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1. 43_02_001 - Letter

   Letter dated May 16, 1894 from E. B. Gaston, Secretary of the Fairhope Industrial Association, to T. E. Mann (Thomas Erly Mann), a member of the Association's Executive Council. Gaston is responding to the receipt of the membership application for S. E. Mann, T. E. Mann's brother. (Shuah S. Mann, father of T. E. and S. E.) is a Trustee of the Association.) Gaston writes tongue-in-cheek that "I think we will have to call our town Mannville." ...

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2. PMG_13886-13914 - Student Paper

   Student Paper dated December 2, 1988 by Glen Earl titled "Contribution and Controversy: A narrative of philanthropist Joseph Fels'involvement in the Fairhope Single Tax Colon 1897-1910." The paper was written to fulfil requirements for a Fairhope Seminar Class taught at the University of Virginia by Dr. Paul M. Gaston, Professor of History. Earl made extensive use of the correspondence and documents from the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Arch...

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3. vi.11.29 - Letter

   Letter dated 3/23/1908 to Daniel Kiefer in Fairhope from Louis Post, editor of The Public newspaper in Chicago, Illinois. Kiefer has asked Post to publish an article about Fairhope authored by Mr. Ring, and Post tells him he "could not possibly publish" it. Joseph Fels also wants this published. Post will not publish it.

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4. vi.1.16 - Letter

   Undated letter with no addressee from M. G. Brink in Washington, D. C. saying the Fairhope Colony is on the right track and hopes all there will be convinced of that.

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5. vi.2.17 - Letter

   Letter dated 2/16/1906 addressed to The Public Publishing Company in Chicago, Illinois, from Joseph Fels of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Fels is writing from London, England. He reminds the The Public newspaper staff that he recently sent a $1,000 check for a subscription for stock, and that he had said he would consider donating funds to the fund to increase the circulation of The Public. However, he has decided not to do this at this time....

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6. vi.7.57 - Letter

   Letter dated 9/10/1908 to Louis D. Leyh in Stillwater, Minnesota from Joseph Fels, writing from London, England. Fels is respsonding to a letter from Leyh, and send pamphlets about the Fairhope Single Tax Colony. Fels says if Leyh is interested in the Colony, he should contact E. B. Gaston, but also those who are opposed to the Colony, termed "kickers," namely Alfred Wolf and Mr. Albright. For a neutral opinion about the Colony, he tells Ley...

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7. vii.5.35 - Letter

   Letter dated 6/10/1909 to E. B. Gaston from Daniel Kiefer in Cincinnati, Ohio commenting on something he read in the Fairhope Courier newspaper and passing along a letter from William Brown. (see vii.5.36).

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8. vii.5.36 - Letter

   Letter dated 6/3/1909 to Tom L. Johnson, treasurer of the Joseph Fels Fund of America, from William Brown, writing from Toledo, Oregon. Brown is enclosing a contribution for the Fund, but also comments about his positive experience living for five years in Fairhope, Alabama.

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9. vii.5.48 - Letter

   Letter dated 10/8/1909 to E. B. Gaston from Daniel Kiefer in Cincinnati, Ohio enclosing correspondence Kiefer wants Gaston to see.

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10. vii.5.6 - Letter

    Letter dated 1/25/1909 to E. B. Gaston from Daniel Kiefer in Cincinnati, Ohio. Fred Miller has written Kiefer complimenting the Fairhope plan. Kiefer sent the letter to Louis Post, an influential single taxer who has refused to print anything positive about Fairhope, believing it strays from pure single tax principles. Miller says "I have always held.....that the complaints of undemocratic government had no basis whatever as criticisms of...

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