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1.10.73-79 - Letter
Letter dated 5/21/1907 to Joseph Fels from James Bellangee offering suggestions on how Fels can best help the Fairhope Colony. He thinks that outside contributions to the colony should be confined to securing more land for a more extensive experiment. He thinks that land contributions do not make them beggars but other gifts do have that tendency. He says that Fels should express confidence in the resources of the lands, labor applied to them, co...
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7.20.89 - Letter
Response to a letter of inquiry about the founding of Fairhope dated 8/1/1956 written by C. A. Gaston to H. J. Coenen. Gaston writes of Fairhope's founding and gives information about Joseph Fels' contribution to the Colony, including how Fels came to know about Fairhope initially. He read an article in Justice, a Philadelphia-based publication , edited by A. C. Pleydell. Gaston also mentions the recently published Alyea book on Fairhop...
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v.3.35 - Letter
Letter with no date (likely later 1898 or early 1899) to E. B. Gaston from Joseph Fels in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Fels has read about the appeal for donations for a library building and for telephone service for Fairhope in the Fairhope Courier newspaper. He wants to hear more about these projects from Gaston, and plans to come to Fairhope to visit or send his brother in his place. In the meantime, Fels urges that "the books ought not to b...
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v.3.38 - Letter
Letter with no date (likely 1899) to E. B. Gaston from Joseph Fels in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Fels is disturbed that Gaston printed information about Fels' possible contributions to the Fairhope Colony in the Fairhope Courier newspaper. Fels says it is not news until "something has been accomplished." However Fels has decided to contribute $200 to the water works project. He wants to visit Fairhope later in the year.
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v.3.39 - Letter
Letter dated 4/25/1899 to E. B. Gaston from Joseph Fels in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Fels has received a long letter from Marie Howland (he calls her "Mary") and Fels wants to pay for shelving and other library supplies that will "bring these books into immediate use in the community." He thinks Howland's library is "more ambitious" than usual for a colony library but is very supportive. Fels asks Gaston to turn his membership over to Mi...
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v.3.40-45 - Letter
Letter dated 4/12/1899 to Joseph Fels of Philadephia, Pennsyvlania from Marie Howland in Fairhope, Alabama. Mrs. Howland is writing Fels about his interest in a public library for Fairhope. She gives Fels background about herself, her experience as editor of the Credit Foncier of Sinaloa newspaper of the Topolobampo Bay Colony, and discusses the book collection which will become the basis of Fairhope's library. The collection is of books whi...
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vi.11.24 - Letter
Letter dated 9/18/1908 to E. B. Gaston from Edward Polak, a real estate broker in New York. Polak is representing Mr. Greenbaum, who, according to Bolton Hall, wants to sell his lot in Yonkers, New York, and give the proceeds to the Fairhope Colony. Polak wants to make certain that Mr. Greenbaum does indeed want to sell his Yonkers lot, and asks Gaston for his address. Polak includes $1 for a subscription to the Fairhope Courier newspa...
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vi.12.44-46 - Letter
Letter dated 6/21/1908 to E. B. Gaston from George H. Taylor of Rocky Ford, Colorado enclosing $1 to pay for B. W. Bell's subscription to the Fairhope Courier. He is disappointed that Gaston was not elected as Mayor of Fairhope. He read something in the Fairhope Courier about the need for a picture lantern to be used for illustrated lectures in connection with the library. Taylor has such a lantern and would like to donate it.
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vi.2.2-3 - Letter
Unsigned, undated letter to Dr. Harris S. Greeno. This letter is from Joseph Fels of Philadelphia and is written in 1908 or shortly after, since Fairhope became a municipality that year and Fels refers to that event. Fels is responding to Greeno's letter, critical of Fels' patronage of Fairhope and his opinions about local issues. Specifically, his large donations to the School of Organic Education (Organic School). He invites Greeno to e...
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vi.2.4 - Letter
Letter dated 1/13/1906 to E. B. Gaston form Joseph Fels in Philadelphia. R. F. Powell has reported to Fels that the money Fels has donated for the Library has been deposited in the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Land Fund. Fels agrees that is the proper place for the funds to reside so that the Library, a public improvement project, will be paid from land rental funds, which is appropriate in the single tax environment. Further he mention...
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vi.2.53-59 - Letter
Letter dated 7/15/1906 to E. B. Gaston from Joseph Fels mentioning the Jewish Territorial Organization (ITO) which was organized for the purpose of founding a country "where jews would and could work out their own salvation unmolested. " Fels has made the acquaintance of Israel Zangwill who is head of the movement and has suggested that if the philosophies of Henry George were adopted in the establishing of such a county he would "contribute his...
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vi.8.61 - Letter
Letter dated July, 1908 to Joseph Fels from Bolton Hall writing from North East Harbor, Maine. Hall tells Fels he saw the statement made frequently that Fels has invested $50,000 in Fairhope. Hall thinks the Fairhope Courier newspaper should publish exactly how much money Fels has invested and how the money was spent. Hall suspects the amount is much less than $50,000.
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vii.3.11 - Letter
Letter dated 1/12/1909 to E. B. Gaston from E. Saymon on behalf of Joseph Fels, asking Gaston to send a list of "all moneys he has spent in Fairhope on land, library, schools or any other things of public character."
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vii.3.2-3 - Letter
Letter dated 1/4/1909 to Joseph Fels form E. B. Gaston telling Fels he has sent him copies of the Mobile Item and Mobile Register newspapers "containing accounts of our anniversary celebration and our little luncheon at the Battle House." Gaston tells Fels about plans for the School of Organic Education (Organic School). R. F. Powell, Mrs. Clara Gaston, Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Brown and Gaston have decided the best plan for the School is to...
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vii.4.23-25 - Letter
Letter dated 8/10/1909 to Joseph Fels from Dr. Harris Greeno, Mayor of Fairhope. Greeno tells Fels that the suggestions Fels has proposed for the town have been forwarded to the town council and to the members of the school board for their consideration. However, the finances of the new town are quite limited, and Greeno expounds on the budget and possilibilities for revenue. He asks for Fels' thoughts as to how money might be raised.
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vii.4.3-5 - Letter
Letter dated 5/6/1909 to Joseph Fels from E. B. Gaston, who is supplying, at Fels' request, the last statement of the Fairhope Improvement Company as well as a statement on the Steamer Fairhope. Gaston lists the properties owned by the Fairhope Improvement Company and current fiscal and physical statuses of them. Gaston says that everything built by the company cost too much to build, and that there had been "a good many dollars wasted in p...
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vii.7.5 - Letter
Letter dated 3/22/1909 to E. B. Gaston from H. F. Ring of Houston, Texas saying that he is glad that Gaston is arranging for a small income for Mrs. Howland in compensation for her services as a librarian. He will contribute $20.00 a year to that end.
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