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1. 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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2. 1.2.29-30 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association dated May 18, 1894 at the residence of President L. R. Clements. Present were: Clements, Bellangee, Mann, Hunnel, and Gaston. Secretary read some interesting correspondence from parties thinking of joining the association and from parties making propositions on locations. Locations discussed were: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama and Tennessee. Discussion of Liberty Bell not ...

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3. ii.11.6-7 - Letter

   Letter written to E. B. Gaston on 5/09/1894 from Joseph Reich, Ill. He is out of business at present, farm implement business, sold out last winter. Has some money, good notes, good house and lot worth $800.00. He can pay for 1 share of stock in cash. He is a German but his family is American. He has 2 children. If he takes stock in the colony then he must go to work at once. He likes the theory of Gaston's plan but would prefer a German c...

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4. ii.12.153-158 - Letter

   Letter written to E. B. Gaston on 7/31/1894 from G. J. Stemerdink, Muscatine, Iowa. Thanks Gaston for sending forlders and he will distribute. He mentions Gaston's response to Mr. Flurscheim's question in the Liberty Bell. He writes of Socialism and mentions Laurence Gronlund's talk before the Chicago Single Tax Club on Socialism. He states that Jon I. White, President of the club mentions a lawyer, Jesse Cox, who was a socialist and thinks ...

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5. ii.12.29 - Letter

   Letter written to E. B. Gaston on 8/19/1894, from Henry C. C. Schakel, Ind. He encloses $5.00 as first payment for membership and 1 share of stock. He requested a receipt or certificate in return.

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6. ii.3.58-59 - Letter

   Letter to Ernest B. Gaston, Des Moines, Iowa, from Chas. W. Corbett, Pierce City, MO., date 1894/07/16. He is inquiring about present condition of Fairhope Industrial Associsation. How many members, how much stock taken, and where do you expect to locate? He is 25 years old, married with three children and poor but not afraid to work. Has spent 9 years in the hardware business. He has read the constitution and would like to join.

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7. iii.1.27-28 - Letter

   Letter written to E. B. Gaston on 12/19/1894 from David G. Armitage, Baraboo, Wis. He asked Gaston if they had been accepted as members. He encloses $15.00 on stock purchase.

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8. iii.2.115-116 - Letter

   Letter written to E. B. Gaston on December 22, 1894 from Wm. Byers, Wis. He is inquiring about stock in the colony. He gives his opinion of the present state of affairs of mankind. He will take a share of stock.

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9. iii.4.41 - Letter

   Letter written to E. B. Gaston on December 29, 1894 from Charles G. Foord, Chicago. Yes he would vote for the amendment. Regarding his wife's vote---she has no interest in single tax and she knows nothing of him being a stockholder in the Fairhope Enterprise and he does not want her to know.

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10. iii.4.47-48 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston on January 18, 1895 from Fred C. Ford, Mentone, Texas. He encloses $200.00 and asked Gaston to place $100.00 in the Single Tax Land Fund and apply the rest to his stock balance. He tells Gaston if he finds himselg in need of funds then do not hesitate to call on him. He votes for the local government amendment. He asked what the going rate of taxation was in Baldwin County.

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11. iii.4.50 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston on February 29, 1895 from Fred C. Ford, Texas. He encloses $.50 for the Courier--$.25 for his subscription and 3 months to each of the following names. H. M. Little, N. Y. C. J. Richardson, N. Y. C. C. Ford, California When he placed $100.00 in the Single Tax Land Fund, it was his impression that he could apply it on stock at any time for himself or anyone else who was acceptable to the members. Was he correct...

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12. iv.5.34-35 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston from D. D. Maurey an attorney writing on behalf of J. N. Dixon who has two shares of Fairhope Industrial Association stock (Nos. 24 & 25) to surrender. He asks if Gaston can pay the equivalent in cash.

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13. iv.6.29-32 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston from Q. A. Parker of Chatham, New York dated December 27, 1897 acknowledging receipt of his share of Fairhope stock. He plans to save $15 per month and hopes to come to Fairhope as soon as possible. He has spent about eight years on the railroad and is curious about Gaston's "railroad scheme" as it may be the means of getting him to Fairhope and he thinks his "experience may not come amiss."

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14. iv.6.36-41 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston from William R. Pickering of Des Moines, Iowa dated October 31, 1897 asking for a duplicate of his share of stock. He may or may not come to Fairhope. Swift was anxious for him to settle north of him and offered to loan him the money to buy out Mrs. V. Swift will take his stock if he decides not to come to Fairhope. He has just heard about the death of "the world's great reformer and humanitarian Henry George."

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15. iv.7.21 - Letter

    Undated letter written to E. B. Gaston from Alex Veitch saying that he would like to live on the shores of Mobile Bay but can't afford the stock. He would like to tell Gaston the offer Captain Lawrence made him but thinks it might give offence. He encloses 10 cents for Fairhope Courier.

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16. v.3.16 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston from J. N. Dixon of Malvern, Arkansas. He wants to sell his two shares of stock in the Fairhope Industrial Association and wants cash. He asks Mr. Gaston to make the best trade he can and to deduct his commission.

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