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1.10.129-133 - Letter
Undated letter to the editor (likely of the Single Tax Review) authored by James Bellangee. Bellangee is responding to the editorial published by this paper in which is printed "the semblance of personality is unavoidable" in the discussion of the troubles in Fairhope. Bellangee agrees with that comment and says the "true story of Fairhope's troubles cannot be told without full recognition of a degree of human weakness and folly that will sh...
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1.10.14-17 - Letter
Letter dated 6/25/1905 to "My Dear Post" (possibly Louis F. Post, publisher The Public newspaper in Chicago) from James Bellangee telling him about people who are making trouble in Faihope and accusing Bellangee and Gaston of dishonorable motives and conduct. These include Dr. Hail who is the local representative of the Bell Telephone Company, C. K. Brown, who he describes as a leading kicker and is Dr. Hail's father-in-law and E. Q. Norton, edi...
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1.10.80 - Letter
Letter dated 11/18/1907 written by James Bellangee, perhaps to Joseph Fels. It serves as a cover letter for 1.10.81-82 (a letter from Bellangee to Louis Post). Bellangee tells the recipient that an article written about Fairhope by Mr. A. J. Wolf has been printed in pamphlet form and also sent out as a supplement to the Daphne (Alabama) Standard newspaper by E. Q. Norton, editor. Bellangee says there are gross inaccuracies in Wolf's article a...
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1.10.8-11 - Letter
Copy of a letter dated 3/12/1905 to E. B. Gaston from R. S. McMahon of New Iberia, Louisiana who has just returned from Fairhope which he sees as a "magnificent success" and "that its future welfare contains a promise of freedom for the world." He is worried about the venomous attacks being made on the Fairhope Colony by Dr. Greeno and Dr. Hail. He has just met with Mr. Weeks, who is fine lawyer and active Single Taxer and given him the constitu...
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1.10.83-85 - Letter
Letter dated 8/24/1909 to James Bellangee from A. Freeland in Nashville, Tennessee. Freeland is responding to Bellangee's letter and says he has been feeling "that something was wrong at Fairhope" which is attributes to the bad soil and "frictions" among the colonists. He refers to the W. E. Brokaws and J. H. Springer as not being about to "harmonize" with the colonists, and bemoans the vast number of discouraged people who have left Fairhope. ...
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1.11.4 - Newspaper Article
Letter to the editor of the Mobile Daily Item newspaper from William Call in Fairhope, Alabama. Call is writing about errors in columns which have been published in that paper under the title "Fairhope Facts" which he wants to correct. He discusses the errors of Mr. N. O. Nelson of St. Louis, Missouri as evidence that Nelson "has not a clear understanding of the situation and his remarks are only valuable as coming from one who has been suc...
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1.15.4 - Article
Article torn from a book or magazine hand-dated 1930, written by Alex J. Melville, critical of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation and its method of setting rents and assessing land values.
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1.16.4-5 - Letter
Copy of letter dated 6/3/1931 sent to Anne Bellangee Call. The letter is addressed to E. B. Gaston from A. E. Schalkenbach who is a former Trustee of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation and is writing about the action taken by the FSTC's Council to transfer parklands to the Town of Fairhope. Both Call, a current Trustee, and Schalkenbach believe the FSTC cannot legally transfer lands without either a referendum or an amendment to the constituti...
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1.8.3-7 - Letter
Letter dated 6/18/1897 to Bolton Hall from J. H. Springer who at one time lived in Fairhope but has returned to Indianapolis, Indiana where he was from. He is critical of Fairhope and feels that the promoters of Fairhope have misrepresented the possibilities of making a living at farming there. Many people who have moved there have lost what little money they had. He sites George Pollay, Henry Schakel, John Ettel, S. Vander-Meulen, Rev. August D...
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1.8.52-55 - Letter
Letter dated 5/16/1900 to E. B Gaston from S. H. Record in Worcester, Pennsylvania. Record is very unhappy with Gaston, the Fairhope Courier and feels Gaston is being misleading when he calls Fairhope a single tax colony. Record does not believe, based on his readings as well as communications from some colonists, that Fairhope is adheering to single tax principles.
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1.8.8-11 - Letter
Letter dated 7/12/1897 to E. O. Brown from H. S. McFarlane of Chicago, Illinois (both men are likely members of the Chicago Single Tax Club). This letter is in response to a letter received from J. H. Springer of Indianapolis, Indiana (1.8.3-7) which accuses the promoters of the Fairhope Colony of misrepresenting themselves. They have been put on guard and have resolved to make a thorough investigation by speaking to E. B. Gaston during his visit...
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1.8.96-97 - Letter
Letter with no date and no signature due to torn and fragile condition, but obviously, from the content, addressed to E. B. Gaston. The writer is critical of the Fairhope Courier newspaper, and feels the name 'courier' is not an appropriate name for a newspaper, and says the motto is 'silly.'
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1.9.16 - Letter
Letter dated 9/14/1905 to James Bellangee from E. Q. Norton, editor of The Standard newspaper in Daphne, Alabama. Norton says any representative of Fairhope can have a fair hearing in his newspaper if the communication is confined to the issue at hand. Norton will not print anything of a personal or sarcastic nature.
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3.26.1-51 - Letter
Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation 1930-1936 (Me-Mu) by E. B. Gaston, secretary, mostly letters of inquiry about acquiring leases in Fairhope or receiving information for research/school projects about the Fairhope Colony. Of special interest: 3.26.4-5 letter to Fairhope Single Tax Corporation membership from Alex Melville (separately cataloged). 3.26.16 is a letter to L. L. Miller from Gaston in which Gaston mentions the...
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3.5.74-75 - Postcard
Postcard dated 12/3/1935 to the editor of the Fairhope Courier newspaper, E. B. Gaston from Bolton Hall in New York City stating his puzzlement on Gaston's support of the poll tax. Hall has read this in the Fairhope Courier, and says the poll tax is against Henry George's teachings. A poem titled "Mary's Little Land" is printed on the back of this postcard promoting the single tax. First verse: Mary had a little land, It was a vacant lot...
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iii.3.11-14 - Letter
Letter written to E. B. Gaston on February 12, 1895 from T. H. Chamberlain, Ohio. Sending $5.00 for his stock payment and $.50 for the Courier. He read where C. B. Power has had enough of Fairhope and gone back to Penn. He has heard things are being run down in Fairhope, A. K. Owens style. Heard they are having same kind of experience as in Hawaii and Topolobampo. He thinks the problem is not the plan or planners but the executors. He heard ...
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iv.1.63-64 - Letter
Letter dated 8/2/1897 to E.B. Gaston from L.G. Bostedo of Chicago, Illinois. He sends subscription money for the Fairhope Courier newspaper for himself and R.M. Gasman of Denver, Colorado, A.H. Wilson of Chicago, Illinois, and Wm. J. Nevin of River Forest, Illinois. He tells Gaston that he and Prof. Loomis have been reviewing "Fairhope matters" thoroughly and will do what they can to prevent unfair action (by the national single tax movemen...
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iv.1.65-66 - Letter
Copy of a letter to the editor of the National Single Taxer newspaper dated 7/29/1897 likely written by L. G. Bostedo of Chicago, Illinois. Bostedo is defending the Fairhope Colony from criticisms it has received in that newspaper, and asks those in opposition to state exactly what the criticisms are relative to the single tax movement and its principles. Bostedo had written to E.B. Gaston earlier and told Gaston that he would send a copy of ...
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iv.1.67-68 - Letter
Letter dated 8/9/1897 to E.B. Gaston from L.G. Bostedo of Chicago, Illinois.Bostedo is writing Gaston about the Chicago Single Tax club, and more specifically, the picnic committee, both of which he is a member. The picnic committee is drafting a report and the matter of how Fairhope is applying single tax principles in practice is under discussion. Bostedo says H. H. Hardinge will be writing the report and he consider him a fair man. Mr. Clar...
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iv.1.69 - Letter
Letter dated 8/18/1897 to E.B. Gaston from L.G. Bostedo of Chicago, Illinois continuing the discussion about how to change Fairhope's consitution to reflect more closely with single tax principles.(This issue has been discussed in the National Single Taxer newspaper and various meetings of the Chicago Single Tax club.) Gaston has sent Bostedo a resolution to consider. Bostedo says under single tax principles, non-resident members of the Fairhop...
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