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1. 1.2.119 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association dated June 17, 1895. Executive Council Members Present: Vice President Lamon, George Pollay, Jennie Pollay, C. L. Coleman, J. P. Hunnel, E. B. Gaston. E. B. Gaston reported progress on Wharf Certificates and moved that road down the bluff to the beach be fixed before July 4 by voluntary labor.

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2. 1.2.124-125 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes dated July 1, 1895 of the Executive Council of the Fairhope Industrial Association. Present: Mrs. Lamon, J. P. Hunnel, George Pollay, Jennie Pollay, C. L. Coleman, E. B. Gaston. E. B. Gaston made a proposition on behalf of the Mershon Bros. for the money for the goods and back on membership be remitted immediately on the return of Mr. Mershon to Des Moines. Applications for membership of Mrs. A. H. Mershon, N. Mershon and G...

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3. 17.17.52-53 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes of the Wharf Company dated 8/1/1914 reporting interest payments on wharf certificates. Gaston, Berglin and N. Mershon have been served in their roles as members of the Wharf Company in a suit "for alleged delivery of CODs to Mershon Merchandising Company without collection and return of same." Motion made to consult with attorney George Crawford. Gaston reports that the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Council recommends applicat...

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4. 1.8.51 - Letter

   Letter dated 5/10/1902 to E. B. Gaston from H. P. Moyer in Battle Creek, Michigan. He has lost his wharf certificate, has released his claim to it in favor of the Colony.

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5. iv.2.66 - Letter

   Letter dated 9/13/1897 to E. B. Gaston from W. G. Finkins of Hamilton, Iowa. Finkins has questions about his subscription to the Fairhope Courier newspaper. He wants to know if the Wharf certificates he holds can be used to pay for his Courier subscription.

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6. iv.2.67-70 - Letter

   Letter dated 10/6/1897 to E. B. Gaston from W. G. Finkins of Hamilton, Iowa. Finkins is paying for his Courier newspaper subscription with Wharf certificates. He would like to join the Fairhope Colony, but he has not had a wage increase since 1893, and the costs to support his wife and five children continue to increase. He is concerned about the yellow fever epidemic he has read about, and wishes Gaston and the members of the Fairhope colony ...

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7. iv.4.28 - Letter

   Letter dated 8/28/1897 from John Lawson in Calais, Maine sending money for a Fairhope Courier newspaper subscription. He also asks about the wharf and if it has paid for itself yet. He holds $2 worth of Wharf certificates.

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8. iv.5.88 - Letter

   Letter dated 8/9/1897 from John R. Marlow of Salinas, CA. He bought $5 in wharf certificates in 1895, and has not heard from the Fairhope Industrial Association in some time. He saw an article about Fairhope in the San Francisco Examiner newspaper, and wants to know if his wharf certificates have any value.

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9. v.3.56 - Letter

   Letter written to E. B. Gaston from F. C. Ford stating he has $31 in wharf certificates and would be pleased to donate this to other improvements but can not do so in justice to his family.

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10. viii.12.33 - Letter

    Letter dated 7/29/1916 to Dr. A. F. Rockwell in Mobile, Alabama from E. B. Gaston writing about wharf repairs from the 1916 hurricane. Rockwell has sent in a payment to aid in the repairs.

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