Beautiful certificate from the East Oil creek Petroleum Company issued on April 6, 1865. This historic document was printed by the B.F. Carlies & Macy, Stationers Company and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of an oil field and shipping port. This item has the original signatures of the Company's President, and Treasurer, and is over 78 years old.
Certificate Vignette The company was incorporated on July 15, 1864 in Brooklyn, New York. They had operations in Venango County, Pennsylvania. This certificate was issued 3 days before the end of the Civil War on on April 9, 1865.