Standard Oil Trust certificate signed by John D. Rockefeller, 1882 April 5 : print with manuscript additions.

Record ID: 
441037
Accession number: 
MA 2652
Author: 
Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937.
Credit: 
Purchased, 1968.
Description: 
1 item (1 page) ; 19.5 x 38.3 cm
Notes: 

Signed also by Jabez Abel Bostwick (Treasurer) and Henry Morrison Flagler (Secretary). Rockefeller signs as both the President of Standard Oil and the recipient of the shares.
Certificate Number 256. Also contains a cancellation stamp, dated November 8, 1892.

Summary: 

Issuing one thousand shares in the Standard Oil Trust to John D. Rockefeller.

Provenance: 
Purchased from Carnegie Book Shop, Hamilton sale, lot 243, September 16, 1968.