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Adams Express Company Sign 2012aug - General Americana

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Adams Express Company Sign 2012aug - General Americana
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Hanging 2 sided sign for Adams Express Company. Piece measures 14" x 19.5" and has holes designed for hanging. Besides the name of the company, sign also reads, HANG SO IT CAN BE SEEN FROM CORNER OF STREET. When Adams Express was incorporated in 1854, it digested Adams & Co. plus eight other express companies then serving the East Coast corridor and extending to Pennsylvania, Maryland and Ohio in one direction and to coastal southern states in another. Through agents, the company also extended service to Europe. In 14 years, Alvin Adams had reversed the experience of his first 36, becoming wealthy and more than that: serving as an economic engine driving his company to greater future heights. Adams & Co. claimed to be the first express company to follow the miners to California’s gold camps. On September 7, 1849, Adams announced in the Pacific Ledger a new express service to San Francisco via Panama, where goods would be taken across the Isthmus by wagon and canoe for shipment on to California [Ref: Adams Express Company Website]. - Jacobitz Collection -59746