Adams Express Company
Variant namesThe Adams Express Company was founded in Boston in 1839. Originally called Burke and Company, its name was changed to Adams and Company after only two weeks when Alvin Adams agreed to buy out his partner. By 1850, the company had spread throughout the south, southwest, and north. Much additional capital was invested at that time and the company's name was again changed to the Adams Express Company. During the Civil War, the company made a substantial amount of money shipping packages to and from the Union troops. In World War I, the government seized the railroad cars used by the express companies and they lost money. The companies were merged into one large company, the Consolidated Express Company. Adams continued to exist but only as an investment company.
From the description of Adams Express Company Journal, 1855-1863. (University of Kentucky Libraries). WorldCat record id: 32635870
Adams & Company, a subsidiary of its Boston-based parent company of the same name, opened in San Francisco in 1849 as an express company and expanded its services in 1850 to include banking. The company failed in the Panic of 1855, and its assets were taken over by the banking house of Palmer, Cook, and Company.
From the description of Adams & Co. signature book : ADS, 1849-1854. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 145416713
From the description of Adams & Co. deposit slips : ADS, 1853-1854. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122499126
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| associatedWith | Adams Southern Express Company. | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Agassiz, Alexander | person |
| correspondedWith | Alberquerque, Frederico | person |
| associatedWith | American Philosophical Society | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Anthony, John G. | person |
| correspondedWith | Avery, J. A. | person |
| correspondedWith | Baird, Spencer F. | person |
| correspondedWith | Bayne, William H. | person |
| correspondedWith | Benziger Brothers | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Bland, G. | person |
| correspondedWith | Bland, Thomas | person |
| correspondedWith | Bolton, Henry Carrington | person |
| associatedWith | Boyd, E. E., b. ca.1828 Mrs. | person |
| correspondedWith | Browine, Robert H. | person |
| correspondedWith | Brown, Solomon G. | person |
| associatedWith | Bullock, Rufus B. (Rufus Brown), 1834-1907. | person |
| correspondedWith | Burgess, Edward | person |
| correspondedWith | Campbell, C. T. | person |
| correspondedWith | Cary, T. G. | person |
| correspondedWith | Cauly, William M. | person |
| associatedWith | Centennial Exhibition (Philadelphia, 1876) | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Clarke, Frank Wigglesworth | person |
| correspondedWith | Clark, Henry James | person |
| correspondedWith | Collins, T. K. | person |
| associatedWith | Cooke & LeCount. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Cowan, Robert Ernest, 1862-1942. | person |
| associatedWith | Crocker, Templeton, 1884-1948. | person |
| correspondedWith | Curtis, Moses Ashley | person |
| correspondedWith | Custom House, Boston | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Davis, R. S., & Co. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Day, C. M. (Cassius Marion), 1864-1940. | person |
| correspondedWith | Deforest, E. L. | person |
| associatedWith | Doram, Dennis, Jr. ca. 1797-1869. | person |
| correspondedWith | Elliot, George H. | person |
| correspondedWith | Farlow, William Gilson | person |
| correspondedWith | Fitz, J. M. | person |
| associatedWith | Fox, Gustavus Vasa | person |
| correspondedWith | Geismar, Jacob | person |
| associatedWith | Georgia (Steamer) | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Gibbons, A. S. | person |
| correspondedWith | Gibbs, George | person |
| correspondedWith | Gilbert, E. Edward | person |
| correspondedWith | Gorton, Anson | person |
| correspondedWith | Green, Jesse C. | person |
| associatedWith | Greenwood, G. G. B. | person |
| correspondedWith | Hall, C. F. | person |
| associatedWith | Hankla Family. | family |
| correspondedWith | Harrison, Joseph | person |
| correspondedWith | Hatfield, Chester | person |
| correspondedWith | Hawkins & Wales | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Heidemann, Otto | person |
| correspondedWith | Helmuth, Charles | person |
| correspondedWith | Hemenway, A. | person |
| correspondedWith | Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 | person |
| correspondedWith | Hillier, George | person |
| associatedWith | Horan, Henry | person |
| associatedWith | Howell Bros, (Phil.) | person |
| correspondedWith | Huff, J. W. | person |
| correspondedWith | Jackson, J. B. S. | person |
| correspondedWith | Jacobi, J. A. | person |
| correspondedWith | James, William | person |
| correspondedWith | Jefferis, William W. | person |
| associatedWith | J.P. Morgan & Co. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Kentucky University | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Kimball, Charles P. 1821-1894. | person |
| correspondedWith | Klippart, John H. | person |
| correspondedWith | Lawrence, George N. | person |
| correspondedWith | Lea, Isaac | person |
| correspondedWith | Lesley, J. Peter | person |
| correspondedWith | Lesley, M. | person |
| correspondedWith | Looney, Charles F. | person |
| correspondedWith | Lyon, Sidney | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Mabie, H. | person |
| associatedWith | Mallett, E. J. | person |
| correspondedWith | Marsh, F. H. | person |
| correspondedWith | Mason & Hamlin Organ Co. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Massachusetts Military State Agency (Washington. D.C.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Mathews, G. F. | person |
| correspondedWith | Matthew, G. F. | person |
| associatedWith | McCullough, Hall Park, 1872-1966. | person |
| associatedWith | McHarg, D. P. | person |
| associatedWith | Mohr, Charles (Dr.) | person |
| correspondedWith | Morris, L. W. | person |
| correspondedWith | Mosier, Jonathan L. H. | person |
| correspondedWith | Moss, George W. | person |
| correspondedWith | National Express Co. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Norris, Thomas W. | person |
| associatedWith | Orleans County Society Of Natural Sciences | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Peale, Franklin | person |
| associatedWith | Peale-Sellers families. | person |
| associatedWith | Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Financial Dept. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Office of First Vice President (Finance and Accounting). | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Office of Secretary. | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Perot, W. H. | person |
| associatedWith | Probert, David, 1836?- | person |
| associatedWith | Rand, Charles Edward, 1833- | person |
| correspondedWith | Rau, Charles | person |
| associatedWith | Reading Company. | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Rhees, William J. | person |
| correspondedWith | Richards, C. B. | person |
| correspondedWith | Russell, Thomas | person |
| correspondedWith | Sachs, Herman | person |
| correspondedWith | Sanford, Henry | person |
| correspondedWith | Schmidt, H. D. | person |
| correspondedWith | Schmidt, Leopold | person |
| correspondedWith | Schneider & Pachtman | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Seymour family. | family |
| correspondedWith | Shepherd, C. M. | person |
| correspondedWith | Shoemaker, S. M. | person |
| correspondedWith | Smith, E. S. | person |
| correspondedWith | Smithsonian Institution | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Stearns, C. A. | person |
| correspondedWith | Stearns, Robert E. C. | person |
| correspondedWith | Sternberg, George Miller | person |
| correspondedWith | Stevenson, John J. | person |
| correspondedWith | Tayloe, Edward T. | person |
| associatedWith | Thompson, D. (Rev.) | person |
| correspondedWith | Tinker, James | person |
| associatedWith | Tryon, George W. | person |
| associatedWith | United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 35th (1861-1864) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | University Of Wooster | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Van Houten, Charles. | person |
| correspondedWith | Van Naine, Addison | person |
| associatedWith | Van Valkenburgh, Henry. | person |
| associatedWith | Virginia. Board of Public Works | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Wagner, William | person |
| correspondedWith | Whitall Tatum & Co. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Wilmington Trust Company. Trust Dept. | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Wolde & Degener | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Woods, Isaiah Churchill, 1825-1880. | person |
| correspondedWith | Woods, W. H. | person |
| correspondedWith | Wyckoff, R. M. | person |
| correspondedWith | Yates, L. G. (Dr.) | person |
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