American Express Co. Stock Signed WELLS + FARGO

AutographsAmerican Express Co. Signed by Founders Henry Wells & William G. Fargo

HENRY WELLS & WILLIAM G. FARGO.
Lot of 2, January 1860, American Express Company Capital Stock Shares, Very Fine. Partially printed Documents Signed, "Henry Wells" and "Wm. G. Fargo" on stubs for American Express Stock, measuring 8.75" x 4" each, and completed in manuscript. These are early 1860 stubs completed by the founders of Wells, Fargo & Co. An exceptional and rare pair. (According to the current Sanders Autograph Price Guide, a Document Signed by both Henry Wells amd William G. Fargo, lists for a value of over $1,900.) (2 items)

Henry Wells (1805-1878) was an operator of an express service between Albany and Buffalo, NY, later extended his service into New England and the Midwest. Was president of the American Express Co. and organized Wells, Fargo & Co. in 1852. William G. Fargo (1818-1881), was a co-owner of Wells & Co. and secretary of the first American Express Co., 1850. He helped organize Wells, Fargo & Co. for express service to California, 1852, became president of American Express Co. in 1873.