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Provenance
From the estate of Larry Derrer, Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [box #, folder #], George N. Wise Stock Certificate for Rockingham Mutual Telephone and Telegraph
Company, 1907 April 10, SC 0379, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Acquisition Information
Purchased at Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates' Americana Auction on March 22, 2024.
The Rockingham Mutual Telephone and Telegraph Company incorporated in 1898 and dissolved in 1958. At the time the stock certificate
was issued, David C. Acker (1869-1959) was the company's secretary and Charles H. Rolston (1860-1934) was president.
An April 10, 1907 stock certificate for the Rockingham Mutual Telephone and Telegraph Company issued to George N. Wise. The
certificate is signed by the company's secretary, David C. Acker, and president, Charles H. Rolston. The certificate is for
one share.
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