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1. 1.10.105-106 - Legal Documents

   James Bellangee's copy of a subpoena for Melville vs Fairhope Single Tax Corporation suit dated 5/4/1914 including names of others summoned to appear.

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2. 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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3. 1.2.160-163 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association dated September 9, 1895. Executive Committee Present: J. H. Springer, E. B. Gaston, C. L. Coleman, H. C. C. Schakel, George Pollay, Jennie Pollay Members Present: A. J. Cullen, Mrs. A. Lamon, D. G. Armitage, Clara M. Gaston E. B. Gaston gave a report of business for August. Wharf Fund-George Chase, C. Schalkenbach, A. H. and N. Mershon, R. R. Clarke, L. G. Bostedo, J. M. Yeagley, Geor...

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4. 1.2.69-70 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes dated 2/23/1895 of the Executive Council of the Fairhope Industrial Association. Reports on completion of the Tatum and Bowen land deeds, and discussion of a Tatum proposal for a road connecting with a county road. Two applications for membership were considered. Peter Keil's was accepted; George Knowles was deferred for further investigation. J. P. Hunnel no longer wishes to be employed as store-keeper, but would like t...

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5. 1.2.81-83 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting MInutes dated 4/1/1895 of the Executive Council of the Fairhope Industrial Association. Items discussed: The work of clearing the 80 foot wide street is almost completed. 57 3/4 cords of wood were cut from the clearing, and the sale of the wood "ought to realize more than enough to cover the cost of the work (of building the road)." Pollay and Coleman were appointed to select a place for the well, and see that "it was dug at onc...

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6. 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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7. 17.2.62 - Membership Documents

   Membership Certificate # 39 in the Fairhope Industrial Association issued to George Knowles on 8/17/1896.

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8. 1.7.3-116 - Meeting Minutes

   This 116 page document contains the Meeting Minutes of the Baldwin County Agricultural Society (also known as the Baldwin County Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Growers Associaton) from July 13,1897 to August 2,1902. It also contains the Constitution, By-laws and Membership Rolls of the Association. The stated object of the Association was to aid one another as to the interests of those engaged in the cultivation of the soil or in the distribution ...

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9. 1904_Courier_Page_101 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of George Knowles, aka Father Knowles (1828-1917), in the July 1, 1904 Fairhope Courier. The photo is in the "Mrs. Howland's Letters" column in which Marie Howland writes about Knowles and his garden. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Fairhope Courier Collection.

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10. 1906_Courier_Page_169 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph and description of the well being dug at the bayfront for the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation water works. See the description for individuals in the picture. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Fairhope Courier Collection.

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11. 33_2_011 - Cemetery Record Book

    Fairhope Colony Cemetery Record Book of burials in Lot 49 as shown on page 49 of the Cemetery book. A note dated June 30, 1950 indicates that Mrs. Gregson's remains were moved to Lot 67 along with her brother John W. Landes' remains to leave room in Lot 49 for others in the Winberg family. Graves in Lot 49 Grave 1: Wilmot Stevenson Getty (W. S. Getty), died 1921 Grave 2: Delia Knowles Bancroft, died 1951 Grave 3: George M. Bancroft...

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12. FMH_0032 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of The Fairhope House (aka The Fairhope Hotel) in Fairhope, Alabama. The hotel was the first such business in Fairhope, opening in late 1897-early 1898, and was located on the bluff over Mobile Bay near where Magnolia Avenue makes a large curve to the east. The hotel burned in 1910. The owners Delia K. Bancroft and George M. Bancroft are the couple on the left. The seated gentleman is Mrs. Bancroft's father, George Knowles (aka ...

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13. FSTC-0741 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph, poor quality, of a collage of clippings about early Fairhope, Alabama. Included are pictures of people in boats and canoes, the town well and pump, and Delia and George Bancroft standing in front of their hotel, The Fairhope House, with George Knowles and a maid. Other pictures include the Gaston family, houses and a drawing of Fairhope Avenue. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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14. iii.10.67 - Ledger

    Ledger written in November 1895 by E. B. Gaston showing Fairhope Industrial Association Stock being purchased by C. P. Sykes, George Knowles and S. E. Mann and Wharf Fund donations from C. C. Foord and J. M. Yeagley.

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15. iii.10.73 - Ballot

    Official Ballot dated July 12, 1895 for the proposed amendments to the Constitution and the Articles of Incorporation of the Fairhope Industrial Association and a tally sheet showing the results of the special election.

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16. iii.5.86-87 - Letter

    Letter dated 1/11/1895 to E. B. Gaston from George Knowles in Delphos, Kansas requesting that "some good sister" in Fairhope write his daughter, Delia*, who is "intensely interested" in the Colony and wants a correspondent. Knowles sends his good wishes for suucess. *Delia Knowles Bancroft

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17. iii.5.88-92 - Letter

    Letter dated 12/16/1894 to E. B. Gaston from George Knowles of Delphos, Kansas. Knowles wants more information about the area where Fairhope is located. He tells Gaston about his life, and that he expects to apply for membership in the Fairhope Industrial Association and move south with his daughter Delia.

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18. iv.4.17-18 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston from George Knowles of Delphos, Kansas dated August 6, 1897 saying that he will send two dollars for the cause as stated and thanking Gaston for the map of Fairhope.

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19. iv.4.19 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston from George Knowles of Delphos, Kansas dated August 14, 1897 saying that he will donate $6 rather than his previously offered $2 as he is feeling flush with a successful wheat crop. He hopes Gaston will apply it where it will do the Colony the most good possible.

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20. iv.4.20 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston from George Knowles of Delphos, Kansas dated September 20, 1897 saying that his renter has bought his farm and that he will be moving to Fairhope the last of October or the first of November. He will wait until after he arrives in Fairhope to select a lot.

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