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John D. Rockefeller and Henry Flagler Signed Standard Oil Stock Certificate |
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 100 shares of the Standard Oil Trust. Signed by Rockefeller as President, Henry M. Flagler as Secretary, and Benjamin Brewster as Treasurer. Made out to C.F. Ackerman for 100 shares. Document signed August 5, 1886.
Archival framing.
On exhibit at Fraunces Tavern Restaurant in Manhattan.
Inventory# 11644 $4,500
Historical Background:
John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) organized Standard Oil Co. in 1870, gained a monopoly in the oil business and organized the Standard Oil Trust in 1882. It was dissolved by court decree in 1892.
Henry Flagler (1830-1913) was associated with Rockefeller in the development of the Standard Oil Company. He later organized the Florida East Coast Railway and built great hotels at Florida shore resorts. Brewster was one of the original trustees of the Standard Oil Trust and one of the five original incorporators of the Standard Oil Company.
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