Henry Morrison Flagler Signed Standard Oil Stock Certificate.

FLAGLER, Henry Morrison.

Item Number: 145862

New York: International Bank Note Co, May 18th 1896.

Rare 1896 Standard Oil Stock Certificate signed by American business magnate Henry Morrison Flagler. One page, partially printed, the certificate is dated May 18th 1896 and issues 75/972,500 shares of Standard Oil Trust to R.C. Tilford. Boldly signed by Henry Morrison Flagler, “HM Flagler.” With stub attached and usual co-signatures, transfer of stock document affixed to verso, cancellation rubber stamp dated 5 August 1899. Accompanied by a small portrait and biography of Flagler. In fine condition.

John D. Rockefeller entered the oil industry at the age of twenty-four and worked tirelessly to unify it into the most powerful petroleum refiner in the world, Standard Oil Trust. He joined forces with fellow industrialist Henry Morrison Flagler in 1867 to form Rockefeller, Andrews & Flagler. The predecessor of Standard Oil, the firm gained success by marketing all of the by-products of the refining process, and gaining market and pricing control through shipping rates. Flagler was also a key figure in the development of the Atlantic coast of Florida and founder of what became the Florida East Coast Railway. He is known as the father of Miami and Palm Beach, Florida.