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1. 1.11.30 - Petition

   resolution from the office of Mrs Anne B Call stating that securing public services through authorized trustees who have pledged their services in good faith and administered their obligations to the best of their ability, is not in violation of the constitution, and should be pursued in securing needed public services.

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2. 1.2.16-17 - Meeting Minutes

   Records of Fairhope Industrial Association dated January 4, 1894. A meeting was held at the office of Ernest B. Gaston, Room 8 over 312 West Sixth Street, Des Moines, Iowa. Those attending were a number of persons interested in the subject of a cooperative colony or community. E. B. Gaston read a sketch of a plan which was discussed and very generally approved. A motion by W. H. Saunders was made that an organization based on Gaston's sketch ...

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3. 1.2.18-19 - Meeting Minutes

   Fairhope Industrial Association Meeting Minutes of January 31, 1894. Meeting of those interested in a proposed colony and the Committee of 5 that had been appointed at previous meeting. Object of meeting was adoption of Constitution. After thorough discussion the Constitution was adopted. Next order of business was the election of officers and the following were elected unanimously: President: L. R. Clements Vice President: Ed. A. Otl Secr...

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4. 1.2.20-23 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association of February 6, 1894. Purpose of meeting: Complete the details of organization of the Fairhope Industrial Association. Fix terms of which stock should be paid in. Adopt form of application for membership. Sign Articles of Incorporation. Adjourned and agreed to meet for the completion of business on Thursday, February 8, 1894 at 7:30. Signed: E. B. Gaston Present: L. R. Clements, ...

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5. 1.2.26 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Associationdate February 16, 1894, Des Moines, Iowa. Secretary reported large number of inquiries coming from all sections about the plans of the association. Motion by E. B. Gaston and seconded by J. P. Hunnel in consideration of the Liberty Bell having in its second number, the constitution and full details of the organization..

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6. 1.2.34-35 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association dated October 26, 1894, in Des Moines, Iowa (exact location not provided). Meeting of Executive Council called to consider matters relating to the beginning action operations on the colony site. Carried unanimously that a special election be held on Nov. 26, 1894 to such place in Baldwin County, Alabama as announced by the Secretary to fill such vacancies that may exist in the Associat...

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7. 1.3.9-13 - Newspaper

   Liberty Bell newspaper dated April 28, 1894 including the Constitution of the Fairhope Industrial Association. (Pages 51, 52, 47, 48 and 49)

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8. 1.4.26-30 - Letter

   Undated, handwritten letter written by E. B. Gaston to The Editors of the National Single Taxer newspaper, "the National Organ" of the single tax movement. The letter seems to be a response to criticisms of Mr. Mosller who is accusing Fairhope of suppressing competition and fixing ground rents by committee rather than allowing competition to determine it. Mr. Gaston refers Mr. Mosller to Article nine, Section two of the constitution of the Fairho...

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9. 1.6.26-29 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes date 10/14/1895 of the Executive Council of the Fairhope Industrial Association. Full Council present, with members. W. E. Brokaw, C. B. Brokaw and William Stimpson. The secretary reported the financial standing of members who had not fully paid their memberships. These members are to be notified. Mr. Cullen will be given consideration if he wishes to pay his membership in cigars. W. E. Brokaw presented the matter of an ...

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10. 1.6.30-34 - Meeting Minutes

    Meeting MInutes date 10/21/1895 of the Executive Council of the Fairhope Industrial Association; all members present. J. H. Springer reported on the committee charged with revising the FIA constitution. An election was called for 12/2 to consider the revisions, and a copy of the revised constitution was submitted by W.E. and E.B. Brokaw, J. H. and B.P. Springer. George and Janet Pollay, and Henrry C. C. and Kathe Schakel. Mr. Cherry, who i...

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11. 1895_Courier - Newspaper

    Fairhope Courier newspapers published in the year 1895. Includes 22 editions: Volume I Numbers 8-20 (Jan 1, 1895-July 14, 1895) and Volume II Numbers 1-9 ( Aug 15, 1895-Dec 15, 1895). Note that the Issue Number was printed incorrectly in several editions, and they have been hand-corrected by someone long ago. These historic newspapers are scanned using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) softare in pdf format and are keyword searchable i...

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12. 37_2_023 - Letter

    Note from Charles Foord dated c. September 1896 and written on a request for constitutional change by Fairhope Industrial Association members who are not satisfied with the management of the Fairhope Colony. Foord is requesting E. B. Gaston to tell him (Foord) what Gaston thinks about the letter. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives,

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13. ii.10.104-105 - Postcard

    Postcard to E. B. Gaston dated 4/08/1894 from Calvin B. Power, Dunbar, Pa. He is requesting copies of the Constitution to pass out to interested people. Listed these names: W. O. Martin, Dunbar, Pa. David Keffer, Dunbar, Pa. Joh Farr, Mt. Braddock, Pa. Carnahan Hurst, Smocks, Pa. James Farquhar, Charleroi, Pa.

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14. ii.10.111-116 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston on 5/01/1894 from Calvin B. Power, Pa. He thinks Preston Co., Pa. is well located for the new colony. He tells of railroads that go through this area and the Cheat and Monongahela Rivers. A man told him that the soil is good, there is a 12 foot vein of hard coal, fine timber and land can be had for $2.00 to $6.00 per acre. Fairhope Constitution follows natural law. It is natural to immigrate East where populati...

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15. ii.10.58 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston on March 30, 1894 from F. A. Pearson of Keosauqua, Iowa asking for a copy of the constitution of the Fairhope Industrial Association.

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16. ii.10.78-79 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston on May 30, 1894 from George Pollay of Riverside, California saying that he received the Liberty Bell and read the constitution of the Fairhope Industrial Association which he says will be acceptable to any honest reformer (Single Tax or Socialist). He asks for more information on the Fairhope Colony. It is interesting to note that George Pollay was one of the first 28 colonists to come to Fairhope.

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17. ii.11.2 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston on date 6/18/1894 from Chas. Raef, Kackley, Republic County, Kans. He has read an article in the Republic Co. Freeman about Cooperative Industrial Association. He requested any information and a copy of the Constitution.

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18. ii.11.5 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston on 3/12/1894 from Joseph Reich, Eldorado, Ill. He is requesting a copy of the constitution and bylaws of new enterprise.

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19. ii.1.17-21 - Letter

    Letter dated 6/15/1894 to Ernest B. Gaston from Gilbert Anderson, St. Louis. He is a young man, carpenter and single taxer. He is requesting that Mr. Gaston give him an outline of how new colony will get started, employment, number of people, etc. He will apply for membership once questions are answered. He requested copies of "Liberty Bell" especially those containing the constitution.. He encloses a 2 page list of people and addresses that ...

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20. ii.11.8 - Letter

    Letter written to "Friend Moore" on May 1, 1894 from James S. Reynolds of San Francisco, California telling him that he has seen George Pollay who is looking into a colony project in Riverside, California. He asks Moore to send Pollay copies of the Fairhope Industrial Association Constitution.

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