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1. 1.6.157-160 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes of the Fairhope Industrial Association dated April 13, 1896. Committee on Wharf reforted that Peter Wilson said the piles needed could be gotten from the land of Bostedo and Nusbaum and that he would cut and sharpen them form 10 cents apiece. Application for land by A. J. Cullen taken from table. Application for land by S. S. Mann on behalf of L. C. Mann and S. E. Mann taken laid over until S. S. Mann present and land pl...

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2. 1.6.161-162 - Meeting Minutes

   Meeting Minutes of a Special Meeting of the Executive Councel of the Fairhope Industrial Association dated April 15, 1896. Special Meeting was called to discuss having a representative of the Fairhope Industrial Association attend the Populist National Convention to be held on July 22, 1896. Suggestions made: Issuance of a special illustrated edition of the Fairhope Couriefr for distribution at the convention. Securing a carload of melon...

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3. FSTC-V0043 - Video, Digital

   Lecture Series on Fairhope History dated March 3, 2015 with Donnie Barrett. Donnie Barrett, former Director of the Fairhope Museum, provides information on why the Fairhope founders came to Alabama to set up a model community and the reform ideas they brought with them. He discusses the Populist movement of the late 19th century and the rise of the Single Tax Colony in Fairhope. This presentation had to be retaped due to technical problems ...

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4. ii.10.92-94 - Letter

   Letter written to E. B. Gaston on February 26, 1894 from C. B. Power of Dunbar, Pennsylvania, asking that the Liberty Bell to be sent to Hugh Jeffries and J. L. Keffer of Dunbar, Pennsylvania. He asks for about 50 Liberty Bell newspapers to mail. He is going to spend his money and time "spreading the light on this land question." He is a candidate for Congress, the Single-Tax Party or Populist Party is weak in his District and hopes to get the De...

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5. ii.11.26-27 - Letter

   Undated letter written to E. B. Gaston from C. Robinson of St. Louis, MO with a list of neamd of friends who would probably be interested in the Liberty Bell as they are progressive sorts who were either part of the Grange Movement, the Populists or Single-Taxers.

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6. ii.11.43-44 - Letter

   Letter written to E. B. Gaston on May 21, 1894 from W. H. Russell of Polo Station, Worth County, Iowa asking him to send Mr. Willets or A.P. Semples or both to come between June 1-15 to campaign for the Populist Party cause.

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7. ii.4.16-19 - Letter

   Letter written to E. B. Gaston from G. W. Davis of Cornerville, Iowa dated 03/28/1894. Davis discusses the Silver League movement and how to make the public more aware of the movement and its benefits.

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8. ii.6.5-6 - Letter

   Letter dated 03/05/1894 to E. B. Gaston from J. H. Hachman of North English, Iowa. Hachman, age 35, identifies himself as a reformer since he was 17, and was a member of the socialist laber (his spelling) party in Germany and is now a member of the People's Party. He wants to join the Fairhope Industrial Association, but is unemployed at the present time and cannot afford the fee. He wants Gaston to send several sample copies of the Liberty B...

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9. ii.9.120-121 - Letter

   Letter dated 05/04/1894 to E. B. Gaston from W. S. Morgan of Hardy, Arkansas. Morgan is writing in his capacity as editor of the Populist Ready-prints and Plates used by several newspaper unions across the country. He is also the secretary-treasurer of the National Reform Press Association. Gaston has asked him to run a notice about the Fairhope Industrial Association in the newspaper service. Morgan has had so many requests like Gaston's th...

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10. ii.9.122 - Letter

    Letter dated 06/07/1894 to E. B. Gaston from W. S. Morgan of Hardy, Arkansas. Hardy is secretary Treasurer of the National Reform Press Association and Editor of Populist Ready-prints and Plates used by several newspaper unions across the county. Gaston sent him an article about the Fairhope Industrial Association, and Morgan said he will send it on for printing.

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11. iii.2.56-59 - Letter

    Letter dated 1/30/1895 to E. B. Gaston from James Bellangee in Des Moines, Iowa. Bellangee has written an article about Fairhope for the Farmer's Tribune newspaper. He responds to Gaston's news that one of the first colonists, Mr. Dellgren, has left Fairhope. Bellangee says he wishes he could come to Fairhope to "show them that I was not afraid." He continues with a long discussion on silver/gold issues and other topics of importance to the popu...

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