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Letters and receipts relating to Wells, Fargo & Company

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Description: Letters and receipts either relating to or sent by Wells, Fargo & Company from 1854-1892. Consists of four letters, including a letter to Nat Stein from Marshall Cushing through D.S. Richardson requesting Stein's reminiscences of Wells Fargo for a book project (1892) and a letter to Stein from Joseph S. Roberson telling him of Indian troubles with the Overland Stage Line near Julenburg and $30,000 in losses recently sustained in lost mail. Also includes 15 money order receipts sent by J.L. Martel, L.A. Garnett, H.R. Linderman, E.W. Worsham, and Elizabeth Menzies, on letterheads from Wells Fargo, Adams and Co., and Swamp Land District No.160.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1854-1892.
Call number: mssHM 73224-73228
Creator: Wells, Fargo & Company

Wells, Fargo & Company records

Manuscripts

The collection consists mainly of letters to and from Hosmer B. (Buckingham) Parsons (1846-1908), who joined Wells, Fargo & Company in 1867 and successively held the positions of cashier, assistant secretary, vice-president, and president of the company bank in New York. The papers deal chiefly with the express business: relationships with competing express companies such as American Express, Pacific Express, Northern Pacific Express, Texas Express, etc.; with railroad companies including Northern Pacific Railroad Company, Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company, Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railroad Company, and others; as well as matters of shipments, rates, and routes. There are also papers that relate to the personal business affairs of Hosmer B. Parsons.Includes original letters, press copies and press copy letter books, and duplicated copies of letters. Persons represented by 50 letters or more: Hancock, W. J. (325 pieces) Parsons, Hosmer B. (52 pieces + 11 letter books) Tevis, Lloyd (127 pieces) Valentine, John Joseph (1,071 pieces) Some notable items include: one to three letters each from Marcus Daly, James Ben Ali Haggin, George Hearst (plus 9 stock orders), Phoebe Apperson Hearst (plus scattered letters addressed to her in the letter books beginning in 1891), James Heron, and Collis Potter Huntington.

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History of Wells, Fargo and Co. and the Pony Express

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Manuscript written by Joseph Samuel Roberson in San Francisco. It traces the history of Wells, Fargo and Co. since its founding in 1852, including its significance to the history of California, and also includes a history of the Pony Express from its founding in 1860.

mssHM 769

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Memorandum of gold bullion deposited by Wells, Fargo & Company and C. T. H. Palmer

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Printed form, filled in by hand, by the Assay Office and Gold and Silver Refinery of E. Justh, in San Francisco, for a deposit of gold bullion by Charles Theodore Hart Palmer and Wells, Fargo & Company. The weight of the gold after melting was 134.44 ounces with a value of $2,512.32.

mssHM 83973

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Joshua Clark. Wells Fargo and Company Express note

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The collection contains 21 letters from Sarah Clark to her husband and children. The remaining correspondence is between Clark family members. There are a few additional pieces written by friends, relatives, and one business associate. The correspondence covers a wide range of subjects including: the citrus industry in California and Nevada; economic conditions in California, Indiana, and Nevada; agriculture in Northern California; hunting; sickness; courtship; children; and business. There are also two letters containing love poetry, and the collection contains an express receipt from Wells Fargo and Company.

HM 61139

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Wells, Fargo and Co.'s Express forwarding receipt book (money)

Manuscripts

The collection consists of the correspondence and papers of Andrew Brown. The collection is made up primarily of business records and contains over 100 volumes of day books, invoices and account books. Also included are bills and receipts related to Brown's general store in Kernville, California, his jobs as postmaster and an agent for Wells, Fargo Express Company, and his other business interests. Of note in the collection are two account books from 1873 to 1886 for business transactions with Chinese individuals in Kernville. Some of the volumes are damaged and fragile so use may be restricted.

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Wells, Fargo and Co.'s Express forwarding receipt book (money)

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