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1. 1.12.39 - Letter

   Undated letter, likely 1923, to Anne B. Call from P. A. Parker who has inspected the condition and safety of the People's Railroad. He declares it unsafe, and has colorful commentary about the railroad as well as the Fairhope Plan. From the correspondence of Anne B. Call

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2. 1.19.77-108 - Letter to the Editor

   Letters dated 7/18/1929 to 11/7/1929 to the editor of the Baldwin County News in Robertsdale, Alabama responding to a question appearing in the paper from a man in Mississippi asking about Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. Many letters are included, some quite heated; the main writers are R. F. Powell, E. B. Gaston and Alex Melville, although other writers appear.

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3. 17.2.131-132 - Membership Documents

   Membership Certificate # 70 in the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation (on the old Fairhope Industrial Association form) issued to William A. Baldwin on 3/7/1905. Drawn but not issued to Prescott A. Parker on 2/3/1914. Reissued as Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Membership Certificate #114 to Marmaduke Dyson on 4/27/1915.

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4. 17.2.81-82 - Membership Documents

   Membership Certificate # 45 in the Fairhope Industrial Association issued to P. A. Parker on 12/22/1897 later transfered as Membership Certificate # 70 to William A. Baldwin on 3/7/1905.

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5. 3.32.1-48 - Letter

   Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1931-1935 (N-Q), mostly concerning lease requests, rent collections, and dealing with non-resident lessees' concerns, as well as discussion about Mr. Ewing's proposed enclave. Note 3.32.14-18 (parklands transfer), 3.32.24-25 (survey of FSTC lands), and 3.32.34-35 (request for land from the Baldwin County Board of Education) are cataloged separately. Correspondence is between E. B. Gasto...

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6. 3.32.24-25 - Letter

   Letters dated 6/23/1934 between Prescott A. Parker and the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. Parker recommends that the FSTC have its lands resurveyed to conform with Alabama State law, and the Corporation agrees and hires him to do the job.

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7. 34_92_001_021 - Book

   Book titled "Story of the Tensaw, Blakely, Spanish Fort, Jackson Oaks, Fort Mims" by Prescott A. Parker (aka P. A. Parker 1860-1946). Note: "Blakely" is spelled "Blakeley" in recent times; Parker spelled it with only one 'e.' P. A. Parker presented a copy of this history volume to the Fairhope Public Library and it still has a place in the Library's special collections. P. A. Parker came to the Fairhope vicinity around 1900 and was a pr...

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8. 39_5_001_002 - Documents

   Mount Union College alumni form completed by Henry Stuart (Henry James Stuart) on July 7, 1937. In 1937, Mount Union College (now Mount Union University) in Alliance, Ohio requested that graduates and former students complete a biographical data form. Henry Stuart attended the then Methodist-affiliated college in academic year 1879-1880. He answers questions about his family, memories of Mount Union College, his views on anarchism and pacifism...

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9. 5.3.1-157 - Correspondence

   Correspondence (P, Q) of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated 1931-1954. 5.3.11-23 contains some interesting correspondence from Aostolos Papdeas. In a 10/24/1953 letter he explains that he is a Greek who came to the United States about six years ago. He is an economist, a Georgist and was involved in the cooperative movement in Greece. He has been in Mobile for six weeks working as an economist at the Malbis Bakery Company. He is interes...

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10. FMH_0049 - Photograph, Print

    Photograph c. early 1890s of the Worcester Single Tax Club in Massachusetts. Prescott A. Parker (aka P. A. Parker) is seen to the left of the man standing in the center of the pciture. Parker was an early resident and strong proponent of the single tax colony in Fairhope, Alabama. He was a surveyor, developer, engineer and businessman who helped plat early Fairhope. He later moved to Volanta and the Montrose area. His book the "Story of ...

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11. FMH_1928_Diary_0002 - Diary

    Diary for 1928 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 a short distance from Fairhope, a single tax colony, which might have had some bearing on why he chose this location (Stuart was...

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12. 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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13. 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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14. FMH_2063-2064 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Stewart the Picture Man of "Some Old Guard Single Taxers and Friends" posed outside the Tea Tile Restaurant on November 29, 1927 in Fairhope, Alabama. The ladies are seated with the portrait of Henry George propped on the center chair. E. B. Gaston stands behind George's picture. Henry Stuart (Henry James Stuart), dressed in a suit with a trimmed beard is identified with the "X," and Prescott A. Parker (P. A. Parker) stands on...

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15. FMH_2071-2072 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph dated November, 1923 of Grace E. Parker in Montrose, Alabama. Mrs. Parker and her husband Prescott A. Parker (P. A. Parker) were early settlers of Fairhope (1900), and later moved to Montrose. Mr. and Mrs. Parker were friends and neighbors of Henry Stuart of Tolstoy Park in Montrose. The Parkers assisted Stuart when he moved to Baldwin County in 1923 by locating and arranging for the purchase of his ten acres. In this photograph...

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16. FMH_2073-2074 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph taken by Henry Stuart (aka Henry James Stuart) on July 25, 1924 in Montrose, Alabama showing the house and print shop of his nearest neighbors, Prescott A. Parker (P. A. Parker) and wife Grace E. Parker. Mr. Parker is seen sitting in a swing on the front porch of the house (left building). The Parkers were early settlers in Fairhope, Alabama, and later moved to the Volanta-Montrose area. They assisted Stuart in finding the ten-acre...

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17. FMH_2204-2205 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph taken July 25, 1924 by Prescott A. Parker of his garden. Parker (P. A. Parker) and wife Grace E. Parker lived on the ten-acre lot in Montrose, Alabama adjoining Tolstoy Park, the property owned by Henry James Stuart (the "Hermit" of Montrose, Ye Olde Weaver). Henry Stuart describes the picture in detail on the back: "Parker's garden from an upstairs window of his home. At right is sugar cane, next comes rows of s. potatoes. Then...

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18. FMH_2242-2243 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph front and back of Henry James Stuart dated December 20, 1925, taken by Prescott A. Parker (Stuart's neighbor) at Tolstoy Park in Montrose, Alabama. Henry Stuart is standing by a bed of turnips and lettuce, and explains on the back of the photo how he keeps them from freezing. Stuart's cabin is seen behind him; his work pavilion is on the left. The famous Round House will be constructed during the next months, and completed in la...

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19. FMH_2293 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of Grace E. Parker with her little dog in Montrose, Alabama, standing by a satsuma bush. The picture is dated November, 1924. Mrs. Parker and husband Prescott A. Parker moved to Fairhope in December,1899 from Massachusetts with their son and daughter, Harry and Bertha. They later moved to Volanta and the Montrose area. The Parker property was adjacent to Tolstoy Park, the property owned by Henry Stuart (Henry James Stuart 1858-1...

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20. FMH_2294 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph c. 1924 of Prescott A. Parker (1860-1946). Mr. Parker and wife Grace E. Parker moved to Fairhope, Alabama in December,1899 from Massachusetts with their son and daughter, Harry and Bertha. P. A. Parker was a surveyor, and responsible for platting many of Fairhope's early streets. He also was involved in other businesses, and was an author. The Parker family later moved to Volanta and the Montrose area where their property was adjac...

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