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1. 1.1.16 - Meeting Minutes

   Minutes of the Des Moines Single Tax Club meeting on March 15, 1894 and March 29, 1894.

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2. 1.1.40-41 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association dated October 10, 1894 saying that J. P. Hunnel and E. B. Gaston are appointed to represent the Executive Council in the Fairhope Colony. December 21, 1894 a petition was presented for the submission to a vote for an amendment to the constitution providing that in elections of officers and in local affairs, only those who were in person on Colony grounds be entitled to vote. An election wa...

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3. 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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4. 1.2.16-17 - Meeting Minutes

   Records of Fairhope Industrial Association dated January 4, 1894. A meeting was held at the office of Ernest B. Gaston, Room 8 over 312 West Sixth Street, Des Moines, Iowa. Those attending were a number of persons interested in the subject of a cooperative colony or community. E. B. Gaston read a sketch of a plan which was discussed and very generally approved. A motion by W. H. Saunders was made that an organization based on Gaston's sketch ...

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5. 1.2.18-19 - Meeting Minutes

   Fairhope Industrial Association Meeting Minutes of January 31, 1894. Meeting of those interested in a proposed colony and the Committee of 5 that had been appointed at previous meeting. Object of meeting was adoption of Constitution. After thorough discussion the Constitution was adopted. Next order of business was the election of officers and the following were elected unanimously: President: L. R. Clements Vice President: Ed. A. Otl Secr...

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6. 1.2.20-23 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association of February 6, 1894. Purpose of meeting: Complete the details of organization of the Fairhope Industrial Association. Fix terms of which stock should be paid in. Adopt form of application for membership. Sign Articles of Incorporation. Adjourned and agreed to meet for the completion of business on Thursday, February 8, 1894 at 7:30. Signed: E. B. Gaston Present: L. R. Clements, ...

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7. 1.2.29-30 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association dated May 18, 1894 at the residence of President L. R. Clements. Present were: Clements, Bellangee, Mann, Hunnel, and Gaston. Secretary read some interesting correspondence from parties thinking of joining the association and from parties making propositions on locations. Locations discussed were: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama and Tennessee. Discussion of Liberty Bell not ...

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8. 1.2.66-68 - Election Results

   Annual Election Results for the Fairhope Industrial Association dated 2/7/1895, reported by Trustees Mr. E. Smith and Mrs. Clara M. Gaston. L. R. Clements, President Mrs. Dr. A. Lamon, Vice-President E. B. Gaston, Secretary C. L. Coleman, Treasurer George Pollay, Supt. Lands and Highways Vacant, Supt. Public Services E. B. Gaston, Supt Industries Mrs. Jenny Pollay, Supt. Public Health E. Smith's motion to resign as a trustee (?) died?

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9. 1.6.56-59 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association dated December 2, 1895. Also attached is a report from the Sec. for December receipts and disbursements. Report made by Secretary and Treasurer. Secretary reported he contacted several lumber companies for prices of materials to complete the wharf. Wharf Committee instructed to draw up a contract to be entered into with wharfinger. Moved that the matter of assessments of lands be...

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10. 17.2.10-11 - Membership Documents

    Membership Certificate # 5 in the Fairhope Industrial Association issued to Clement L. Coleman on 1/15/1895. Certificate later exchanged for Fairhope Single Tax Corporation membership certificate #15 on 1/21/1895.

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11. 17.2.12-13 - Membership Documents

    Membership Certificate # 6 in the Fairhope Industrial Association issued to J. N. Dixon on 3/7/1895, later surrendered for certificates #24 and #25.

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12. 17.2.14-15 - Membership Documents

    Membership Certificate # 7 in the Fairhope Industrial Association issued to James P. Hunnell on 4/9/1895 transferred to Mrs. Mary Hunnel on 3/17/1897.

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13. 17.2.4-5 - Certificate, Membership

    Membership Certificate #1 in the Fairhope Industrial Association issued to Clarence S. Moore on 1/15/1895. Transferred to Marie B. Moore on 7/22/1913 as Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Membership Certificate #97.

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14. 17.2.6-7 - Certificate, Membership

    Membership Certificate # 2 in the Fairhope Industrial Association issued to E. B. Gaston on 1/15/1895. This certificate was surrendered by E. B. Gaston on 12/28/1895 and replaced with Certificates #30 and #31 for $100 each on 12/28/1895.

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15. 17.2.9 - Membership Documents

    Membership Certificate #4 in the Fairhope Industrial Association issued to Mrs. Dr. A. Lamon on 1/15/1895. Certificate replaced on 2/10/1896 with certificates #32 and #33.

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16. 29.9.1-10 - Correspondence

    Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated February,1936. See 29.9.7-10 for separately cataloged letters of interest between E. B. Gaston and L. R. Clements. Clements was the first president of the Fairhope Industrial Assoication. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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17. 29.9.7-10 - Correspondence

    Letters between L. R. Clements in Knoxville, Iowa dated February 26,1936 and E.B. Gaston in Fairhope, Alabama dated February 28, 1936. Clements (age 82) is writing Gaston to catch up on the Fairhope Colony and expresses opinions about the state of the Single Tax movement. Gaston responds with information about his family, the state of affairs in Fairhope, and his opinions about the Georgist movement, land speculation and other issues of the day...

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18. ii.10.33 - Newspaper Article

    Newspaper article in the North-Western Catholic written by E. B . Gaston about the Fairhope Industrial Association.

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19. ii.13.49 - Letter

    Letter written to L. R. Clements on February 12, 1894 from C. O. Wallander of Pierce Station, Texas telling him of land opportunities in Texas for the Fairhope Industrial Association Colony.

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20. ii.13.57-58 - Letter

    Letter written to L. R. Clements on July 4, 1894 from W. Wighton of Youngstown, Ohio requesting information on the Fairhope Industrial Association.

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