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Fels, Joseph (1853-1914) |
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1.10.69-72 - Letter
Letter dated 3/10/1907 to Joseph Fels from James Bellangee which is critical of Mr. Powell and the negative impact he has had on the Fairhope Colony. He says that Powell is dictatorial and cracks his whip which Fels patronage enables him to do. He says that Mr. Powell as principal and Mr. Gaston as accomplice cannot be trusted to administer the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation with scrupulous fidelity. He was at one time optimistic about Fairhop...
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1.10.73-79 - Letter
Letter dated 5/21/1907 to Joseph Fels from James Bellangee offering suggestions on how Fels can best help the Fairhope Colony. He thinks that outside contributions to the colony should be confined to securing more land for a more extensive experiment. He thinks that land contributions do not make them beggars but other gifts do have that tendency. He says that Fels should express confidence in the resources of the lands, labor applied to them, co...
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1.11.42 - Letter
Letter dated 7/23/1906 to James Bellangee from Joseph Fels in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Fels is responding to Bellangee's worry about the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation special election referendum of the same date in which a proposal to have "an intermediary of trustess" to incur indebtedness for a public service (water works) project is on the ballot. Fels does not think the proposal will be "breaking the constitution" of the Corporation be...
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1.11.45-46 - Letter
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 ...
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1.1.43 - Letter
Letter dated 7/23/1906 to Joseph Fels in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from R. F. Powell, of the Fairhope Improvement Company, stating the company's opinion about the special referendum election of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation of the same date. The election is to decide if special trustees will be allowed to assume debt in the Corporation's best insterest for needed public servies (the water works system). It is against the FSTC constitutio...
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17.2.143 - Membership Documents
Stub for Membership Certificate # 77 in the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation issued to Joseph Fels on 5/2/1905. Reissued as Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Membership Certificate #9 on 3/24/1905
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17.8.21 - Letter
Notice dated 10/12/1904 of the first meeting of the Board of Directors of the Fairhope Improvement Company to be held in Fairhope in 10/24/1904 to elect officer and other business of the new company. Signed by the directors of the Fairhope Improvement Company: R. F. Powell Bolton Hall Joseph Fels G. M. Bancroft F. L. Brown
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17.8.22-24 - Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes dated 10/20/1904 of the first meeting Fairhope Improvement Company. George Bancroft is elected secretary, R. F. Powell is chairman. Among the business is authorization to "secure lots on which to erect cottages."
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17.8.33 - Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes dated 3/29/1908 of the Fairhope Improvement Company. President R. F. Powell was authorized to borrow approximately $300 from stock held by Joseph Fels to pay for repairs on the Steamer Fairhope II.
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17.8.45-48 - Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes dated 1/26/1907 of the Stockholders in the Fairhope Improvement Company. Among the business conducted was the election of Joseph Fels, Bolton Hall, Frank L. Brown, R. F. Powell and William Stimpson as directors. The Steamer Fairhope was valued at $15,000 and authorization was made to sell the boat. A 6% dividend was authorized.
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17.8.50-51 - Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes dated 2/4/1908 of the Stockholders of the Fairhope Improvement Company. It was decided that the directors be instructed to revalue corporation properties giving true value as nearly as possible and in no case valuing them above cost. The condition of the steamer "Fairhope II" was also referred to the new board of directors for investigation with instructions that they report findings to resident stockholders before taking any acti...
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17.8.52-53 - Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes of the Stockholders in the Fairhope Improvement Company dated 1/5/1909. R. F. Powell reported that he was unable to render a complete report on the Steamer "Fairhope II." R. F. Powell, F. L. Brown, William Stimpson, Joseph Fels and E. B. Gaston were elected directors for the ensuing year.
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17.8.54-55 - Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes of the stockholders in the Fairhope Improvement Company dated 1/26/1910. It was decided that the officers of the Fairhope Improvement Company proceed to analize on the assets of the company as soon as they could without sacrificing the property and close up the company's business. E. B. Gaston, F. L. Brown, William Stimpson, H. F. Ring and A. E. Melville all of Fairhope were chosen directors.
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17.8.8-20 - Bylaws
Undated Bylaws for the Fairhope Improvement Company. Approved by Joseph Fels and Bolton Hall.
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1.8.20-21 - Letter
Letter dated 5/20/1901 to E. B. Gaston from Joseph Fels of Philadelphia, Pennsylania acknowledging receipt of Certificate # 4, $400 subscription to Boat Fund but saying that Certificate # 1, $500 subscription to Boat Fund has not reached him and asks for a duplicate. He sees an improvement in the Fairhope Courier by suggests Gaston leave out the advertisement for Chamberlain's Colic. He is willing to invest $500 in Water-Works Certificate...
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1.8.22 - Letter
Letter dated 6/1/1901 to E. B. Gaston from Joseph Fels of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania saying that he has had Mr. Coates answer the advertisement of DeLaMare's property, telling him that he and Mrs. Fels will be sailing for England June 27, he hopes the boat is approaching completion and asks how much money will be necessary to print the Fairhope Courier in the new style of type altogether instead of part small and part large. He thinks the newspap...
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1.8.23-24 - Letter
Letter dated 6/13/1901 to E. B. Gaston from Joseph Fels of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania saying that he has received from Mr. Parker the outlineof the Sykes land (held by him) and how it is proposed to be disposed of. He doesn't recognize it by the high sounding title of South Park as named by Mr. Parker. He says he paid $265 for it, not $250 as Mr. Parker states. It is satisfactory to him to handle the tract as Mr. Parker suggests. He thinks th...
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1.8.61-62 - Letter
Letter dated 6/13/1902 to E. B. Gaston from Joseph Fels letting him know that he is returning to Philadelphia from London and asking him to change his mailing address to Philadelphia until further notice. He encloses communications from Mr. H. P. Skinner and asks Gaston to let him know whatever he knows about Skinner and also Brokaw. He also asks to see the letter Gaston received from Mr. J. E. Powers of Philadelphia and the reply Gaston mad...
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1.8.66 - Letter
Letter dated 6/23/1902 to E. B. Gaston from Joseph Fels who has just returned to Philadelphia from London. He has read an article in the New York Evening Post (which he is enclosing) about using the cassava root for cattle feed. He is interested in an experiment in growing cassava root on his land in New Jersey. He asks Gaston to write to him and send literature about the cassava root.
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1.8.67 - Letter
Letter dated 7/3/1902 to E. B. Gaston from Joseph Fels from Philadelphia, Pennslyvania saying that Fels & Co. uses several car-loads of yellow pine box shooks every week. Shooks are complete boxes, sawed, planed and printed at the mill and shipped ready to be nailed together. It has occured to him that there is a great deal of pine suitable for this purpose on the east side of Baldwin County and asks Gaston to get information on the subject and s...
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