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1.10.108-116 - Letter
Undated letter to E. B. Gaston from James Bellangee in reference to incurring debt for the water works system. Bellangee thinks that to show an effective demonstration of the Single Tax they should adhere more strictly to its principles by waiting until there is a sufficient accumulation of land values to provide services rather and not complicate nor mar the demonstration by other devices (such as taking on debt). He thinks that by deferring wan...
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1.10.59-63 - Letter
Letter to the editor of the Fairhope Courier from Anne B. Call. (There is a tally of a vote dated 1/23/1906 on the back of one of the pages of the letter so presumably the letter was written at this time approximately). The letter is in response to a criticism of a letter written by her father, James Bellangee, by the editor, E. B. Gaston. The subject is the method of taxation for public services. Mrs. Call cites passages from Progress and Povert...
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1.10.89 - Letter
LIkely a draft of a letter (no date) to E. B. Gaston from James Bellangee in which the argument between the two is escalating. It centers around an article which was published about Fairhope and Bellangee's response to the article. In this letter Bellangee wants Gaston to refrain from printing related articles in the Fairhope Courier newspaper because he feels such publication are "not working affirmatively for the Single Tax and for Fairho...
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1.11.4 - Newspaper Article
Letter to the editor of the Mobile Daily Item newspaper from William Call in Fairhope, Alabama. Call is writing about errors in columns which have been published in that paper under the title "Fairhope Facts" which he wants to correct. He discusses the errors of Mr. N. O. Nelson of St. Louis, Missouri as evidence that Nelson "has not a clear understanding of the situation and his remarks are only valuable as coming from one who has been suc...
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1.11.45-46 - Letter
Letter (likely a draft) dated 1906 from James Bellangee to "Dear Sir" but probably to Joseph Fels. Bellangee is reporting about the upcoming special referendum election of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation on 7/23/1906 to fund a water works by creating a Water board to absob debt on a temporary basis in order to get the needed project completed. Bellangee is against this referendum and see it as going against the constitution of the FSTC and ...
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1.11.52 - Letter to the Editor
Undated and unsigned (probably William or Anne Call) Letter to the Editor of the Fairhope Courier newspaper discussing single tax principles. The writer feels if the full rental value of the land is assessed, the subsequent revenue will be enough to fund public services and will also remain true to Georgist principles. From the papers of Anne Bellangee Call.
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1.12.14-15 - Journal
From the correspondence of Anne B. Call. Pages from an unnamed journal include a letter to the editor about the state of the single tax movement. 6/8/1922
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1.13.43-45 - Reports
Unsigned Report of the three Trustees of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, addressed to the members, likely written by Anne Bellagee Call in 1926 or early 1927. (E.B. Gaston's trip to Copenhagen in summer 1926 is referenced in the letter as a recent event.) The Trustees approve of the measures the FSTC Executive Council has recently taken to "stop the wave of (land) speculation that has menaced us." The Trustees warn that the Corporatio...
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1.13.50 - Letter to the Editor
Letter to the editor of the Fairhope Courier newspaper dated 7/12/1926 from Anne Bellangee Call in support of the single tax and the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. She reports that she hears remarked that Fairhope would be "all right if it were not for the Single Tax." Call discusses the current issue at hand - street improvements, which are the responsibility of the Town of Fairhope, not the FSTC She says a Town representative recently repo...
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1.13.66-69 - Speech
Speech given by E. B. Gaston at the Single Tax Congress in Chicago, Illinois on September 11, 1928 on the topic of Single Tax Colonies or Enclaves.
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1.14.74 - Letter
Letter dated 8/15/1930 to Anne Bellangee Call from A. E. Shalkenbach in Chicago, Illinois (where he living temporarily caring for his sick mother). Both are Trustees of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, and are continuing their discussion about whether the FSTC should giving Corporation owned parklands to the Town of Fairhope. Shalkenbach's opinion is that no transfer should take place for two reasons. First, he thinks the Town of Fairhope...
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1.14.75 - Letter
Letter dated 8/21/1930 to A. E. Schalkenbach in Chicago, Illinois from Anne Bellagee Call in Fairhope. Both are Trustees of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, and Call is continuing her correspondence while Schalkenbach is away from Fairhope tending his sick morther. The issue is the proposal to transfer the parklands from the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation to the Town of Fairhope. She is urging Schalkenbach to consult with single tax l...
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1.14.76 - Letter
Letter dated 8/28/1930 to Anne Bellangee Call from A. E. Schalkenbach writing from Chicago, Illinois, where he is tending his sick mother. Both are Trustess of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, and are corresponding about the issue of possibilty transferring the FSTC-owned parklands to the Town of Fairhope. Call has asked Schalkenbach to consult with single tax lawyers in Chicago (a prominent hub of the single tax movement) about whether...
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1.15.101-102 - Letter
Letter dated 5/29/1931 to Mrs. Robinson from Anne Bellangee Call discussing the matters of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. The FSTC "passed a resolution to deed the parks to the town" the previous evening without a vote of the members and without an amendment to the constitution allowing such. Call fears the worst - that this starts movement towards dissolution of the Colony. Futher she believes the current mayor of Fairhope is actively ...
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1.15.4 - Article
Article torn from a book or magazine hand-dated 1930, written by Alex J. Melville, critical of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation and its method of setting rents and assessing land values.
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1.8.52-55 - Letter
Letter dated 5/16/1900 to E. B Gaston from S. H. Record in Worcester, Pennsylvania. Record is very unhappy with Gaston, the Fairhope Courier and feels Gaston is being misleading when he calls Fairhope a single tax colony. Record does not believe, based on his readings as well as communications from some colonists, that Fairhope is adheering to single tax principles.
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30.35.1-15 - Correspondence
Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated November 1926. 30.35.4 is a letter to E. B. Gaston from T. E. Mann in Gladbrook Iowa dated November 3, 1926, in which he asks Gaston about the possibilty of acquiring accommodations in Fairhope for a few months (Gaston responds at 30.35.6). Mann is a son of Fairhope co-founder S. S. Mann, and supported the Colony over the years. Mann references his wife, his daughter Floy Mann ...
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3.16.1-82 - Letter
Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, (letter C), 1930-1935. Includes general correspondence as well as the following: 3.16.19-23 is a letter from W. H. Clarke, who moved away with his family when he was a small child, telling of his early memories of Fairhope and its citizenry. 3.16.28-46 is correspondence between E. B. Gaston and W. E. Clement discussing single tax theory. This section includes pamphlets from the Young ...
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3.17.1-68 - Letter
Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1930-35 (letters I, J).
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3.18.1-47 - Letter
Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, 1930-35 (letters T, U, V). In 3.18.6, the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Executive Council directs the head of the ball team, J. H. Titus, to remove signage from the grandstand at the ball park on the beach indicating that payment is required for admission. Under the agreement with the FSTC, the ball team can only accept donations for entry, not require admission. In 3.18.14, E. B....
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