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WILLIAM G. FARGO: (1818 - 1881) American businessman who organized Wells Fargo & Co. and American...

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WILLIAM G. FARGO: (1818 - 1881) American businessman who organized Wells Fargo & Co. and American...
WILLIAM G. FARGO: (1818 - 1881) American businessman who organized Wells Fargo & Co. and American Express, he later operated the Pony Express. Rare D.S. "Wm. G. Fargo", 1p. sm. folio, New York, [n.d., ca. 1873], a stock certificate for twenty $100 shares of the American Merchants Union Express Company (a progenitor of American Express) issued to one George Babcock. Boldly signed by Fargo at bottom, co-signed by Secretary J. N. KNAPP and Treasurer E. P. ROSS. Punch hole and ink cancel do not at all detract, overall fine. $500-700