American Express Company, Florence office records, 1867-1890.

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American Express Company, Florence office records, 1867-1890.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51687648

Includes agent's books, waybills, and a personal account book. Accounts for telegraph messages and shipping of freight reflect the great volume of business done for companies such as Nonotuck Silk Co., Florence Sewing Machine Co., Florence Manufacturing Co., etc. and for such businessmen as A.L. Williston, Samuel L. Hill, I.S. Parsons, etc.

3 boxes (3 linear ft.)

University of Massachusetts Amherst, W.E.B. Du Bois Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7642845

University of Massachusetts Amherst, W.E.B. Du Bois Library

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