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1. 1.2.35 - Meeting Minutes

   (this was written on same page as earlier minutes) Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association Executive Council dated Dec. 15, 1894 in Battles, Ala. August Dellgren, Chairman pro-tem presiding. Moved and carried unanimously that the south portion of the track just purchased of Mrs.Tatum be the first plotted and settled upon. Plans for laying off this land were submitted by Brothers Pollay and Tuveson but laid over to next m...

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2. 1.2.36-38 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes of the Executive Council of Fairhope Industrial Association dated December 17, 1894 in Battles, Alabama. E.B. Gaston appointed a committee to purchase Bowen lands. He reported he had secured a price of $1.25 per acre on the single 1/4 section lying immediately next to Miss Tatum. Mr. Bromberg, attorney, was asked if he would not in consideration of our buying and paying cash for the first 160 acres and proposing to buy with...

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3. 1.6.56-59 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association dated December 2, 1895. Also attached is a report from the Sec. for December receipts and disbursements. Report made by Secretary and Treasurer. Secretary reported he contacted several lumber companies for prices of materials to complete the wharf. Wharf Committee instructed to draw up a contract to be entered into with wharfinger. Moved that the matter of assessments of lands be...

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4. 1.6.62-66 - Meeting Minutes

   December 9, 1895, meeting of the Executive Council of the Fairhope Industrial Association. All present but C. L. Coleman. By consent adjourned to meet Tuesday evening December 12. December 10, 1895, meeting of the Executive Council of the Fairhope Industrial Association. All present. Adjourned. Minutes from last meeting read and approved. C. L. Coleman reported on well and that the pump had failed almost as soon as put in and rather ...

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5. 1.6.97-100 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes dated January 20, 1896 of the Executive Council of the Fairhope Industrial Association. H. C. Schakel, Wharfinger, reported that with the help of Mr. Coleman the wharf car had been fixed and they had also put saddle boards on the roof of the wharf house. Mr. Coleman reported the the warehouse was considered to be unsafe. On motion the Wharfinger was instructed to procure materials necessary and make same safe. Trustees r...

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6. 3.16.1-82 - Letter

   Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, (letter C), 1930-1935. Includes general correspondence as well as the following: 3.16.19-23 is a letter from W. H. Clarke, who moved away with his family when he was a small child, telling of his early memories of Fairhope and its citizenry. 3.16.28-46 is correspondence between E. B. Gaston and W. E. Clement discussing single tax theory. This section includes pamphlets from the Young ...

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7. 43_06_001 - Letter

   Letter from M. V. Watros, no date, to "Gastons All," referring to E. B. Gaston and extended family in Fairhope, Alabama. Watros, who is renewing his subscription to the Fairhope Courier, was a resident of the early Fairhope Colony, and remembers many "old-timers" from those early days. He includes the surnames Dyson, Mann, Keller, Hiestand, Bishop, Schalkenbach, Call, Totten, Bowen, Riggs and Stuart. Watros' inclusion of "Stuart the Weaver"...

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8. 5.11.87-89 - Letter

   Letter dated 3/15/1949 to Frances Roberts in West Point, Georgia from C. A. Gaston, secretary of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, and son of principal founder, E. B. Gaston. C. A. Gaston is responding to Roberts' request for background on Fairhope's founding. Gaston writes a three-page synopsis of the experience, beginning with the founders' study of Bellamy and George. An interesting read from his perspective.

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9. 5.1.2-12 - Letter

   Correspondence dated 1946-1948 between C. A. Gaston, secretary of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation and Charles H. Ingersoll of New York City. Ingersoll is the editor of the publication 'democracy,' (little 'd' intentional), a single taxer, and a successful businessman (his company makes watches). He and Gaston discuss Fairhope, the history of the single tax movement, the Marietta Johnson School of Organic Education, and other topics. Th...

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10. 9.21.1-93 - Correspondence

    Correspondence of Paul M Gaston, 1978-1993. Gaston, a professor of history at the University of Virginia and grandson of Fairhope principal founder E. B. Gaston, took a sabbatical in academic year, 1978-1979, to move to Fairhope to work on a book about the town using FSTC archives. 9.21 contains pieces authored by Gaston, some as a result of the sabbatical year: "Henry George: Outlaw" "Fairhope as Utopia: Reflections of a Fairhoper" "Man...

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11. FSTC-0229 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph dated 1897 of the first buildings in Fairhope, Alabama. The five houses, including E.B. Gaston's home, are facing Fairhope Avenue which is not well seen in this photograph. The street in the foreground in Section Street; the picture was taken from where Johnson Avenue intersects with South Section Street. See FSTC-0373 was a similar photograph. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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12. FSTC-0373 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph dated 1897 of six building in early Fairhope, Alabama, including homes of E.B. Gaston and the Mershons. The building on the far right is the cooperative mercantile which would later become Mershon Bros. Merchandising Store. The buildings face Fairhope Avenue whic is not well seen in this photograph. The street in the foreground is Section Street, the picture was taken from where Johnson Avenue intersects with South Section Street. ...

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13. FSTC-V0055 - Video, Digital

    Lecture Series on Fairhope History dated February 2, 2017 with Donnie Barrett. This presentation begins with a description of the first landing parties in 1894 and the colony they founded. Donnie Barrett, founding director of the Fairhope Museum of History and Fairhope historiian, describes many of the first settlers who contributed much to Fairhope. 1 hour video From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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14. iii.10.26-27 - Letter

    Letter dated 12/26/1896 to E. B. Gaston from James Bellangee in Des Moines, Iowa. Bellangee is commenting on some letters he has received from S. Howard Leech, Mr. Young, and "Van." He comments on a letter Van sent to Young in which Van "raved and swore about the people of Fairhope but said the climate and country was all right." Bellangee writes about wanting to come to Fairhope and his interest in the the school and how he might want to h...

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15. iii.6.110 - Letter

    Letter dated 1/16/1895 to E. B. Gaston from Clarence S. Moore of Mare Island, California, and a member of the Fairhope Industrial Association. He likes the Courier, but has some suggestions about improvements. He is willing to put money into the store fund. He has other questions for Gaston, and mentions Clement Coleman, Keil, Pollay, and the Haskells.

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16. iii.6.111 - Letter

    Letter dated 1/25/1895 to E. B. Gaston from Clarence S. Moore of Mare Island, California. Moore has received heis certificate ofmemebership in the Fairhope Industrial Association, and Gaston says he is the first to pay up the full membership. Morroe is dismayed more have not done so. He tell Gaston he wants to respond to Miss Hollister's article decrying the Fairhope plan, and predicting it will not be successful. He plans to send his respons...

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17. iii.6.112-114 - Letter

    Letter dated 2/15/1895 to E. B. Gaston from Clarence Moore. Moore comments that the letter is typewritten and very blue. Gaston has troubles with the some "scandinavian " members of the Fairhope Colony, and Moore is sympathetic. He is in correspondece with several Fairhope settlers.

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18. iii.6.35-36 - Letter

    Letter written to James P. Hunnel on Januarty 14, 1895 from John M. Ham of Montrose, Alabama. He can make something (can't make it out) for 10 cents per fooot, have them ready in 10 days and deliver them for 5 dollars. He adds that jugs and crocks will cost 8 cents per gallon.

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19. iii.6.97-104 - Position Paper

    Position paper written by Clarence S. Moore probably in early 1895. This was published in the New Earth newspaper/magazine. Moore has sent E. B. Gaston a copy of his paper, which supports the Fairhope Colony.

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20. iii.7.38-39 - Postcard

    Postcard dated 12/19/1894 to E. B. Gaston from C. B. Power on West Elizabeth, Pennsylvania resigning as vice-president of the Fairhope Industrial Association because "it did not suit Mrs. Power to remain in Baldwin Co(unty)"

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