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  1. i.1.40 - Article

    Newspaper article c. July 1890 about a new colony (E. B. Gaston's National Cooperative Company colony) to be located near Lake Charles, Louisiana.

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    i.1.40
  2. i.2.2-3 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston from from E. A. Davidson of San Angelo, Texas discussing the benefits of locating the proposed colony in Texas rather than Louisiana.

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    i.2.2-3
  3. i.2.25-27 - Letter

    Letter written to Mrs. L. Gillette, Secretary Nationalist Club, Des Moines, Iowa from Ferd D. Festner of New Orleans, Louisiana.He read a notice in "Socialist" that "Nationalist Investigation Club" of Des Moines, Iowa was willing to start a colony founded on principles of E. Bellamy's "Looking Backward". He states he is a zealous Socialist or by American name Nationalist. He requested a response and offered his services.

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    i.2.25-27
  4. i.2.41-44 - Letter

    Letter to Ernest B. Gaston dated September 17, 1890 from T. E. Fogarty. He is sending in his application to new colony plus $10.00 and the balance of the $250.00 to be paid on his arrival. He hopes no problems in new colony like exists in Kaweah Colony in California. Let him know if his application is accepted and what route should he take. Included references.

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    i.2.41-44
  5. i.2.69-70 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston from J. W. Frey requesting information about proposed colony in Lake Charles, LA.

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    i.2.69-70
  6. i.2.99-102 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston from Sarah N. Gates of Springfield, MO asking for more information about proposed colony in Lake Charles, LA. She mentions the Kaweah Cooperative Colony, alber K. Owen and the Bellamy Plan. She askes about religious tenets-"are you willing to allow every one perfect liberty of conscience and the right to have his own little sanctuary undisturbed in his own heart?"

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    i.2.99-102
  7. i.3.37-38 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston from George Hansen saying that Gaston should join the Kaweah colony in California since they share the same philosophy and have a better climate than Lake Arthur, Louisiana.

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    i.3.37-38
  8. i.3.39-45 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston from George Hansen of Fairbury, Nebraska describing a trip out west with a visit to the Kaweah colony in California in particular. He describes the abundant fruit, the saw mill, the poverty of the people, an anarchist element.

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    i.3.39-45
  9. i.3.52-55 - Letter

    Letter dated 12/25/1890 to E. B. Gaston from Charles Graves Holt (?) from the Excelsior Academy in Excelsior, Minnesota. He has read the prospectus of the proposed colony in Lake Arthur, Louisiana. He likes many of the ideas but his thoughts are more along the lines of Bellamy's Industrial Army which he outlines in his letter.

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    i.3.52-55
  10. i.3.57-58 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston from F. H. Jones of Buffalo, NY asking him to send information of the proposed colony in Lake Arthur, LA.

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    i.3.57-58
  11. i.4.20 - Letter

    Letter dated 6/2/1890 to E. B. Gaston from J. J. Martin, Secretary of the Kaweah Co-Operative Colony Company in California. Martin is responding to Gaston's request for information about the colony, indicating it would be mailed to Gaston. Martin invites Gaston to visit the colony if he was "passing this way."

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    i.4.20
  12. i.4.37-40 - Letter

    Letter to Ernest B. Gaston from A. E. LaRue,Van Horne, Benton County, Iowa date September 9, 1890. Mr. LaRue advising Mr. Gaston to go join Kaweah Colony rather than start new one and when that colony fills then start branch colonies.

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    i.4.37-40
  13. i.4.76-77 - Letter

    Letter to Ernest B. Gaston from Rev. J. Oliver, Seaward, Neb. date August, 2, 1890. Rev. Oliver has read "Looking Backwards" by Bellamy, attended Nationalists Club of Lincoln, Nebraska, and corresponded with the Kaweah Colony, in California. He is a minister of United Brethren in Christ and has a wife and 3 children. He would like to receive a copy of constitution.

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    i.4.76-77
  14. i.5.13-14 - Postcard

    Postcard dated 8/10/1890 from Mr. Alonzo O. Parsons to E. B. Gaston. Mentioned seeing information on Kaweah Colony in Iowa State Register on August 10, 1890 and expressed his interest in colonies in California, Minnesota and Colorado. Front and back of a postcard.

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    i.5.13-14
  15. i.5.33-36 - Letter

    Letter dated 8/11/1890 to E. B. Gaston from Charles E. Randall of Chicago, Illinois, commenting on the proposed colony in Louisiana. Randall writes a four-page typewritten letter suggesting to Gaston that he would be better served by casting lots with the Kaweah, California colony rather than starting a colony in Louisiana where yellow fever is a problem. (Randall has lung problems and said he would be unlikely to participate.) Further Randall ...

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    i.5.33-36
  16. i.6.11 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston from J. W. Troeger of Chicago, Illinois acknowledging receipt of prospectus, asking for a contact and address for a Kaweah Colony officer and suggesting Honduras as a possible location for the new colony.

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    i.6.11
  17. i.6.20 - Letter

    Letter dated 7/20/1890 to E. B. Gaston from St. Louis, Missouri asking for information about membership in the National Co-operative Company having read about it in the St. Louis Republic. He would join the Kaweah colony if it were not so difficult to get there.

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    i.6.20
  18. i.6.23-24 - Letter

    Letter dated 9/11/1890 to E. B. Gaston from St. Louis, Missouri acknowledging receipt of prospectus, stating reservations about moving to the south. He wishes that financial arrangement would be the same as Kaweah in that you can pay $100 then work off the balance. He says that a $250 is out of his reach.

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    i.6.23-24
  19. ii.4.14-15 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston from E. A. Davidson of Atlanta, Georgia dated 02/11/1894. Davidson is giving Gaston advice about the set-up and running of a colony. Davidson has studied the Kaweah and Topolobampo colonies and is offering Gaston assistance.

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    ii.4.14-15
  20. ii.6.127-130 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston on June 26, 1894 from F. H. Jones of Buffalo, New York saying that he intends to apply for membership in Fairhope Industrial Association.

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    ii.6.126-130

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