Joshua King Ingalls’ essay “Henry George Examined: Should Land Be Nationalized or Individualized?” is now available in the archive. This is the classic encounter between the mutualist land reform doctrine of Ingalls and George’s single-tax scheme. This version was taken from the supplement to Liberty, October 14, 1882, and differs slightly from the version incorporated in Ingalls’ Reminiscences.
Anarchism
“Travelling in Liberty” update, etc.
I’ve finally getting things rolling over at Travelling in Liberty, my examination of Benjamin R. Tucker’s thought and journal, and have already drawing a good question on Tucker’s relation to the rest of the anarchist tradition, with regard to wages. (Thanks, Iain!) Joshua King Ingalls’ Reminiscences is taking lots of work to annotate, but it is extremely agreeable work. Ingalls seems to have known everyone, including quite a few folks I was unfamiliar with. When I’m done with the notes on this, libertarians can take up “Three Degrees of Separation from J. K. Ingalls” as our new game. Social Wealth […]
From the Archives
Joshua King Ingalls, “Periodical Business Crises” (1878)
[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] Joshua King Ingalls, Periodical Business Crises. New York : Liberator (Co-operative) Print. and Pub. Co., 1878. National Reform Association, Land and labor, their relations in nature how violated by monopoly, Princeton MA, 1877. Land and Labor, which is probably the text mentioned in the opening letter, has been appended to the text of Periodical Business Crises. It is frequently attributed to J. K. Ingalls and displays some turns of phrase that make that attribution seem very likely. [/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] New York, August 26. 1872. HON. A. S. HEWITT, Chairman, etc. DEAR SIR: — […]
From the Archives
A Joshua King Ingalls miscellany
In 1843, Ingalls was a Universalist minister, working in Danbury, CT. Public records show that he performed the following marriage ceremonies, including, apparently, a double wedding: FOOT, Grandison D, m Mercy Ann PORTER, b of Danbury, this day Nov 5, 1843 GRIFFIN, Mary Ann, m William HURLBURT, b of Danbury, Nov 2, 1843 PECK, Ammon T, m Harriet TAYLOR, b of Bethel, Nov 8, 1843 PRICE, Lewis T, m Jane BENEDICT, Dec 31, 1844 PRICE, Nathan, m Amelia COLEMAN, Dec 31, 1844 STEVENS, Matthew B, of Brookfield, m Diadema WILDMAN of Danbury, Nov 6, 1844 TAYLOR, Harriet, m Reuben _____, […]