Indian land lottery miscellany, 1908-1909.

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Indian land lottery miscellany, 1908-1909.

Correspondence, photographs, clippings, brochures, broadsides, and legal papers pertaining to the land lotteries of Rosebud County, South Dakota (1908), Lawton, Oklahoma (1908), and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (1909). Includes an application signed by John D. Rockefeller.

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Cornell University Library

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Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937

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John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) was born in Richford, New York to William Avery Rockefeller and Eliza Davison. In 1853, he moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio where he studied bookkeeping. With partner Maurice B. Clark, Rockefeller built an oil refinery in 1863 and bought out his partner two years later. In 1864, he married Laura Celestia “Cettie” Spelman, with whom he had four children. Two years later, Rockefeller joined his brother William to establish Rockefeller, Andrews, & Flagler, wh...