There are suggestions of a practical nature, as to the economy of your manufacture, when you are ready to begin operations, which I shall be happy to make, should the company require it; meanwhile, I remain, gentlemen, Your obedient servant, B. SILLIMAN, JR., _Professor of Chemistry in Yale College_. NEW HAVEN, April 16, 1855. NUMBER 2 (See page 1044) FIRST ACT OF INCORPORATION OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY _KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS_: That we, _John D. Rockefeller_, _Henry M. Flagler_, _Samuel Andrews_, and _Stephen V. Harkness_, of _Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio_, and _William Rockefeller_, of the _City_, _County_, and _State_ of _New York_, have associated ourselves together under the provisions of the Act of the Legislature of the State of Ohio, entitled An Act to provide for the creation and regulation of incorporated companies in the State of Ohio, passed May 1, 1852, and the Acts supplementary thereto passed April 8, 1856, and the Act to amend the last-named Act, passed February 14, 1861, and other laws of the State of Ohio applicable thereto, for the purpose of forming a body corporate for manufacturing petroleum and dealing in petroleum, and its products under the corporate name of _THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY_. And we do certify that the purpose for which said body corporate is formed is the manufacture of petroleum and to deal in petroleum and its products. That the capital stock necessary for said company, and the amount agreed on as composing the capital stock, is the sum of _One Million Dollars_. That the amount of each share of capital stock is _One Hundred Dollars_. That the name of the place where said manufacturing establishment shall be located for doing business is _Cleveland City, Cuyahoga County, State of Ohio_. That the name and style by which said manufacturing establishment shall be known is _THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY_. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, HENRY M. FLAGLER, SAMUEL ANDREWS, STEPHEN V. HARKNESS, WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER. CLEVELAND, OHIO, January 10, 1870. NUMBER 3 (See page 1047) AFFIDAVIT OF JAMES H. DEVEREUX [In the case of the Standard Oil Company _vs._ William C. Scofield _et al._ in the Court of Common Pleas, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.]