Bill of Sale Transferring Ownership of The Safety Buggy Company of Lancaster to Byron G. Dodge for $60,000
Description
Bill of Sale transferring ownership of The Safety Buggy Company of Lancaster to Byron G. Dodge in consideration of the sum of $60,000. Includes goods and chattels, buggies, carriages, vehicle parts, and machinery. Dated September 15, 1899.
Witnessed by President A.G. Reinoehl, President and Leon G. Dodge, Secretary.
G.W. Dodge & Son was founded in Berlin, New York in 1871 and relocated to Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1876. In 1885, G.W. Dodge's eldest son, Byron G. Dodge, became president of the company. The company eventually merged with the Lancaster Cork Works and the American Cork Company and by 1895 was known as the Lancaster Cork Company. The company combined with several other cork companies in 1895 (including Armstrong) and became the site of the Closure Plant for the Armstrong Cork Company.
Check issued in duplicate drawn on the London & South Western Bank, Limited in the amount of $148.68 payable to The Safety Buggy Company for the account of J. Kennedy Tod & Co., New York.
Reverse of check is stamped Lancaster Trust Co., The Safety Buggy Co., B. G. Dodge, Prop.
