[Letter] 1915 August 17, Cleveland, Ohio [to] Elmina Freese Hobbie, Los Gatos, Calif. / John D. Rockefeller.

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[Letter] 1915 August 17, Cleveland, Ohio [to] Elmina Freese Hobbie, Los Gatos, Calif. / John D. Rockefeller.

Typescript signed. A letter to thank Mrs. Hobbie for her letter.

1 leaf ; 20 cm.

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Hobbie, Elmina Freese.

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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...