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1. 1.6.169-173 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association dated May 4, 1896. E. B. Gaston reported that lumber for wharf had arrived and that a subscription of $10 to Wharf Fund had been received from A. Swift of Des Moines, Iowa. E. B. Gaston made a report on findings by himself and S. S. Mann on the best route for the road. It was decided that S. S. Mann should go and get the Mann Press. S. Vander Meulen reported on business of the...

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2. 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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3. FMH_0056 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of Alphonso Swift, (1838-1915) not dated. Swift and family moved to Fairhope in 1896 after buying the appoximately 14 acres of deeded land from Mr. Schalkenbach. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives. Courtesy of the Fairhope Museum of History, Donelson Collection.

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4. FMH_0911 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of Alphonso Swift (1838-1915). Swift, a resident of Des Moines, Iowa, moved to the young colony of Fairhope, Alabama in 1896. He bought a strip of deeded land on the north side of Magnolia Avenue from Charles Schalkenbach. Swift was not a member of the Fairhope Industrial Association /Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Courtesy of the Fairhope Museum of History.

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5. iv.6.36-41 - Letter

   Letter written to E. B. Gaston from William R. Pickering of Des Moines, Iowa dated October 31, 1897 asking for a duplicate of his share of stock. He may or may not come to Fairhope. Swift was anxious for him to settle north of him and offered to loan him the money to buy out Mrs. V. Swift will take his stock if he decides not to come to Fairhope. He has just heard about the death of "the world's great reformer and humanitarian Henry George."

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6. v.6.80-81 - Letter

   Letter written to E. B. Gaston from from a Mr. J. B. Phinney. He asked if anything had been done about renting the cottages via a Mobile real estate agent. He left keys with Mr. Leech. He offers to sell his property for $350 and give Mr. Bancroft and Mr. Leech a commission. Heard of Clyde's death through Mr. Swift. He was a young person.

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7. vi.9.44-47 - Letter

   Letter dated 10/7/1908 to E. B. Gaston from Daniel Kiefer in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is enclosing a clipping about a party of people from Des Moines who will be visiting Fairhope. He notes that the "founder of Fairhope" is listed incorrectly as Mr. Swift. Those listed in the clipping as Fairhope settlers from Des Moines are: C. L., A. H., N. Mershon, Mrs. Charles Jacobs, N. B. Gould, Mrs. S. R. Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilson, A. Swift...

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8. vii.6.30 - Letter

   Letter dated 2/23/1910 to E. B. Gaston from Clare C. Mechem of Mobile, Alabama enclosing $2.00 for subscription to the Fairhope Courier newspaper. She wrote to Mr. A. Swift who came to see him. Mr. Swift wouldn't put a price on his home place but said he had 3 acres in the heart of town (Fairhope). She has had many inquiries about how the cold weather is affecting the satsuma orange crop and hopes Gaston can give her some information.

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