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  1. i.3.73-74 - Letter

    Continuing correspondence dated 7/29/1890 to E. B. Gaston from S. A. Knapp of the Southern Real Estate, Loan and Guarantee, Company, Limited in Lake Charles, Louisiana, with information about acreage in southwest Louisiana for the proposed colony.

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    i.3.73-74
  2. 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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    i.3.76
  3. i.4.10 - Fliers

    Flyer showing property for sale by Lee & Marquart, Proprietors of the Lake Arthur Town Site, Dealers in Real Estate, Insurance and Exchange. The document is written on company letterhead, and is not dated, however it is very likely from September, 1890 when E. L. Lee, partner in Lee & Marquart corresponds with Gaston about land for sale. See Object IDs i.4.2-5, i.4.6-8, and i.4.9 for related correspondence.

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  4. 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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    i.4.21
  5. 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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    i.4.22
  6. 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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    i.4.23
  7. 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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    i.4.24
  8. 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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    i.4.2-5
  9. 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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  10. i.4.6-8 - Letter

    Letter dated 9/9/1890 to E. B. Gaston from E. L. Lee, partner in Lee & Marquart, Lake Arthur Town Site, Dealers in REal Estate, Insurance and Exchange. Lee continues his correspondence with Gaston about the cost and benefits of buying acreage in Lake Arthur, Louisiana for the proposed colony. Lee discusses in detail buildings, crops, etc.

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    i.4.6-8
  11. i.4.9 - Letter

    Letter dated 9/25/1890 to E. B. Gaston from E. L. Lee, partner in Lee & Marquart, Lake Arthur Town Site, Dealers in Real Estate, Insurance and Exchange in Lake Arthur, Louisiana. In this letter, Lee continues his correspondence with Gaston about the benefits of buying acreage in Lake Arthur in Southwest, Louisiana. He reports to Gaston that he has handed out all the prospectuses Gaston left with him about the proposed colony and hopes the sche...

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  12. i.5.15-16 - Letter

    Letter dated 8/5/1890 to E. B. Gaston from J. B. Parsons of Sulphur City, Louisiana. Parsons read a newspaper article about the proposed colony in Louisiana, and is writing Gaston to consider Sulphur City, Louisiana as a possible site. It is ten miles on the railroad line from Lake Charles and the land is cheap.

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  13. 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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  14. i.5.3-9 - Letter

    Letter to Ernest B. Gaston from T. L. Palmer, Lake Charles. Louisiana dated October 8, 1890. Possible sites for proposed new Colony in Southwestern Louisiana.

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    i.5.3-9
  15. i.5.52 - Letter

    Letter dated 9/12/1890 to E. B. Gaston from H. Sabourin, owner of a general merchanidsie store in Eugenia, Louisiana. Sabourin is interested in the proposed colony in southwest Louisiana/Lake Charles area, and says his brother owns a large tract of land there which would be ideal for the proposed colony. He asked to be kept informed about progress of the movement.

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  16. i.5.66-67 - Letter

    Letter dated 11/11/1890 to E. B. Gaston from J. F. Slater of Green Springs, OH saying not to locate proposed colony to New Iberia, LA due to malaria and fever. He recommends Gaston go 50 - 60 miles east of New Orleans, recommends the Gulf Coast of Mississippi as a location for the proposed colony.

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  17. i.5.68-69 - Letter

    Letter dated 7/22/1890 to E. B. Gaston from M. T. Smedley of Jennings, LA remommendeng Jennings as a good location for the proposed colony.

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  18. i.5.73-74 - Letter

    Letter dated 7/30/1890 to E. B. Gaston from A. N. Somers of Black River Falls, Wisconsin asking for information about the proposed colony based on the Bellamy Plan.

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    i.5.73-74
  19. i.6.21-22 - Letter

    Letter dated 8/29/1890 to E. B. Gaston from St. Louis, Missouri acknowledging receipt of letter and expressing reservations about the south as a location for the proposed colony in southwest Louisiana.

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    i.6.21-22
  20. 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

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