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1. PMG_8827_8832 - Letter to the Editor

   Letters published in the Single Tax Review journal Summer 1905 (July 15, 1905) edition in response to an article written by E. Q. Norton about The Fairhope Controversy (keyword search "Fairhope Controversy" for other intormation). Includes letters to the editor from: E. B. Gaston Daniel Kiefer F. F. Ingram J. J. Pastoriza George W. Wood A. G. Chapman Frances M. Milne S. Danzigler. A long response from the Editor of the Single Tax Re...

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2. vi.11.10 - Letter

   Letter dated 9/1/1908 to E. B. Gaston from J. J. Pastoriza in Houson, Texas. He is trying to retain control of a wharf in Houston, which is probably going to be turned over to a private company. He asks Gaston for specific financial information about the cost, annual receipts, expenses, etc. for the first Fairhope wharf as well as the present wharf. Pastoriza also asks Gaston to check on his Fairhope Courier newspaper subscription. He has n...

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3. vi.11.11 - Newspaper Article

   Newspaper article from the Houston Chronicle newspaper dated 10/23/1904 titled The Houston, Texas, Single Tax Log Cabin. The cabin was built by J. J. Pastoriza in September, 1904 and given to the Texas single taxers for use as a club house.

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4. vi.11.51-52 - Letter

   Letter dated 10/25/1908 to E. B. Gaston from H. F. Ring of Houston, Texas saying that he has been interested in Mr. Pastoriza's account of Fairhope affairs. He thinks that Gaston is right in all of his positions. Mr. Pastoriza has reported that although some disagree with Gaston's positions, all express confidence in his integrity and sincerity of purpose. Mr. Ring intends to move to Fairhope in a couple of years.

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5. vi.11.9 - Letter

   Undated letter (likely 1907-08) to E. B. Gaston from J. J. Pastoriza in Texas. Pastoriza is asking many questions about establishing a dam and water power plant on the Fish River. His son is a hydraulic and electical engineer, and is interested in purchasing some of the acreage along the river. Pastoiza references Mr. Ring, who showed him a letter from Gaston about this issue.

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6. vi.7.73 - Letter

   Letter dated 12/14/1908 to E. B. Gaston from Joseph Fels. Fels has returned to Philadelphia from England, and is making preparation to come to Fairhope between Christmas and New Year's 1909. He has just learned that there is still money owed Ollinger Dry Dock Company for repairs on the old Fairhope I bay boat steamer. He had thought the issue had been resolved, but agrees to pay 20% of the $1500 still due to resolve the issue one and for al...

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7. vi.7.74 - Letter

   Letter dated 12/18/1908 to E. B. Gaston from Joseph Fels, writing from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania confirming that he will be coming to Fairhope on December 26, 1908. H. F. Ring and J. J. Pastoriza will meet him there.

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8. vii.3.60-63 - Letter

   Letter dated 12/19/1909 to E. B. Gaston from Joseph Fels who has just arrived back in Philadelphia from London. It has occurred to him that Gaston would not have asked him for an advance on the state claim unless he really needed the money and so encloses "a little seasonable gift" which he says Gaston richly deserves. He tells Gaston "you have my respect and my love and in this spirit you will take enclosure". He goes on to say that Ring, Pastor...

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9. vii.3.64-65 - Letter

   Letter dated 12/27/1909 to E. B. Gaston from Joseph Fels in Philadelphia saying that Kiefer is with him in Philadelphia. He will be in New York on Thursday and Friday to meet with the men of the Joseph Fels Fund. After this week Fels can decide when he can manage to come to Fairhope for a few days. He hopes Kiefer will join him and that Pastoriza of Houston will too. He reports that the prophesy in England is that 324 Liberals, 49 Labor & Soc...

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10. vii.3.66-67 - Letter

    Letter dated 1/13/1910 to E. B. Gaston From Joseph Fels in Philadelphia. Fels plan to go to Washington D. C. on Tuesday to speak at a club, then start towards Fairhope hoping to arrive Saturday or Sunday. He hopes to meet Pasoriza, Kiefer and perhaps Nesbit there. He is anxious as he to see how the "English fight" will be decided. (Fels has recently spent several months in London working on a Budget Bill toward the Taxation of Land Values i...

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11. vii.4.14 - Letter

    Letter dated 7/25/1909 to Joseph Fels from E. B. Gaston. Topics include the Typograph machine Fels funded for the Fairhope Courier newspaper, the need for a bank in Fairhope and Fels' philanthropic work throughout the world.

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12. vii.5.59 - Letter

    Letter dated 6/10/1910 to Joseph Fels from Daniel Kiefer discussing a letter from J. J. Pastoriza to Fels about agitation in Fairhope about the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation's constitution.

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13. vii.5.63 - Letter

    Letter dated 6/22/1910 to J. J. Pastoriza from Daniel Kiefer discussing issues about Fairhope and supposed deviations from pure single tax principles.

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14. vii.6.52-55 - Letter

    Letters dated 6/10/1910 and 6/13/1910 to E. B. Gaston from J. J. Pastoriza of Houston, Texas saying that he will take the eighteen acre lease from Mr. Riendeau for $100. The letters are written on Club House of the Houston (Texas) Single Tax League letterhead. Mr Pastoriza and H. R. Ring are mentioned as members of the Executive Committee. The Single Tax Log Cabin, built by J. J. Pastoriza, September, 1904, is described on the back of each le...

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