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1. i.2.20-21 - Letter

   Letter written to E. B. Gaston inquiring about the proposed colony based on the Bellamy Plan. The name of the letter's writer and the location are not legible.

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2. i.2.22 - Letter

   Letter written to E. B. Gaston from Richard English of New York City, New York inquiring about the proposed colony based on the Bellamy Plan.

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3. i.2.23-24 - Letter

   Letter written to E. B. Gaston from Elias Ensign of Algona, Iowa, concerning the proposed colony in the south. The writer gives details of the benefits of settling in several locations.

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4. 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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5. i.2.33-35 - Letter

   Letter to Ernest B. Gaston, Des Moines, Iowa, date October 10, 1890., from Ferd D. Festner, New Orleans, Louisiana. Mr. Festner thanks Gaston for his letter. Mr. Festner still down on his luckand still trying to find a situation for earning a living for his family.

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6. i.2.40 - Letter

   Letter to Ernest B. Gaston, Des Moines, Iowa, dated August 26, 1890 from T. E. Fogarty requesting more information about colony.

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7. i.3.76 - Letter

   Letter dated 10/4/1890 to E. B. Gaston from S. A. Knapp of the Southern Real Estate, Loan and Guarantee Company, Limited in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Knapp reports the recent increase in the cost of land for the proposed colony in Southwest Louisiana since Gaston's visit to the area.

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8. i.4.13 - Letter

   Letter dated 7/28/1890 to E. B. Gaston from R. M. Lucas of Birmingham, Texas requesting information about a colony proposed by the Investigating Club of Des Moines..

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9. i.4.14-15 - Letter

   Letter dated 8/27/1890 to E. B. Gaston from John M. Leod from Dakotah, Iowa requesting information about a proposed colony based on the Bellamy Plan.

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10. i.4.21 - Letter

    Letter dated 9/27/1890 to E. B. Gaston from Charles W. Moore of Kansas requesting information about Gaston's scheme. He also asks Gaston if he is aware of the Credit Foncier movement in Sinaloa, Mexico. Moore says he prefers to stay within the United States to participate in the movement.

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11. i.4.22 - Letter

    Letter dated 7/26/1890 to E. B. Gaston from Kelley Mount, requesting information about a proposed colony in Louisiana based on the Bellamy plan. Mount, a professional stenographer and typewriter in Osaswatomie, Kansas, had spent several years in Louisiana, and considers parts of the state "the garden spots of the earth." Mount read an article in the Kanasas City Journal newspaper which prompted the request for information.

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12. i.4.23 - Letter

    Letter dated 7/31/1890 to E. B. Gaston from Kelley Mount, of Osawatomie, Kansas continuing correspondence about the advantages of Louisiana as the site for the proposed colony. Mount writes specifically about New Iberia Parish and references the famous actor Joe Jefferson who owns an island there. According to Mount, the "facilities for making an easy and abundant living are not better to my knowledge anywhere in the United States." Mount wa...

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13. i.4.24 - Letter

    Letter dated 8/27/1890 to E. B. Gaston from Kelley Mount of Osawatomie, Kansas. Mount distrbuted Gaston's prospectus on the proposed colony to several individuals in Osawatomie, commenting that they needed more time to study the matter before deciding about participating in the proposed colony in Louisiana.

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14. i.4.25 - Letter

    Letter dated 7/30/1890 to E. B. Gaston from W. W. Myers of Marshall County Iowa requesting information about the proposed colony based on the "principles of cooperation instead of competition."

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15. i.4.2-5 - Letter

    Letter dated 8/19/1890 to E. B. Gaston from E. L. Lee, partner in Lee & Marquart, Proprietors of the Lake Arthur Town Site, and Dealers in Real Estate, Insurance and Exchange. Lee discusses in considerable detail the benefits of buying acreage in the Lake Arthur area for the proposed colony in Southwest Louisiana. Gaston had recently traveled in the area, and Lee expresses dismay that he was not able to bid him farewell.

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16. i.4.26-27 - Letter

    Letter dated 7/10/1890 to E. B. Gaston from W. G. Neimyer, General Western Agent for the Southern Pacific Company. Neimyer is responding to Gaston's requests for transportation arrangements for New Orleans, as well as a trip to California. Neimyer says it is "not in my power" to arrange transportation in exchange for advertising his company in Gaston's newspaper.

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17. i.4.28 - Letter

    Letter dated 8/24/1890 to Ernest B. Gaston from A. M. Newman from Caldwell, Kansas dated August 24, 1890. Requesting information about new Colony and wishes to join. Mr. Newman is a tailor by trade.

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18. i.4.30 - Letter

    Letter dated 12/20/1890 to Ernest B. Gaston from Mrs. S. E. Newlin? from St. Augustine , Florida dated December 20, 1890 requesting information regarding the new colony and its location.

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19. i.4.36 - Letter

    Letter to Ernest B. Gaston from A. E. LaRue, Van Horne, Benton County, Iowa date August 18, 1890. Requesting information from Socialistic Cooperative Company, regarding Colony.

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20. i.4.41-46 - Letter

    Letter to E. B. Gaston from A. E. LaRue,Van Horne, Benton County, Iowa dated September 17, 1890. Mr. LaRue is responding to a letter he received from E. B. Gaston regarding scheme for new Colony. Mr. LaRue tells E. B. Gaston he thinks his scheme will bankrupt the new Colony and why. Suggestions are made by Mr. LaRue.

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