File:Wells Fargo Express, Exchange and Overland Stage Company (1867) (ADVERT 151).jpeg

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In 1852, Henry Wells and William Fargo started a company that provided express shipping and banking services to California.

  • Geographic coverage: United States
  • Subjects (LCTGM): Shipping--United States
  • Subjects (LCSH): Express service--United States; Freight and freightage--United States
  • Categories: Transportation and communication; Banking and finance;
Date
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English: Early Advertising of the West Collection
Author
English: Fargo & Company Wells
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Institution
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institution QS:P195,Q219563
Department
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University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
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151
Inscriptions
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Text:
Capital: $10,000,000...Express. Daily: To all parts of California, Nevada, and Utah. Weekly: To Crescent City, Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories, British Columbia and southern coast of California...Bills of exchange and telegraphic transfers on New York, Boston, and Philadelphia...Letters of credit negotiable throughout California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Utah Territories...Chas. E. McLane, Gen'l Superintendent for California.
Publisher
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H.G. Langley
Digital ID Number
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ADV0429
Company/Advertising Agency
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Wells, Fargo & Company
Publisher
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H.G. Langley
Publisher Location
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San Francisco
Publication Source
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The Pacific coast business directory ... containing ... the states of California, Oregon, and Nevada; the territories of Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Utah; and the colony of British Columbia. Also, a gazetteer of the counties, cities, and towns, and an exhibit of the resources of the Pacific coast, p. IX

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