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1. 35_14_001_005 - Documents

   Letter and Abstract dated April 15, 1899 and written to E. B. Gaston from George H. Hoyle about lands in Section 17. Hoyle is the abstractor for Baldwin County, Alabama, and is writing about questions Gaston posed. The cost was $20 and was paid to Hoyle in Wharf Certificates ($25). Hoyle finds information about Section 17 land owners back to 1836 and detailed information about each transfer of property over the years. From the Fairhope...

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2. 44_02_01-98 - Land Abstract

   Abstract of Title detailing the ownership of land on which the current City of Fairhope is located. Dated 1817-1952. Laurent Millaudon (1786-1868), a New Orleans merchant and real estate developer, acquired the Baron Louis W. De Feriet claim of two tracts on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay to the south of the William A. Patterson tract and north of what was the Weggs Plantation from Arthur Lee Sims in 1837-1838. This area was known as Clifton...

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3. iii.6.90 - Letter

   Letter dated 1/2/1895 to E. B. Gaston from Jno. (john) E. Mitchell, a lawyer in Mobile, Alabama. Mitchell has completed an 'abstract' for the 'Village" property and is ready to deliver it to The Fairhope Industrial Association. It is thirty pages long. Mitchell says he has increased his bill from $40 to $45.50, because E. Q. Norton billed him for board when Mitchell was on-site, and Mitchell thought he was a guest of Norton's.

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4. PMG-4300-4350 - Documents

   Abstract of Title of the Fairhope, Alabama area from 1845 to 1906. Includes conveyances, deeds, hand drawn maps, Paul M. Gaston reearch notes, information about Fairhope Industrial Association and Fairhope Single Tax Corporation land acquisition and other information pertinent to the history of the ownership of lands where Fairhope is located. Names of interest include but are not limitied to : Baron Louis de Feriet, Sarah Tatum, D. C. Staplet...

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5. v.3.59-61 - Letter

   Letter written to E. B. Gaston from Frank Foulke of Chicago in relation to an abstract and title of some land and heirs to Dixon and Biff property. The possible claims of the Bowen estate is mentioned. He wants to know the name of the agent selling it. He asks what kind of deed Mr. Stapleton provided when the land was purchased from him. A question about how the land was patented and noted it was not under the Homestead Act as no one was livi...

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