Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Wells, Fargo & Company Papers,
- Dates:
- 1853-1906
- Creators:
- Wells, Fargo & Company
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Wells, Fargo & Company Papers, California State Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Certificates, correspondence, envelopes, receipt books, etc.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Wells Fargo and Company was founded in New York in 1852 a branch established in San Francisco the same year. It operated freight and passenger express coaches from San Francisco to Sacramento and other towns where offices were established for banking. In 1905, the express business was suspended and the banking business merged with the Nevada Bank.
- Physical description:
- 4 boxes
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Banks and banking--California
- Names:
- Wells, Fargo & Company
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1999
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Unrestricted.
- Terms of access:
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Please credit California State Library.
Copyright has not been assigned to California State Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Wells, Fargo & Company Papers, California State Library.
- Location of this collection:
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900 N Street, Room 200, P.O. Box 942837Sacramento, CA 94237-0001, US
- Contact:
- (916) 654-0176