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  1. i.1.109 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston from B. H. Longdon of Springfield, Massachusetts asking about a proposed community in Alabama.

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    i.1.109
  2. ii.1.17-21 - Letter

    Letter dated 6/15/1894 to Ernest B. Gaston from Gilbert Anderson, St. Louis. He is a young man, carpenter and single taxer. He is requesting that Mr. Gaston give him an outline of how new colony will get started, employment, number of people, etc. He will apply for membership once questions are answered. He requested copies of "Liberty Bell" especially those containing the constitution.. He encloses a 2 page list of people and addresses that ...

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    ii.1.17-21
  3. ii.1.22-23 - Letter

    This letter dated 6/22/1894 is continuing correspondence from Gilbert Anderson to E.B. Gaston, Secretary of the Fairhope Industrial Association. Gilbert has more questions about the new colony, especially about financing the colony and specifically about the membership fee. He asks if there are any provisions for borrowing for the membership fee. Anderson lives in the Y.M.C.A. in St. Louis, Missouri.

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    ii.1.22-23
  4. ii.1.27-28 - Letter

    Continuting correspondence dated 7/8/1894 from Gilbert Anderson of St. Louis, Missouri to E. B. Gaston, Secretary of the Fairhope Industrial Association. In this letter, in which Anderson calls Gaston "Dear Brother," he addresses problems Gaston has noted about the money order sent in the previous letter (see ii.1.24-26). He also mentions that he has not received his July, 1894 copy of the Liberty Bell newspaper, for which he bought a subscript...

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    ii.1.27-28
  5. ii.1.29-31 - Letter

    Correspondence 7/27/1894 from Gilbert Anderson of St. Louis, Missouri to E. B. Gaston, Secretary of the Fairhope Industrial Association in Des Moines, Iowa. Anderson has received his copy of the Liberty Bell newspaper and jokes that he is becoming famous because his name is printed in the newspaper. Anderson is carefully studying his correspondence about Fairhope, and notes changes in the names of FIA officials on the letterhead Gaston is usin...

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    ii.1.29-31
  6. ii.1.32-33 - Letter

    Continuing correspondence dated 8/6/1894 from Gilbert Anderson of St. Louis, Missouri to E. B. Gaston, Secretary of the Faihrope Industrial Association. Anderson, who applied for membership in the FIA in June, 1894, is responding to Gaston's letter calling a meeting of members for the 10th. Anderson is very busy and cannot travel to the meeting but requests a report and sends his best wishes for a good meeting.

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    ii.1.32-33
  7. ii.1.34-35 - Letter

    Continuing correspondence dated 8/13/1894 to E. B. Gaston, Secretary of the Fairhope Industrial Association from Gilbert Anderson of St. Louis, Missiour. Anderson, a member of the FIA, is commenting on his opinion about the poor quality of the Liberty Bell newspaper and agrees with Gaston's mention of "publishing a paper of our own."

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    ii.1.34-35
  8. ii.1.36-37 - Postcard

    This postcard is continuing correspondence dated 8/23/1894 from Gilbert Anderson of St. Louis, Missouri to E. B. Gaston, Secretary of the Fairhope Industrial Association in Des Moines, Iowa. Anderson has received the report of the Location Committee and other Fairhope-related materials. He wishes to wait about ten days before sending back his ballot, on which he, as a member of the FIA, will vote on Fairhope's location. He has a friend who ...

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    ii.1.36-37
  9. ii.1.43-44 - Postcard

    Postcard dated 9/8/1894 to E. B. Gaston, Secretary of the Fairhope Industrial Association, from Gilbert Anderson, a member of the FIA. Anderson is recruiting members for Fairhope and is requesting additional copies of the Fairhope Courier and other promotional matterials. He says he likes the new newspaper the Courier - "the name, the type and paper, its principles and the manner in which they have been presented. Indeed, there is nothing about ...

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    ii.1.43-44
  10. ii.2.110-111 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston dated 03/18/1984 from W. E. Brokaw of St. Louis, Missouri questoning Gaston about the proposed colony in Alabama. Brokaw is the editor of The Courier Publishing Company, a single tax newspaper. He mentions E. Q. Norton, James Bellangee, J. R. Sovereign and Bolton Hall.

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    ii.2.110-111
  11. ii.2.121-122 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston from dated 04/16/1894 from James Buson of Scottsboro, Alabama. He is giving Gaston information about land in the north Alabama area, and says there is a good possibility that coal and iron ore are present. He encourages Gaston to find men with backgrounds in mining for the proposed colony..

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    ii.2.121-122
  12. ii.2.123-124 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston from James Buson of Scottsboro, Alabama dated 03/31/1894. Buson is telling Gaston about the advantages of locating the proposed colony on land in north Alabama. He discusses the iron ore and coal available to be mined there.

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    ii.2.123-124
  13. ii.3.28-31 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston from R. T. Chase of Houston, Texas dated 07/03/1894. Chase is commenting on E. Q. Norton's report of the colony site on Mobile Bay and discusses at length the benefits of climate, access to transportation and markets, and raising cotton and sugar cane.

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    ii.3.28-31
  14. ii.3.32-33 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston dated 08/06/1894 from W. D. Chase of Frederick, S. D. Chase has lost five crops out of the last six, is looking to relocate in the south, and is hoping for a brighter future. He wants details about Fairhope.

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    ii.3.32-33
  15. ii.3.40-41 - Letter

    Letter dated 03/09/1894 to E. B. Gaston from Mrs. M. B. Cloud of Monroe County, Alabama. Mrs. Cloud has acreage she will donate for the proposed colony. She suggests Gaston also contact J. B. Cloud, G. K. Cloud and J. M. Cloud for assistance. Mrs. Cloud wants to contribute to what she terms a "branch of Cooperation." The land is near Mr. Pleasant, Alabama on the Little River.

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    ii.3.40-41
  16. ii.3.42-45 - Letter

    Letter written to E. B. Gaston from from Mrs. M. B. Cloud of Monroe County, Alabama. In this lettter, dated 04/02/1894, Mrs. Cloud touts the benefits of siting the proposed colony in Monroe County on her property.

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    ii.3.42-45
  17. ii.3.46-47 - Postcard

    Postcard dated 07/17/1894 sent to the Liberty Bell from Mrs. M. B. Clous of Monroe County, Alabama. She is requesting someone to speak to E. B. Gaston to tell him that she, Mrs. Cloud, is depending on him to start his Cooperative colony on her land.

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    ii.3.46-47
  18. iii.8.66-67 - Letter

    Letter dated 11/12/1894 to E. B. Gaston from H. R. Starkweather in Brookllyn, New York. Starkweather encloses a newspaper clipping about 500 people, unemployed due to the Pullman strike, who will be starting a single tax colony on 2000 acres at Blakeley. Starkweather asks if the two colonies could be consolidated. He also wants more copies of The Fairhope Courier newspaper. The back of the letter has a listing , written by Gaston, of name...

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    iii.8.66-67

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