Wells Fargo & Company ledger for gold shipments : Columbia, Calif., 1853-1883.

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Wells Fargo & Company ledger for gold shipments : Columbia, Calif., 1853-1883.

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Originally used as a ledger by the Wells Fargo & Company for gold shipments out of Columbia, Calif. for D. Ogden Mills Company, Sleeper Company, and others. The ledger reflects business operations relating to gold as well as the general economy and growth of Columbia, Calif. The ledger was later used as a scrapbook by Adaline Irish Sullivan as a child. The scrapbook reflects the typical activities of a young woman during the second half of the 19th Century. The scrapbook items were removed from the ledger in 2001 and a description of the treatment is included as well as a history of the ledger.

1 box and 1 v. (.7 linear ft.)

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Sleeper Company.

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Sullivan, Adeline.

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Wells, Fargo & Company

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Wells, Fargo & Company was founded in 1852 by Henry Wells and William G. Fargo. Wells and Fargo had also established the American Express Company with John Butterfield in 1850. In 1857 Wells Fargo, American Express, Adams Express, and United States Express formed the Overland Mail Company, which Wells Fargo took over in the early 1860s. Nat Stein served as Director of Wells Fargo from 1901-1902. From the description of Letters and receipts relating to Wells, Fargo & Company, ...

D. Ogden Mills Company.

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