Partly-printed DS, signed “Thomas [A.] Edison, President,” one page, 11.5 x 7, July 17, 1901. Stock certificate issued to W. S. Pilling for “Eighty three Shares in the Capital Stock of the Edison Storage Battery Company.” Signed at the conclusion by Edison with his classic ‘umbrella’ signature and countersigned by John F. Randolph as the company’s treasurer. The receipt is also affixed to the left edge. Three vertical folds (one passing through end of the signature), and expected cancellation cuts and holes affecting the signature area (hole punched through the final letter of his first name and presumed middle initial, and thin cuts present but not affecting its appearance), otherwise fine condition. The Edison Storage Battery Company was organized in New Jersey on May 27, 1901, to develop, manufacture, and sell the alkaline storage battery that Edison had developed, which was used for mining lamps, train lighting and signaling, submarines, electric vehicles. A clean and attractive document. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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