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  1. 1.3.15-38 - Newspaper

    The Public newspaper dated March 26, 1909 published in Chicago, Illinois. (pages 290-312)

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    1.3.15-38
  2. 5.11.1-203 - Letter

    Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, Letter 'R," 1935-1953. 5.11.143-159 includes correspondence with FDR, Cordele Hull and Lister Hill.

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  3. FSTC-0209 - Photograph, Digital

    Page from a supplement to The Public publication dated June 10, 1910 of a photograph of Charles Frederick Adams. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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    FSTC-0209
  4. FSTC-0257 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of Henry George published in a supplement edition of the September 1, 1911 The Public. The picture was taken between the New York mayoral campaign of 1886 and the first Single Tax Conference of 1890. It is regarded by Henry George's friends as his best protrait of that period. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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    FSTC-0257
  5. FSTC-0258 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph printed in a supplement to the December 10, 1909 edition of The Public of Henry H. Hardinge, a Chicago businessman, reformer and single taxer. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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    FSTC-0258
  6. FSTC-0264 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph in profile of Henry George, Jr. from the October 21, 1910 supplement to The Public. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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    FSTC-0264
  7. v.6.92 - Letter

    Letter dated 3/19/1898 to E. B. Gaston from Louis F. Post in Chicago. Post will start publishing a newspaper, The Public, in April, 1898, and invites advertisements.

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    v.6.92
  8. vi.11.25-26 - Letter

    Letter dated 3/23/1908 to Joseph Fels in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from Louis Post, editor of The Public newspaper in Chicago, Illinois. Post is responding to Fels' request to publish a letter-to-the-editor he has written and wants published in The Public. Post is exasperated with continued requests to publish favorable articles/letters about the Fairhope Colony, saying he has been overwhelmed with requests to publish the "other side" when...

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    vi.11.25-26
  9. vi.11.29 - Letter

    Letter dated 3/23/1908 to Daniel Kiefer in Fairhope from Louis Post, editor of The Public newspaper in Chicago, Illinois. Kiefer has asked Post to publish an article about Fairhope authored by Mr. Ring, and Post tells him he "could not possibly publish" it. Joseph Fels also wants this published. Post will not publish it.

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    vi.11.29
  10. vi.11.31-32 - Letter

    Letter dated 3/23/1908 to E. B. Gaston from Louis F. Post, editor of The Public newpaper in Chicago, Illinois. Post is rejecting Ring's manuscript and Fels letter for publication in The Public. He says that it is an embarrassment to continually turn down these requests from Kiefer and Fels and that he appreciates the fact that Gaston has not tried to solicit or pressure him into getting involved in the controversy against him.

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    vi.11.31-32
  11. vi.11.35 - Letter

    Letter dated 4/6/1908 to E. B. Gaston from Louis F. Post, editor of The Public newspaper in Chicago, Illinois thanking him for the spirit and tone of a letter he has received from Gaston. He sympathizes with Gaston's efforts, has confidence in his abilities and has taken no stock in attacks being made upon him. Although they diverge as to the plans themselves, should the experiment succeed, no one will rejoice more sincerely than Post.

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    vi.11.35
  12. vi.12.98 - Letter

    Letter dated 4/7/1908 to Louis Post, editor of The Public newspaper in Chicago, Illinois, from A. J. Wolf in Fairhope, Alabama. Wolf commends Post for the stand he has taken to not publish any articles about Fairhope. Wolf says the controversy in Fairhope needs to be settled "among ourselves" without interference from others outside the Colony. Wolf comments on Daniel Kiefer, who contributes articles to The Public, and says he is leaving Fair...

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    vi.12.98
  13. vi.1.8-11 - Letter

    Letter dated 4/16/1906 to E. B. Gaston from John H. Blakeney in Binghamton, New York. Blakeney tells Gaston that John Murray and H. R. Southworth want to discontinue their subscriptions to the Fairhope Courier newspaper. Blakeney offers constructive criticsm about the Courier, and tells Gaston it would help if it was enlarged so additional content could be added. Blakeney thinks there is so much content about local issues in the paper, that th...

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    vi.1.8-11
  14. vi.2.15-16 - Letter

    Letter dated 2/3/1906 to E. B. Gaston from Joseph Fels of Philadelphia. Fels is getting ready to sail for "the other side" i.e. London, England, and is writing Gaston about Colony issues. He tells Gaston that he feels it would be better not to print anything the the Fairhope Courier newspaper about the "Coleman incident." He feels the issue will fix itself as time passes. * It is his opinion that it is within single tax principles to a...

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    vi.2.15-16
  15. vi.2.17 - Letter

    Letter dated 2/16/1906 addressed to The Public Publishing Company in Chicago, Illinois, from Joseph Fels of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Fels is writing from London, England. He reminds the The Public newspaper staff that he recently sent a $1,000 check for a subscription for stock, and that he had said he would consider donating funds to the fund to increase the circulation of The Public. However, he has decided not to do this at this time....

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    vi.2.17
  16. vi.2.18 - Letter

    Letter dated 2/16/1906 to E. B .Gaston from Joseph Fels of Philadephia, Pennsylvania. Fels is writing from London, England. Fels wants Gaston to intercede with some work Fels wants completed with a Fairhope businessman. Fels wants C. E. Littlefield, who owns the Littlefield Artificial Stone Works in Fairhope, to make him a set of duplicate molds of the ones he uses for his blocks. Fels thinks these blocks would assist him with the work he i...

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    vi.2.18
  17. vi.2.23 - Letter

    Letter dated 2/19/1906 to James G. Parsons, manager of The Public newspaper in Chicago, Illinois from Joseph Fels of Philadelphia. Fels is sending a check to pay for some stock certificates for The Public newspaper. He comments that he feels the first page of the publication should include reading matter, and not advertisements. Fels is commenting on the response Parsons has written to the former's letter questioning why the topic of the...

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    vi.2.23
  18. vi.2.24-25 - Letter

    Letter dated 2/8/1906 to Joseph Fels of Philadelphia, but residing in London, England, from James G. Parsons, manager of The Public newspaper. Parsons is acknowleging the receipt of Fels' check for $1000 for forty shares of stock in The Public. He is sending Fels the books he requested. Parsons responds to Fels' complaint that The Public ignores the Fairhope Colony. Parsons says Louis Post, the Public's editor, feels publishing anything ab...

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    vi.2.24-25
  19. vi.2.30 - Letter

    Letter dated 3/6/1906 to Joseph Fels in London, England, from The Public newspaper in Chicago, Illinois. This letter is likely written by the manager, James G. Parsons, who is responding to several points Fels has made. Fels has complained that The Public, a single tax newspaper, does not publish anything about the Fairhope Colony. Parsons says that as soon as their correspondent, Mr. Dickey, is in the area, he will go to Fairhope and make...

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    vi.2.30
  20. vi.3.40-41 - Letter

    Letter dated 5/28/1906 to E. B. Gaston from Daniel Kiefer of Cincinnati, Ohio about some controversy in Fairhope. He says that L. F. Post (The Public newspaper) had gotten letters from people in Fairhope on various sides of the question, which he has answered. Kiefer agrees with Gaston as to the folly of L. S. Dickey's (The Public newspaper) suggestion that a board of absentees with a national reputation as Single Taxers be the final authority i...

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    vi.3.40-41

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