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                             THE HISTORY OF
                        THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY


[Illustration:

  _Copyright, 1904, by Ames_

  JOHN DAVISON ROCKEFELLER IN 1904

  Born July 8, 1839
]




                             THE HISTORY OF
                        THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY


                                   BY

                             IDA M. TARBELL

 AUTHOR OF THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE,
                AND MADAME ROLAND: A BIOGRAPHICAL STUDY

           ILLUSTRATED WITH PORTRAITS, PICTURES AND DIAGRAMS

[Illustration]

                               VOLUME ONE

                                NEW YORK
                        McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
                                  MCMV




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