Plant formerly located in Joliet, Illinois - ca. 1920.
Agreement setting up the American McKenna Process Company
Stock Certificates Nos. 1 and 9 are on the previous page.
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The agreements
reproduced here were used to set up the American McKenna Process
Company in order to set it apart from the English McKenna Process
Company, which had a different group of investors. Evidently, the
investors initially issued 50,000 shares at $100 per share on February
19th and then added another 49,990 shares on February 27th, both dates
in 1901. The agreement at left has the signatures of all five
investors are affixed to it: Howard Morris
Harry L. Burrage John W.P. Lombard William F. Vilas Edwin H. Abbott Mr. John W.P. Lombard was president
of the National Exchange Bank in Milwaukee, William F. Vilas was a United
States Senator from Wisconsin, a Civil War hero, and held two
cabinet posts in the Cleveland Administration.
The signature of Charles M. Morris is affixed to each of the
similar certifications reproduced below, which are dated July 30,
1901. Charles M. Morris was a member
of the Milwaukee Bar Association and may also have been a Civil War hero.
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