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1. FMH_1929_Diary_0003 - Diary

   Diary for 1929 written by Henry Stuart (1858-1946) of Montrose, Alabama. Mr. Stuart, sometimes known as The Hermit of Montrose, Ye Olde Weaver and a Modern Thoreau, made entries every day. Henry James Stuart was 65 years old when he moved from Nampa, Idaho to Montrose, Alabama for health reasons in 1923. Montrose is close to Fairhope, a single-tax colony (Stuart was an admirer or Henry George), which might have had some bearing on his decisi...

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2. FMH_1934_Diary_0004 - Diary

   Diary for 1934 written by Henry Stuart (1858-1946) of Montrose, Alabama. Mr. Stuart, sometimes known as The Hermit of Montrose, Ye Olde Weaver and a Modern Thoreau, made entries every day. Henry James Stuart was 65 years old when he moved from Nampa, Idaho to Montrose, Alabama in 1923 for health reasons. Montrose is near Fairhope, a single tax colony, so that might have had some bearing on why Stuart, an admirer of Henry George, chose to loc...

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3. FMH_2349-2450 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph dated 1929 in Montrose, Alabama of the "Mont Rose" boat belonging to William "Bill" Heur. Henry James Stuart (1858-1946) took this photograph of his neighbor's boat and large 40 bbl water tank. Note: Stuart refers to the boat as the "Mayflower" rather than the "Mont Rose." Bill Heuer was a close neighbor of Stuart's who had moved to the area from Michigan. In the Stuart Diaries available in these online archives, Henry Stuart men...

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