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1. 1.6.107-111 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes dated February 3, 1896 of the Fairhope Industrial Association. All members were present and last meeting minutes were approved. Monthly reports from Secretary, Treasurer and Wharfinger were presented and referred to Auditing Committee. Reports attached. George Pollay of committee appointed to submit a plan for laying off land north of Schalkenback, reported and presented 2 plans. Applications of C. E. Atkinson and L....

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2. 1.6.115-119 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes dated 2/6/1896 of the Executive Council of the Fairhope Industrial Association. Results of 2/6/1896 election results and were verified by William Stimpson: S.S. Mann - President A. H. Mershon - Vice President E.B. Gaston - Secretary C.L. Coleman - Treasurer S. Vander Meulen - Supt, Lands and Highways H.C.C.Schakel - Supt, Pulbic Services A.J. Cullen - Supt, Industries G.A. Mershon, Supt. Public Health Wharf Committ...

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3. ii.12.10-11 - Letter

   Letter dated 07/05/1894 to E. B. Gaston from W. H. Sanders of Atlantic, Iowa. Sanders is behind on payments and says he hopes to send money soon. He uses swear words to reference to someone with the last name starting with "N" and he asks Gaston where the Gen'l (General James Weaver) is.

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4. ii.12.147-148 - Letter

   Letter dated 6/3/1894 to E. B. Gaston from G. J. Stemerdink of Muscatine, Iowa. Stemerdink is asking Gaston if members can be accepted to the Fairhope Industrial Association without paying fees. He is particularly concerned about his friend, Mr. Exo, who does not have the means to join.

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5. ii.1.22-23 - Letter

   This letter dated 6/22/1894 is continuing correspondence from Gilbert Anderson to E.B. Gaston, Secretary of the Fairhope Industrial Association. Gilbert has more questions about the new colony, especially about financing the colony and specifically about the membership fee. He asks if there are any provisions for borrowing for the membership fee. Anderson lives in the Y.M.C.A. in St. Louis, Missouri.

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6. ii.1.24-26 - Letter

   Continuing correspondence dated 6/27/1894 from Gilbert Anderson to E. B. Gaston, Secretary of the Fairhope Industrial Organization, Des Moines, Iowa. Anderson, who lives at the YMCA in St. Louis, Missouri, is enclosing an application for membership in the FIA and and a money order for $20.50 - $20 for four months payment of the membership fee and $.50 for a year's subscription to the Libery Bell newspaper. Anderson says he likes the "general ...

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7. ii.12.65-67 - Letter

   Letter dated 8/251894 to E. B. Gaston from William Schemenour of Waterville, Ohio. He is discussing the Locating Committe report for the site of the Fairhope Colony. He thinks the site on Mrs. Sarah Tatum's land on Mobile Bay would be good, but he also believes the site in Tennessee with its abundant timber should be considered. He encloses his site-selection ballot (not included with the letter).

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8. ii.1.27-28 - Letter

   Continuting correspondence dated 7/8/1894 from Gilbert Anderson of St. Louis, Missouri to E. B. Gaston, Secretary of the Fairhope Industrial Association. In this letter, in which Anderson calls Gaston "Dear Brother," he addresses problems Gaston has noted about the money order sent in the previous letter (see ii.1.24-26). He also mentions that he has not received his July, 1894 copy of the Liberty Bell newspaper, for which he bought a subscript...

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9. ii.3.60 - Letter

   Letter to Ernest B. Gaston, Des Moines, Iowa, from Chas. W. Corbett, Peirce City, MO., dated 1894/07/21. He is enclosing $.15 for Liberty Bell. Questions membership fee.

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10. ii.6.36-37 - Letter

    Letter dated 05/05/1894 to E. B. Gaston from Henry C. Hanson of Gothenburg, Nebraska. Hanson wants to join the Fairhope colony because it is composed of people from Iowa, but he is not able due to finances.

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11. ii.6.38-40 - Letter

    Letter dated 08/06/1894 to E. B. Gaston from Henry C. Hanson of Gothenburg, Nebraska. Hanson does not have the cash to become a member of the Fairhope Industrial Association. He reports, however, that there are people in Nebraska who might be interested in the FIA, and asks Gaston "what you would think of my trying to get recruits for the colony."

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12. ii.6.41-42 - Letter

    Letter and attachment dated 07/20/1894 to E. B. Gaston from L. Horton of Ocklawaha, Florida. Horton has invented a Wind Wheel and enlcosed its description with the letter. Horton wants Gaston to consider starting a colony in Ocklawaha, and he wants to use his wnd wheel invention as collateral for membership fees and startup costs.

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13. iii.3.39-42 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston on July 15, 1895 from c. Eastlake Conner MD of Scranton, Pennsylvania asking if the colony will need $500 cash from each incoming colonist in the future or could they allow him to pay after joining them.

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14. iii.5.3 - Letter

    Letter dated 1/9/1895 to E. B. Gaston from J. Axel Haggstrom of Chicago. Haggstrom has not been able to sell his farm in Nebraska and he is out of work, so he has not made his payments to the Fairhope Industrial Association. He enclosed a $.10 penalty and asks what chances there are of work in Fairhope in a "saw mill, garden farm or anything."

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15. v.2.20-21 - Letter

    Letter dated 1/20/1898 to E. B. Gaston from B. W. Cavender in Des Moines, Iowa. He is not financially able to move to Fairhope at present, and wonders why the membership fee is so high.

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