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1. 1.10.62 - Membership List

   List of Members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation presumed to be "on the ground" and qualified to vote and "not in arrears" dated 1/23/1906.

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2. 17.2.47-48 - Membership Documents

   Membership Certificate # 28 in the Fairhope Industrial Association issued to Carrie P. Sykes on 12/12/1895, transferred to Samuel H. Comings on 11/1/1904 and exchanged for Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Membership Certificated # 46 on 9/20/1905

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3. 1905_Courier_Page_289 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph printed in the September 15, 1905 Fairhope Courier of the home of Samuel H. Comings and Lydia Jane Newcomb Comings in Fairhope, Alabama. The house, on the corner of Fairhope Avenue and Church Street, was formerly owned by Mrs. Carrie P. Sykes. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Fairhope Courier Collection.

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4. 33_2_007 - Cemetery Record Book

   Fairhope Colony Cemetery Record Book Lot 45, also page numbered 45. FIRST BURIAL in Colony Cemetery. Note: this page has interesting information about Mr. and Mrs. Hunnel as well as others buried in Lot 45. Lot 45 Burials Grave 1: May C. Cope, died 1912 Widow of single taxer Homer O. Cope, died while on a visit to Fairhope Grave 2: Maud Wilson Flemming (Mrs. John Flemming), died 1919 Grave 3: John P. Hunnel, died July 4, 1895, first pe...

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5. 33_2_007 - Cemetery Record Book

   Fairhope Colony Cemetery Record Book Lot 45, also page numbered 45. FIRST BURIAL in Colony Cemetery. Note: this page has interesting information about Mr. and Mrs. Hunnel as well as others buried in Lot 45. Lot 45 Burials Grave 1: May C. Cope, died 1912 Widow of single taxer Homer O. Cope, died while on a visit to Fairhope Grave 2: Maud Wilson Flemming (Mrs. John Flemming), died 1919 Grave 3: John P. Hunnel, died July 4, 1895, first pe...

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6. 34_72_060-061 - Photograph, Digital

   Photographs and Historic Sites Survey Update Form dated 2014 of 218 Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. Built in 1935-1936 by Oswald Forster and Sons. This building is located in the Downtown Fairhope Historic District. See 34_71_001-127 for all buildings in this District or search "Downtown Fairhope Historic District." This commercial building was called The Mecca (The Mecca Service Station, The Mecca Filling Station), and operated as su...

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7. 34_9_001_020 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Library Review Club dated 1901-1903, which met for the first time in January 1901 in the home of Dr. Clara Atkinson in Fairhope, Alabama. The minutes are an interesting read because important early Fairhopers attended and participated in book reviews: e.g. Marie Howland, Carrie P. Sykes, Mrs. Louis Bostedo, George Bancroft, M. M. Cope, James Bellangee, C. L. Coleman, Sarah Woods (Sarah Woods Coleman) and others. ...

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8. FSTC-0638 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of the home of Mrs. Carrie P. Sykes in Fairhope, Alabama. The house, called "Villa Psyche," was located on the southwest corner of Fairhope Avenue and Church Street. After Mrs. Sykes death in 1904, S. H. Comings and Lydia J. Newcomb Comings bought the improvements and built on to the house. It would later become a hotel, The Gables. The second picture with the caption is a duplicate and was is from the front page of the JUne 15, ...

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9. vi.11.16-18 - Letter

   Letter dated 1/30/1908 to E. B. Gaston from F. K. Perry in Naugatuck, Connecticut. Perry is writing in his print shop late on a cold winter night. He comments on several current issues in Fairhope: Samuel Comings' death, the Wolf-Norton dispute with Fairhope, etc. He tells Gaston of his experience with color printing, putting his son in charge of that portion of the business, and he encourages Gaston to acquire color printing equipment to ex...

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10. vi.2.35 - Letter

    Letter dated 4/5/1906 to Marie Howland from Joseph Fels, writing from London, England. Fels incorrectly uses "Mary" as her first name. Howland is translating a book from French to English which Fels has borrowed from Edward Carpenter. Carpenter wants the book returned, and Fels asks Howland to complete the translation and send the book back to him at her earliest convenience. Fels is glad things are progressing well in Fairhope. He has ...

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11. vi.6.112-113 - Letter

    Letter dated 1/26/1908 to E. B. Gaston from Thomas P. Craig in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Craig is very interested in the Fairhope colony and keeps close attention to local affairs by reading the Fairhope Courier newspaper. He comments on Mr. Samuel Comings death, saying that he will be a hard person to replace due to his prominence in the community. He sends $1 to go toward the Fairhope Courier's printing facility expansion and asks Gaston t...

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12. vi.8.70-72 - Letter

    Letter dated 1/13/1908 to E. B. Gaston from William L. Heller in Buffalo, New York. Heller is responding to Gaston's correspondence about putting in an ice plant in Fairhope. Heller says a stock company of no less than $10,000 ($6,500 in cash) would be needed to put in a 10-ton plant. He knows Mr. M. V. Watros is interested in the plant, but he fear Mr. Watros will be disappointed in securing single taxers who have the means to invest in the i...

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13. vi.9.27-28 - Letter

    Letter dated 1/7/1908 to E. B. Gaston from Daniel Kiefer in Cincinnati, Ohio. Kiefer is sorry to read in the Fairhope Courier newspaper about the death of Samuel Comings; Kiefer says "I liked him - he was one of the few Socialists I could be patient with." He references The Public newspaper and wanted to put excerpts of the Fairhope booklet in that publication. He mentions Mr. A. J. Wolf and his rentals in Fairhope. and, he hopes to come to Fa...

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