Merchants Union Express Co. - Gorgeous Express Stock Certificate - Express for Sale

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Merchants Union Express Co. - Gorgeous Express Stock Certificate - Express For Sale

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Merchants Union Express Co. - Gorgeous Express Stock Certificate - Express:
$150.00

Stock. Important early affiliate of American Express. A little bit rough condition. In 1866, upon the resignation of Henry Wells and American Express' merger with the Merchants Union Express Company, Fargo was elected President of the American Express Company. He was the company's president until his death in 1881, at which point his brother, J. C. Fargo, assumed the presidency, holding the post until 1914. Read more at Key Dates: 1841: Henry Wells founds Wells & Co. 1850: Wells, William G. Fargo, and John Butterfield form the American Express Company. 1852: Wells Fargo & Company is founded. 1868: American Express Company merges with Merchants Union to form the American Merchants Union Express Co.; Henry Wells retires. 1881: William Fargo dies. 1891: The American Express Traveler's Cheque is introduced. 1910: Mann-Elkins Act makes express companies subject to the scrutiny of the Interstate Commerce Commission. 1914: George C. Taylor becomes company president. 1915: American Express opens its Travel Department. 1919: The American Express Co. is established to expand the company's international banking operations. 1958: The American Express travel-and-entertainment card (the 'green card') is introduced. 1981: American Express acquires Shearson Loeb Rhoades Inc. 1982: American Express is reorganized under American Express Corp. 1987: Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.