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  1. 29.8.1-25 - Correspondence

    Correspondence dated February 1935 of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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  2. 30.24.1-12 - Correspondence

    Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated June 1926. Included is a letter to T. E. Mann about the quitclaim deed of the S. S. Mann corporation to the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation, a letter to Norman Maddocks who is taking up the lease, several letters about taxes, and references by E. B. Gaston about his upcoming trip to the International Single Tax Conference that he and Mrs. Gaston will be attending in Copenhagen, his "Gre...

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  3. 30.26.1-20 - Correspondence

    Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated June 1929. Includes Corporation correspondence and a flyer titled "Fairhope on Mobile Bay" published by the Chamber of Commerce. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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  4. 30.28.1-28 - Correspondence

    General correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated March 1926. Of interest are letters and a petition (30.28.8-12, 30.28.14-16) between E. B. Gaston and T. E. Mann regarding the sale of property by the S. S. Mann Corporation to the FSTC. T. E. Mann, son of S. S. Mann gives interesting background about early land transactions by his father who was interested in giving land to the Colony. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corpo...

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  5. 30.31.1-22 - Correspondence

    Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated May 1926. Among the correspondence are letters from T. E. Mann about transferring the lease of Mann land (S. S. Mann Corporation) to Norman Maddocks and wife. T. E. Mann wants Gaston to make certain that the title on the property is appropriately registered at the Baldwin County title office. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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  6. 30.32.1-13 - Correspondence

    Correspondence of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation dated May 1929. Among the documents in this file are several letters between the FSTC and the Town of Fairhope addressing street issues, and there is a letter to Capt Ed Roberts regarding a possible FSTC referendum. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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  7. 31_1934_1-11 - Meeting Minutes

    Meeting MInutes of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation for year 1934 and includes routine business, financial statements, lease transfers and annular reports. In his annual Secretary's Report (pages 1-2), E. B. Gaston writes a clear overview of the circumstances in the depth of the Depression within the context of the FSTC's policies. The Town of Fairhope negotiated with the FSTC for a Colony-owned site for a municipal airport, with the F...

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  8. FSTC-V0007 - Video, Digital

    Video titled A Tale of Five Cities: Tax Revolt-Pennsylvania Style produced in 1984 about land tax valuation in Pennsylvania in five cities: Pittsburgh, Scranton, Harrisburg, Kingsport and New Castle. Produced by the Center for Public Dialogue. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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  9. FSTC-V0044 - Video, Digital

    Lecture Series on Fairhope History dated April 7, 2015 with George Gilmore. The focus of this talk is the development of the "single tax" idea from Henry George through the idealism of the Des Moines Single Tax Club and its secretary, E.B. Gaston to the founding of Fairhope in 1894. 1 hour video From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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  10. PMG_14250-14251 - Flyer

    Extract from an article written by Henry George which was published in his newspaper, The Standard. There is no date, but it was between 1887-1892, which were the years the paper was published. Title is "Taxing Land Values." Published by the Henry George Tract Society. From the Paul M. Gaston Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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