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1. 1.13.2-3 - Letter

   Letter dated 5/11/1925 to A. E. Schalkenback of Long Island, NY from Anne B. Call saying that she has heard that some money bequethed by his brother for the spread of the single tax might be used for the purchase of land for the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. She suggests that he buy the land himself and deed it in perpetuity to the Corporation in such a way that it must be administered under the present constitution so that its use for the sin...

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2. 1896_Courier_Page_47 - Newspaper Article

   Article in the November 1, 1896 edition of the Fairhope Courier titled "More Land Secured." George Bancroft gave 320 acres to the Colony in exchange for Fairhope Industrial Association stock and with that purchase the total lands owned by the FIA was 670 acres. Two Chicago single-taxers and businessmen, Louis Bostedo and A. E. Nusbaum bought 320 acres for the Colony with an option for the Colony to purchase within a year at 6% interest. (T...

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3. 1906_Courier - Newspaper

   Fairhope Courier newspapers for 1906. All issues are available. The eight-page paper was published every Friday. Beginning with the 13th volume year which was the August 31, 1906 issue, the size of the paper is larger (approximatley 11x15 inches) and the paper stock is of lesser quality. These historic papers are scanned using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and are keyword searchable using the "find" or "search" function in your brows...

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4. 30.28.1-28 - Correspondence

   General correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated March 1926. Of interest are letters and a petition (30.28.8-12, 30.28.14-16) between E. B. Gaston and T. E. Mann regarding the sale of property by the S. S. Mann Corporation to the FSTC. T. E. Mann, son of S. S. Mann gives interesting background about early land transactions by his father who was interested in giving land to the Colony. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corpo...

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5. 30.31.1-22 - Correspondence

   Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated May 1926. Among the correspondence are letters from T. E. Mann about transferring the lease of Mann land (S. S. Mann Corporation) to Norman Maddocks and wife. T. E. Mann wants Gaston to make certain that the title on the property is appropriately registered at the Baldwin County title office. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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6. 30.4.1-17 - Correspondence

   Miscellaneous correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated April 16-30, 1926. Of special interest are several letters between T. E. Mann in Iowa and E. B. Gaston regarding acquisition of land for the FSTC. Thomas Early Mann's father S. S. Mann was a major founder and contributor to Fairhope. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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7. 31_1920_1-9 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation for the year 1920. The Colony Council usually met twice per month. Includes reports, lease information and information reflective of the business of the Corporation. Among other topics discussed: Colony Telphone System, Fairhope Public LIbrary, street and drainage projects, Tax increases on FSTC lands, rent issues and lessee concerns. Signor Cipriano Montoliu sent his Organic City pla...

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8. 31_1926_1-11 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting MInutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation for the year 1926. The Corporation usually met twice per month. Includes routine business of the Colony Council, including efforts to beautify Fairhope Avenue and other areas of the town by planting dogwood trees from the woods and azalea bushes donated by Clement L. Coleman. The Colony purchased 160 acres from the S. S. Mann Corporation with Mr. Maddocks paying the $2500 fee. St...

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9. 31_1926_1-11_Page_05 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting MInutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated May 3, 1926 in which the Colony Council agrees to buy 160 acres from the S. S. Mann Corporation at cost plus 6%. Norman Maddocks puts up the money. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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10. 31_1927_1-10 - Meeting Minutes

    Meeting MInutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation for the year 1927; the Corporation usually met twice per month. Topics include routine matters of business as well as: Representatives of the Fairhope Transportation and Excursion Company, which had help fund an expansion of the pierhead in 1922, came before the Colony Council twice in 1927 requesting that they be paid and suggested the payment come from any funds left from the defunct Pe...

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11. 3.21.1-50 - Correspondence

    Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation (Ma) 1930-1935. Consists mainly of letters of inquiry and correspondence and legal documents related to the land acquisition of Ruth Ellen Mabee. (3.21.2-27 includes correspondence, the will and other legal documents related to the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation's acquiring land owned by the late Ruth Ellen Mabee.) (3.21.37 is a proposed amendment of the constitution, Article 14 rel...

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12. 3.23.1-88 - Correspondence

    Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, (letter Bo-Bu), 1930-1935. Includes letters of inquiry from wide assortment of people.

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13. 3.34.1-37 - Letter

    Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated 1913-1936, mostly E. B. Gaston, secretary of the Corporation responding to letters of inquiry about Fairhope, acquiring leased lands, requesting subscriptions to the Fairhope Courier newspaper, the School of Organic Education (Organic School), and other similar matters. Most documents are in the 1931-1936 time period.

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14. 36_6_010 - Deed

    Extract from a Deed dated March 8, 1905 between Robert F. Powell and Laura A. Powell, and the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. The Powells moved to Fairhope in 1904 and bought then-deeded property and house from William De La Mare. The property was not Colony land and was adjacent to FSTC lands (around the Church Street and De La Mare Aveue area). The Powells were members of the FSTC and wanted to deed their land to the Colony which they did th...

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15. 36_7_001_006 - Documents

    Partial Abstract of Title to land in Fairhope, Alabama. The land is sometimes referred to as the Schalkenback Tract. This land's ownership was in dispute between Sarah Tatum and Jerome Stapleton. Chancery Court in Mobile settled the dispute in favor of Mrs. Tatum in 1896. (See BSS.906 in these online Archives for the resolution of that dispute.) Mrs. Tatum sold the property to Charles Schalkenback on February 26, 1894. (She would se...

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16. 37_2_022 - Letter

    Letter dated April 6, 1903 from William Morphy to E. B. Gaston about a letter James Bellangee sent William Morphy. Bellangee sent $710 to Morphy and asked for an extension on the option to purchase land In Fairhope, Alabama which Morphy owns. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives,

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17. 4.5.1-201 - Correspondence

    Correspondence (Ba-Bi) of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated 1934-1955. 4.5.48-83 contains correspondence between C. A. Gaston, secretary of the FSTC and John H. Bankhead, Senator of Alabama, regarding a bill he introduced before the Senate on 2/7/1935 to create the Farm Tenant Homes Corporation, to promote more secure occupancy of farms and farm homes, to correct the economic instability resulting from some present forms of farm tena...

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18. 9.28.1-33 - Correspondence

    Miscellaneous correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1986-1996 (S-Z). Includes various drafts of an article about the FSTC 0written by the Wisconsin Property Owners League. 9.28.17-19 is a chronological list of the FSTC's land acquisiton, starting with Sarah Tatum.

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19. iii.8.25-27 - Letter

    Letter to E. Q. Norton from Wm. Schemenaur dated November 16, 1894. He is interested in the Fairhope Movement and wants to know how to contact E. B. Gaston. A friend of his wants to know if he knows of anyone that might want to trade Northern property for Southern property. He gives Norton a description of his friend's property and the improvements located on the same.

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20. iv.5.137-138 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston from Clarence Moeller of Chicago, on June 8, 1897. He suggests a municipal Corporation as a step for putting the Colony on legal footing, and suggests calling it "Alabama City." Also suggests using scrip (local currency) inside the colony, and having Alabama City compensate Fairhope stockholders in scrip or bonds, then the Fairhope Association could deed land in a trust to be administered according to the corporat...

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