Standard Oil Trust Signed by Henry M. Flagler & Wesley H. Tilford - 1890\'s dated for Sale

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Standard Oil Trust Signed by Henry M. Flagler & Wesley H. Tilford - 1890\'s dated For Sale

$Standard Oil Trust Signed by Henry M. Flagler & Wesley H. Tilford - 1890\'s dated$
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Standard Oil Trust Signed by Henry M. Flagler & Wesley H. Tilford - 1890\'s dated:
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Stock signed by Henry Morrison Flagler as secretary and Wesley Hunt Tilford as attorney in fact. Printed by International Bank Note Co., N.Y. Portrait and biography included. Wesley Hunt Tilford (1850-1909) was born in Lexington, Kentucky, on July 14, 1850. He went to Columbia College where he studied for a couple of years, but the call of business was too strong to allow him to wait for his bachelor\'s degree. Attracted by the prospects of petroleum, Wesley gave up his college course, and entered as a clerk in the firm of his brother, Bostwick & Tilford, then doing business in Pearl Street. When the firm dissolved the two brothers joined in a partnership of their own under the title of John B. Tilford Jr. & Co., which did well from the start and continued to prosper until, at the period of the Eastern oil amalgamations, a substantial offer from the Standard Oil Company induced them to cast their fortunes with that vigorous organization. Read more at Henry Morrison Flagler (January 2, 1830\" May 20, 1913) was an American industrialist and a founder of Standard Oil, which was first based in Ohio. He was also a key figure in the development of the Atlantic coast of Florida and founder of the Florida East Coast Railway, much of which he built through convict leasing. He is known as the father of Miami and Palm Beach, Florida. Read more at Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.