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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. 1.6.186-190 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association dated June 9, 1896. Wharfinger gave report on wharf business. Treasurer (C. L. Coleman) gave report of business. William Stimpson (Trustee) reported that he had examined the books and office reports for April and May. E. B. Gaston gave the Wharf Committe report. C. L. Coleman reported strengthening the stairway to South Park. Matter of protecting Fairhope Avenue from washing...

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3. 1.6.191-193 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association dated June 15, 1896. Wharfinger gave report. C. L. Coleman reported that work on Fairhope Avenue would take place on Thursday and wanted as many as could to join him. The appraisal of C. L. Coleman's land proposed to be taken for school purposes had not yet been done. Moved and carried that the Secretary (E. B. Gaston) be instructed to give personal notice to members on the ground...

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4. 17.17.11-12 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes of the Wharf Company dated 2/8/1911 accepted the low bid of Capt. Lawrence to build the wharf warehouse.

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5. 17.2.144 - Membership Documents

   Membership Certificate #24 in the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation issued to George A. R. Lawrence on an old Fairhope Industrial Association form. Reissued as Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Membership Certificate #43 on 6/21/1905. This certificate was previously held by R. A. Hail and J. N. Dixon.

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6. 17.2.19-20 - Membership Documents

   Membership Certificate #10 in the Fairhope Industrial Association issued to J. H. Springer on 7/13/1895. This certificate was tranferred to George A. R. Lawrence on 3/31/1899 and then to Charles K. Brown with the same number on 5/8/1903.

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7. 17.2.40-43 - Membership Documents

   Membership Certificate # 24 in the Fairhope Industrial Association issued to J. N. Dixon on 11/28/1895 and transferred to R. A. Hail on 1/30/1905 and G. A. R. Lawrence on 5/4/1905.

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8. 1.8.82 - Letter

   Letter dated 9/13/1902 to G. A. R. Lawrence from L. R. Conover of Chicago, Illinois asking for particulars about the cottage he advertises for rent in Fairhope.

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9. 33_2_006 - Cemetery Record Book

   Fairhope Colony Cemetery Record Book page numbered 44 Lot 44 Burials in the Cemetery Space 1: George Burton Fredericks, died 1900 in a sawmill accident (originally buried in Lot 205 and body moved in 1903) Space 2: Frederick child, possibly deceased in 1883 Space 3: Mrs. Frederick NOTE for Space 2 and 3: the surname is probably Fredericks, even though it appears as Frederick in the Cemetery Record Book. Space 4: Miss Mary Gooding...

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10. 33_2_006 - Cemetery Record Book

    Fairhope Colony Cemetery Record Book page numbered 44 Lot 44 Burials in the Cemetery Space 1: George Burton Fredericks, died 1900 in a sawmill accident (originally buried in Lot 205 and body moved in 1903) Space 2: Frederick child, possibly deceased in 1883 Space 3: Mrs. Frederick NOTE for Space 2 and 3: the surname is probably Fredericks, even though it appears as Frederick in the Cemetery Record Book. Space 4: Miss Mary Gooding...

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11. iii.10.79 - Letter

    Letter written by E. B. Gaston on June 8, 1896 asking that his account credit the account of George A. R. Lawrence $5.00 for overpayment of Fairhope Industrial Association stock.

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12. iv.1.94 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston by F. L. Brown concerning bringing an engine and boiler to Fairhope within a load of 40,000 pounds. Asked to get Capt. Lawrence to find a large flat boat. Mentions co-operative farm scheme as being good. Notes his daughter Daphne had the mumps and getting it lanced and her care excited the mother so much she had to stay in bed for a week.

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13. iv.4.43-44 - Letter

    Letter dated 5/17/1897 to E. B. Gaston from S. Howard Leech of Chicago, Illinois. Leech is writing for his partner Frank L. Brown, and signs the letter "Brown and Leech." Leech is reporting on progress to move to Fairhope and start a sawmill and cotton gin. He and Brown plan to take a few days and buy needed equipment in Chicago, and then leave for Fairhope in a few days. Leech tells Gaston they are putting in a first-class sawmill with...

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14. iv.7.21 - Letter

    Undated letter written to E. B. Gaston from Alex Veitch saying that he would like to live on the shores of Mobile Bay but can't afford the stock. He would like to tell Gaston the offer Captain Lawrence made him but thinks it might give offence. He encloses 10 cents for Fairhope Courier.

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15. PMG-5401 - Newspaper Article

    Article by Sam Dyson dated May 1, 1985 in the Eastern Shore Courier titled "Lawrences Mastered Boat-Building" discussing the Lawrence family and their contributions to the Fairhope Colony, particularly in their boat building and carpentry skills. From the Paul M. Gaston Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives

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16. v.4.9-11 - Letter

    Letter dated 9/7/1899 to E. B. Gaston from Charles A. Hall in Mobile. Hall is writing about property in Fairhope. He mentions C. J. Stromberg, Josephine B. Scott, Capt. Lawrence and Mr. Brune - all relating to property owner/renters and current status of the properties.

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17. v.8.11-13 - Letter

    Letter dated 3/2/1898 to E. B. Gaston from Alex Veitch. He has just returned home to Missouri after a quick trip to visit Fairhope, and he thinks he will move down. He met a young man with whom he might go into the carpet cleaning business. He said while he was plowing his "way throught the briney deep in Cpt. Larances (Lawrence) boat," the young man was "plowing his way through Mobile Society". Veitch adds a P. S. about his observation o...

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