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Wells Fargo & Co. Express office and stagecoach, ca. 1868
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History of Wells, Fargo and Co. and the Pony Express
Manuscripts
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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Joshua Clark. Wells Fargo and Company Express note
Manuscripts
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 & Co. Express in the United States / drawing by A. M. Vanderpool
Rare Books
A blue line print map of the United States with each Wells Fargo station shown along with the interconnecting railways. List of 216 railroads by number. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Blue line print.
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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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Oil wells in Pacific Ocean. Summerland from the North
Visual Materials
Series of oil wells along the Pacific coastline. Railroad tracks on the shore at left.
photCL Pierce 06586
Adams & Co's Express : new arrangement. The subscribers have obtained Express privileges from the following Rail Road Corporations
Visual Materials
Image of a broadside announcing the railroad stops included in the Adams and Company's Express shipping services on various lines between New York and New England with a top center wood engraved image of a steam locomotive passenger train moving on tracks through the countryside with laborers in the foreground; the railroad companies listed are the New-York and New Haven Railroad, the Housatonic Railroad, the Naugatuck Railroad, the New Haven and Northampton Railroad, and the New Haven Hartford & Springfield Railroad.
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