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1. 1.12.24 - Letter

   Undated letter likely 1921 to the Execultive Council of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation from members of the Fairhope community. The letter is written on Town of Fairhope letterhead and requests the FSTC to make the People's Railroad Company safe and to restart deliveries. From the correspondence of Anne B. Call.

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2. 1.13.37-42 - Letter to the Editor

   Undated letter to the editor of the Fairhope Courier newspaper, written by Anne Bellangee Call. She introduces her letter by saying a tourist has asked her questions about the Fairhope Colony, and Call wants to clear up errors and misconceptions about the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. She gives a brief history of the founding for Fairhope, and discusses single tax principles, how they are demonstrated locally, how the Colony is chartered i...

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3. 1.15.82 - Letter

   Letter dated 5/5/1931 to the Mayor and Town Council of the Town of Fairhope from Anne Bellangee Call. The Town of Fairhope is planning to pave some streets, but Call says all citizens concerned have not been notified about the paving, and therefore have not had time to comment to the Council about it. Further, Call mentions the current water main and the proposed sewer system to be laid under the streets identified for paving, and suggests thes...

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4. vi.7.41-42 - Letter

   Letter dated 8//8/1908 to E. B. Gaston from Joseph Fels in London, England. Fels has received a letter from Dr. Harris Greeno, mayor of Fairhope, and Fels has enclosed a copy of that letter and his reply to Gaston. Fels warns Gaston to not let it be known that he has these letters. Fels says that major single-tax men from the U. S., Murphy, Lawrence Purdy, and Louis Post, are in England for the Free Trade Conference. Fels gave Post a dinn...

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5. vi.7.43-44 - Letter

   Letter dated 7/14/1908 to Joseph Fels from Dr. Harris S. Greeno, mayor of the Town of Fairhope. Greeno is responding to Fels' letter congratulating him on his election and commenting on his status as a non single-taxer. Greeno says he is definitly not "in sympathy with what is known here as the "Fairhope Plan." He lists his reasons and, in a part of the letter which cannot be read, seems to be referring to R. F. Powell, an official with the F...

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6. vi.7.45-46 - Letter

   Letter dated 7/31/1908 to Dr .Harris Greeno, mayor of the Town of Fairhope from Joseph Fels in London, England. Fels is responding to Greeno's letter (see vi.7.43-44) in which he challenges Greeno's comments about his (Fels') reputation, R. F. Powell's reputation, the reasoning behind building the manure wharf and the success /non-success of the Fairhope Plan. He says that he is a businessman who is "the head of one of the largest firms of manu...

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7. vi.7.61 - Letter

   Letter dated 10/5/1908 to E. B. Gaston from Joseph Fels writing from London, England. Fels is writing about the possibility of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation transferring land to the Town of Fairhope and cautions Gaston to be extremely careful about how this business is conducted. He urges that there should be a way to withdraw from the agreement if the agreed upon conditions are not met; the idea being it should be good for the whole ...

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8. vi.7.63 - Letter

   Letter dated 10/28/1908 to E. B. Gaston from Joseph Fels, writing from London, England. Fels is complimenting the "faithful" people of Fairhope in resisting "schemes" to take control of Colony-owned lands. He is also pleased about R. F. Powell's efforts with the barge situation, and hope he was of help in resolving issues between Mr. and Mrs. Powell and their daughter, Ivy. Further, he comments that it is too bad "our old friend Bellangee doe...

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9. vi.7.64 - Letter

   Letter dated 10/27/1908 to R. F. Powell, from Joseph Fels, who is writing about several topics. Fels tells Powell that he is pleased the lawsuit has been settled with the boat building company about the controversy concerning money owed for repairs on the old, burned, Fairhope I bay boat steamer. Fels is sending E. B. Gaston a check for $1000 to put the matter to rest. Fels mentions B. F. Sneider, B. F. Gray, Mr. Bennell and Capt. C. H...

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10. vi.8.31 - Letter

    Form letter dated 5/29/1908 from E. B. Gaston. Gaston says the letter was sent to all Socialists in town the evening before the election, and all voted against him except himself. In the letter, Gaston specifically asks the Socialists in the Fairhope Colony to stand with the Single-Taxers in the municipal elections of 1908 in which he is running against Dr. Harris S. Greeno for the position of mayor of Fairhope. He says without the Sociali...

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