Collection Of 12 Legal Documents Pertaining To Early Oil Industry In Venango County Pennsylvania

$950 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

Venango, PA: 1865-1879. Twelve manuscript legal documents, concerning leases, agreements, statements, and court opinions. Two pro-forma notices competed in manuscript, the rest full manuscript, likely copies. Between one and four pages each; old folds, generally very good. Venango county was the epicenter of the US oil boom. In 1859 Edwin L. Drake made the first successful use of a drilling rig there, and was soon able to surpass the cumulative output of oil in Europe since the 1650s. The

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