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1. 1.10.129-133 - Letter

   Undated letter to the editor (likely of the Single Tax Review) authored by James Bellangee. Bellangee is responding to the editorial published by this paper in which is printed "the semblance of personality is unavoidable" in the discussion of the troubles in Fairhope. Bellangee agrees with that comment and says the "true story of Fairhope's troubles cannot be told without full recognition of a degree of human weakness and folly that will sh...

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2. 1.10.43 - Letter

   Letter dated 9/6/1905 to James Bellangee from E. Q. Norton, editor Daphne Standard newspaper, acknowledging receipt to 9/5/1905 letter and saying that as he said in his last letter, if he can be shown where his article in the Single Tax Review was in error, he will be happy to correct it.

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3. 9.27.1-68 - Article

   Several articles published (dated approximately 1912-2001) about Fairhope. Includes articles for Southern Living magazine, James Bellangee's article for the Single Tax Review (probably first published in 1912-1913), an article titled "The Fairhope Controversy" written after the attempted dissolution in 1979 of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, and the Fairhope Comprehensive Plan, 2001.

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4. vi.11.50 - Letter

   Letter dated 12/6/1907 to E. B. Gaston from H. F. Ring of Houston, Texas, saying that he started on a letter for Gaston's use at the Single Tax Conference but could not complete the letter in time. He will complete it and send it to Gaston so that he can make corrections and possibly have it published in the Single Tax Review. He fears it is too long for the Fairhope Courier.

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5. vi.1.4-7 - Letter

   Letter dated 2/9/1906 to E. B. Gaston from John Blakeney in Binghamton, New York. Blakeney congratulates Gaston on his election as secretary of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, which returns him to the post he held previously. Blakeney says he is not sure G. W. Wood is a "true blue" Fairhoper based on his entry in the previous summer's edition of the Sngle Tax Review publication. Blakeney has been thinking of writing Andrew Carnegie ab...

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6. vi.3.36-38 - Letter

   Letter dated 6/21/1905 to E. B. Gaston from Daniel Kiefer enclosing a copy of a letter he has written to E. Q. Norton dated 6/16/1905. The letter written to E. Q. Norton refers to some controversy in Fairhope. Mr. Kiefer mentions an article written in the Single Tax Review by Joseph Dana Miller which he feels was too one sided to be fair. He asks Norton to be more specific about his dissatisfation with Fairhope and to describe his grievances and ...

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7. vi.9.2-3 - Letter

   Undated letter (but likely march-April, 1907) to E. B. Gaston from Daniel Kiefer, writing from on board a ship, where he and his family have been sick. Kiefer asks Gaston to show Mrs. Marietta Johnson the latest issues of the Single Tax Review, calling "her attention to the report of the Women's Henry George Club Celebration." Kiefer says he hopes to visit Fairhope again, but did not like the accommodations made for him last time - they w...

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