about the five generations of the Mann family and their contributions to Fairhope, available on this site at FSTC-V0046.) 3.35.13 is a letter dated November 19, 1926 from the second vice-president of the Legislative Voters League of the State of Illinois Carl R. Lathan expressing his growing disrepect for Gaston and the Colony regarding application of single tax principles. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives. |
Date |
1926/11/00 |
PDF link |
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People |
Hall, Clara Dougherty, Edward Gardner "Ned" (1871-1951) Mann, Thomas Erly (1855-1946) Schermerhorn, Floy Mann Holt, Bonnie Schermerhorn Stromberg, Augusta J. Stromberg, Charles J. Carlton, Thomas O. Fricke, Charles, Mrs. Lathan, Carl R. Laney, Gladys |
Search Terms |
School Public Schools Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, letters of inquiry Legislative Voters League of the State of Illinois Single Tax Principles |