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  1. 1.10.129-133 - Letter

    Undated letter to the editor (likely of the Single Tax Review) authored by James Bellangee. Bellangee is responding to the editorial published by this paper in which is printed "the semblance of personality is unavoidable" in the discussion of the troubles in Fairhope. Bellangee agrees with that comment and says the "true story of Fairhope's troubles cannot be told without full recognition of a degree of human weakness and folly that will sh...

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  2. 1.10.140 - Note

    Back side of folder containing James Bellangee's papers concerning a 1905 amendment to the Fairhope Single Tax Constitution and the contentious publication of the issue. Note says "came to personal blows." E. Q. Norton of the Daphne Standard newspaper E. B. Gaston of the Fairhope Courier newspaper James Bellangee Mobile Daily Times newspaper Unknown who wrote this note on the file folder or when.

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  3. 1.10.81-82 - Letter

    Letter dated 11/12/1907 to Louis Post in Chicago, Illinois from James Bellangee in Fairhope, Alabama. Bellangee is writing about the upcoming Single Tax Conference and the likelihood that two parties from Fairhope will attend the conference. Bellangee is concerned about airing Fairhope's problems in this forum, and feels neither party represents "the common people of Fairhope." Bellangee describes the men who plan to attend the conference by...

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  4. 1.10.83-85 - Letter

    Letter dated 8/24/1909 to James Bellangee from A. Freeland in Nashville, Tennessee. Freeland is responding to Bellangee's letter and says he has been feeling "that something was wrong at Fairhope" which is attributes to the bad soil and "frictions" among the colonists. He refers to the W. E. Brokaws and J. H. Springer as not being about to "harmonize" with the colonists, and bemoans the vast number of discouraged people who have left Fairhope. ...

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  5. 1.11.10 - Newspaper Article

    Undated newspaper clipping from unidentified newspaper discussing a myriad of issues about Fairhope, including Dr. Harris Greeno's membership application to the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, the fate of the steamer "Fairhope," quotes from Henry George, the need for a "real newspaper in Fairhope that will report the news in a non partisan manner," and the ongoing issues between the "Royalists" and the "Patriots." The Royalists are the Fairhope...

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  6. 1.11.11-14 - Letter

    Letter written to E. Q. Norton of Daphne, Alabama from Anne B. Call on January 3, 1905. She states the reasons she withdrew her advertising in the Times and gave it to the Standard stating they had never ageed on the refunding of personal property tax, but she considered him entitled to his opinion and free expression of his opinions. Mr. Norton seems to have objected to the "Fairhope Plan" and had been frequent in saying this to others.. ...

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  7. 1.11.18 - Letter to the Editor

    Letter the the Editor of The Item from Anne B. Call of Fairhope, Alabama on August 11, 1905. It seems a person is writing anonymous letters to the editor and signing it "Philosopher". Over half of the resident members of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation sent a petition asking that The Item (newspaper) change the correspondent to the paper as a large amount of controversial items regarding the Fairhope Single Tax Colony have been published fo...

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  8. 1.11.19-28 - Reports

    No full date given on report from the Trustees of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation in response to a memorial (memorandum) from C. L. Coleman, H.S. Grew and others to the Executive Council. This was a significant report on the affairs of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation around 1905. This report is in answer to questions asked in the memorandum. The trustees noted that many of the answers to questions are already part of the public re...

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    1.11.19-28
  9. 1.11.4 - Newspaper Article

    Letter to the editor of the Mobile Daily Item newspaper from William Call in Fairhope, Alabama. Call is writing about errors in columns which have been published in that paper under the title "Fairhope Facts" which he wants to correct. He discusses the errors of Mr. N. O. Nelson of St. Louis, Missouri as evidence that Nelson "has not a clear understanding of the situation and his remarks are only valuable as coming from one who has been suc...

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  10. 1.11.52 - Letter to the Editor

    Undated and unsigned (probably William or Anne Call) Letter to the Editor of the Fairhope Courier newspaper discussing single tax principles. The writer feels if the full rental value of the land is assessed, the subsequent revenue will be enough to fund public services and will also remain true to Georgist principles. From the papers of Anne Bellangee Call.

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  11. 1.11.9 - Letter to the Editor

    Letter to the editor (probably of the Daily Item newspaper in Mobile) dated August 1905 responding to an article about the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation in that newspaper. The writer (unsigned, but likely James Bellangee), defends the FSTC and reminds the readers that the Corporation now allows non members to participate in how rent revenues are used. From the papers of Anne Bellangee Call.

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  12. 1.13.26-33 - Letter

    Undated letter written to the Editor of the Baldwin County News in Robertsdale, Alabama from Anne B. Call in which she responds to an article which is critical of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation.

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    1.13.26
  13. 1.13.37-42 - Letter to the Editor

    Undated letter to the editor of the Fairhope Courier newspaper, written by Anne Bellangee Call. She introduces her letter by saying a tourist has asked her questions about the Fairhope Colony, and Call wants to clear up errors and misconceptions about the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. She gives a brief history of the founding for Fairhope, and discusses single tax principles, how they are demonstrated locally, how the Colony is chartered i...

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  14. 1.13.52 - Letter

    Letter dated 9/24/1927 to Anne Bellangee Call from Mary White, with a copy to E. B. Gaston. White is complaining about what she considers inconsistancies in Fairhope Single Tax Corporation policy with regard to acquisition of leased lands. She wants to lease a track of land which the Corporation considers parkland and she considers this unfair. She says Mr. Cummings was allowed to get the "cream" of the land and she was not. From the corr...

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  15. 1.13.56 - Newspaper Article

    Letter to the editor of the Mobile Register newspaper dated 7/14/1927 (newspaper clipping) from William Call titled "Fairhope K.K.K. Parade." Call is responding to "adverse criticism of Fairhope regarding the Ku Klux Klan parade and exercises" on July 4, 1927. The Klan was given permission to parade by the mayor of Fairhope. After learning of this, the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Executive Council passed a motion to disallow use of the...

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  16. 1.14.31 - Letter

    Letter dated 3/5/1929 to J. H. Webb, attorney Mobile, from Anne B. Call thanking him for his letter of 2/27/1929 (see 1.14.11-17) in which he answered 16 of her questions. She thinks that he misunderstood question # 16 and attemps to clarify. Call gives Webb examples of what she feels are rumors and malicious gossip which are interfering with the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation's business of leasing land and is depreciating the rental value ...

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  17. 1.15.4 - Article

    Article torn from a book or magazine hand-dated 1930, written by Alex J. Melville, critical of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation and its method of setting rents and assessing land values.

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  18. 1.19.77-108 - Letter to the Editor

    Letters dated 7/18/1929 to 11/7/1929 to the editor of the Baldwin County News in Robertsdale, Alabama responding to a question appearing in the paper from a man in Mississippi asking about Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. Many letters are included, some quite heated; the main writers are R. F. Powell, E. B. Gaston and Alex Melville, although other writers appear.

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  19. 1907_Courier - Newspaper

    Fairhope Courier newspapers for 1907, published every Friday. One issue, the March 15, 1907 paper, is missing but available on newspapers.com. A few pages are faint, but still legible. Papers from November-December have incorrect volume numbers. Interestingly, only one photograph (of the Steamer Fairhope II) was printed other than those which were advertisements. These historic papers are scanned using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) ...

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  20. 3.10.2-18 - Letter

    Letters dated 1932 between Fiske Warren, Abe Waldauer and E. B. Gaston about a proposed amendment to the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation constitution.

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    3.10.2-18

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