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1. 1.15.50-53 - Reports

   Reports of Secretary & Trustees, to Members of Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, at Annual Meeting, 1/26/1931. E. B. Gaston, Secretary reported that land speculation necessitated the increase in rents making it more difficult for lessees to pay their rents. The State Tax Commission proposed nearly doubling the Corporations assessment leading the Secretary to see that holding so much bay frontage for use as park lands as a liability for the Corpora...

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2. 1.15.67-69 - Deed

   Copy of a deed dated 6/1/1931 prepared for the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation by J. H. Webb, attorney, for the conveyance of the park lands and the wharf belonging to the Corporation to the Town of Fairhope. Deed has not been executed.

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3. 1.16.12 - Letter

   Letter dated 6/11/1931 to J. H. Webb from Anne B. Call saying that in recent correspondence he had mentioned that in May 1927 he had prepared a conveyance of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation wharf to the Town of Fairhope. She asks him to tell her the circumstances under which he made out the document.

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4. 1.16.13 - Letter

   Letter dated 6/11/1931 to A. E. Schalkenbach from Anne B. Call reporting on the council meeting on 6/10/1931 which was a "brisk session which lasted until midnight." At the meeting Call asked E. B. Gaston when he had changed his mind with regard to allowing the entire membership the opportunity to express their wishes about the conveyence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation wharf to the Town of Fairhope. Gaston read a letter to the Council f...

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5. 31_1921_1-15 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation for year 1921. The Colony Council usually met twice per month. Included is information on the business of the Corporation: lease transfers, Annual Meeting, Treasurer's Reports, annual elections, etc. Highlights of the year are: Mrs. Lydia Jane Newcomb Comings declined to run again for president of the Corporation. A. H. Mershon was voted president, Nelson Rockwell vice-president, G. W. ...

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6. 31_1932_1-12 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting MInutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation for the year 1932 including routine business, lease transfers, financial statements and other business including: The Fairhope Wharf was deeded to the Town of Fairhope in 1932, following the action of the FSTC in 1931 when the Corporation-owned parklands were deeded to the Town. The so-called "Gateway Amendment" to the FSTC Constitution passed in a May 9th, 1932 special election whic...

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7. 3.30.12 - Letter

   Address to the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation membership by E. B. Gaston, secretary, on 1/26/1931. Gaston is stating his position with regard to the parklands and the wharf, saying he believes it is in the best interest of the FSTC to turn those entities over to the Town of Fairhope. Without the wharf and parks, Gaston says the Corporation's problems will be "greatly simplified."

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8. 3.30.20 - Letter

   Letter dated 2/11/1932 to the mayor and council of the Town of Fairhope from E. B. Gaston, secretary of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, officially offering to transfer the wharf from the FSTC to the town. He states this action will be similar to the transfer of the parklands to the Town (9/29/1931).

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9. 3.3.1-98 - Correspondence

   Fairhope Single Tax Corporation correspondence (A) including; Alabama Public Service Commission regarding the transfer of the wharf to the Town of Fairhope, Alabama State Tax Commission regarding The Colonial Inn, P. Y. Albright, Mrs. Biron Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. Don E. Andrews.

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10. PMG-6518-6545 - Student Paper

    Student paper dated 1988 by Laurence McDuff submitted for a history class taught at the University of Virginia by Dr. Paul M. Gaston The paper is titled "From Colony to Corporation: The Fairhope Single Tax Colony's Transfer of Public Facilities." The beginnings of the Fairhope Industrial Association, the Fairhope Colony, the establishment of the Town of Fairhope as a municipality in 1908, an the subsequent transfer of public assests from the...

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