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Wiltsee Collection panels 31-40

Panel 31

Historic exhibit Panel #31 featuring letter covers. Long descriptions are available as page content. Image link will enlarge image.
Wells Fargo Willtsee Collection Panel 31

No. 183

Unused Wells Fargo cover for service in Honolulu, Hawaii, with an illustration of a steamboat.

No. 184

Unused Wells Fargo cover for service in Honolulu, Hawaii, with an illustration of a steamboat.

No. 185

Unused Wells Fargo cover for service in Honolulu, Hawaii, with an illustration of a steamboat.

No. 186

Unused Wells Fargo cover for service in Honolulu, Hawaii, with an illustration of a steamboat.

Panel 32

Historic exhibit Panel #32 featuring letter covers. Long descriptions are available as page content. Image link will enlarge image.
Wells Fargo Willtsee Collection Panel 32

In 1860, Wells Fargo opened its first office in Mexico. By 1900, there were more than 300 company offices throughout Mexico.

No. 187

Sent by Wells Fargo from Mexico to Judge McHenry in San Francisco, California.

No. 188

Sent by Wells Fargo in 1883 from Rembez Y. Bezaury from Chihuahua, Mexico, to Eduardo Vina in Nueva York (New York).

No. 189

Sent by Wells Fargo in 1901 to John Artus in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from Mexico. It is also stamped from Avalon.

No. 190

Unused Wells Fargo cover for service in Mexico.

Panel 33

Historic exhibit Panel #33 featuring a letter cover and reproduction forms. Long descriptions are available as page content. Image link will enlarge image.
Wells Fargo Willtsee Collection Panel 33

No. 191

Sent by Wells Fargo. It contains a circular of the San Francisco Harbor and Port regulations written in 1854 by Robert Haley, the Harbor Master.

No. 192

Sent by Wells Fargo in 1852 to Daniel Towle in California. It was first sent to Sacramento and then forwarded to Ophir. It was sent by his wife, Electra M. Towle, who became the Post Master of Avon, Maine, when her husband left for California.

Reproduction of the San Francisco Harbor and Port regulations from 1854.

Panel 34

Historic exhibit Panel #34 featuring letter covers and two photographs. Long descriptions are available as page content. Image link will enlarge image.
Wells Fargo Willtsee Collection Panel 34

No. 610

Sent from the Wells Fargo office at 82 Broadway in New York City, New York. It is addressed to Chips, also known as Pilsbury Hodgkins, in Chicago, Illinois.

No. 611

Sent by Wells Fargo from Los Angeles, California, to Benjamin Dean in Providence, Rhode Island, in the care of Dean and Levis.

No. 612

Sent by Wells Fargo from Victoria, British Columbia, to Mr. Alex Banks at the U.S. Hotel on Front Street in Sacramento, California.

No. 613

Sent by Wells Fargo to Messrs. A. A. Pond and Co. in Todds Valley, California.

No. 614

Sent by Wells Fargo from Michigan City to H. Roelke in Spanish Flat, El Dorado County, California.

Photograph of the Wells Fargo office in Folsom, California, 1930s.

Photograph of Michigan Bluff, California, 1930s.

Panel 35

Historic exhibit Panel #35 featuring letter covers. Long descriptions are available as page content. Image link will enlarge image.
Wells Fargo Willtsee Collection Panel 35

Wells Fargo worked with other express companies to deliver letters. These letters were delivered by Adams & Co. Express.

No. 193

Sent by Adams and Co.’s Express from Sacramento to W. W. Smith in the Comptroller’s Office in San Jose, California.

No. 194

Sent by Adams and Co.’s Express from Marysville to Sacramento and forwarded to San Francisco, California. It was for Dr. William H. R. Wood, Acting Secretary of State for California. Letter enclosed is from William J. Barbour dated May 18th, 1852.

No. 195

Sent by Adams and Co.’s Express from Grass Valley to Robert Henry in San Francisco, California. Letter enclosed is dated January 23rd, 1853.

No. 196

Sent by Adams and Co.’s Express from Newark, New Jersey, to Sacramento, California, and forwarded to Mahlon D. Fairchild at Mormon Island.

No. 197

Sent by Adams and Co.’s Express to J. W. Denver, Secretary of State, in Benicia, California. Letter enclosed is dated June 3rd, 1853, from Benjamin F. McDonald.

No. 198

Sent by Adams and Co.’s Express from Murphy’s Camp to Stockton, California. Letter enclosed is dated May 2nd, 1854, from Rev. G. S. Phillips to his wife and daughters: Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips, Fannie Phillips, Sallie Phillips, and Minnie Phillips.

Panel 36

Historic exhibit Panel #36 featuring letter covers a book of stamps. Long descriptions are available as page content. Image link will enlarge image.
Wells Fargo Willtsee Collection Panel 36

Wells Fargo worked with other express companies to deliver letters. These letters were delivered by Adams & Co. Express.

No. 199

Sent by Adams and Co.’s Express from San Francisco to Major John Bidwell at the Post Office in Chico. California, in 1853.

No. 200

Sent by Adams and Co.’s Express from San Francisco to Secretary of State J. W. Denver in Sacramento, California, in 1854.

No. 201

Sent by Adams and Co.’s Express from Table Rock, California, to N. C. Wallis at Trout River in Franklin County, New York.

No. 202

Sent by Adams and Co.’s Express from Sacramento to R. W. Brush in Stockton, California.

No. 203

Sent by Adams and Co.’s Express from San Francisco to John McHenry in Nevada, California.

No. 204

Sent by Adams and Co.’s Express from San Francisco to New York where it was forwarded to Daniel Gibb at 100 Queen Street, Glasgow, Scotland, in 1853.

No. 205

Sent by Adams and Co.’s Express from Los Angeles to James Wilson, Attorney in Land Cases, in San Francisco, California.

Eleven printed Adams and Company’s Express stamps.

Panel 37

Historic exhibit Panel #37 featuring letter covers and a deposit certificate. Long descriptions are available as page content. Image link will enlarge image.
Wells Fargo Willtsee Collection Panel 37

Wells Fargo worked with other express companies to deliver letters. These letters were delivered by Adams & Co. Express.

No. 206

Sent by Adams and Co.’s Express from New York City, New York, to Robert R. Carrington, the purser on the steamship New Orleans in Panama in 1852.

No. 207

Sent by Adams and Co.’s Express in San Francisco, California, to General George S. Nickols in Athens, New York.

No. 208

Sent by Adams and Co.’s Express from Placerville to A. W. Bee in San Francisco, California. Inside is a letter dated December 2nd, 1853 from his wife.

No. 209

Sent by Adams and Co.’s Express from Mokelumne Hill to P. V. Frazier at the Comptroller’s Office in Benicia, California, in 1853.

No. 210

Sent by Adams and Co.’s Express from Ione Valley to Rev. G. S. Phillips in San Francisco, California.

No. 211

Sent by Adams and Co.’s Express Agency, Panama, to R. R. Carrington, the purser on the steamship New Orleans.

No. 212

Sent by Adams and Co.’s Southern Coast Express from Santa Barbara to Dr. Antonio Somellera in San Francisco, California, in 1855.

An Adams and Co.’s Express deposit certificate for Francis Doyle in Stockton in 1854 with an affidavit attached.

Panel 38

Historic exhibit Panel #38 featuring letter covers. Long descriptions are available as page content. Image link will enlarge image.
Wells Fargo Willtsee Collection Panel 38

Wells Fargo worked with other express companies to deliver letters. These letters were delivered by Alta Express Co., Anderson’s Pony Express, and Anthony and Co.’s Express.

No. 213

Sent by Alta Express Co. to Messrs. Sneath and Arnold at 77 Front Street in San Francisco, California.

No. 214

Sent by Alta Express Co. from Forest Hill to Dr. J. Gates at 72 R Street in Sacramento, California.

No. 215

Sent by Alta Express Co to Eastman and Co. in Downieville, California.

No. 215a

Sent by Alta Express Co. to Auburn, California, where it was forwarded to Mrs. Nancy S. Webster in Bethel, Vermont.

No. 216

Sent by Anderson’s Pony Express from Mountain City to Denver in Colorado, which was considered part of the Kansas Territory at the time. It was then forwarded by the Overland Mail to Mrs. James M. Dorlan in Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1859.

No. 217

Sent by Anthony and Co.’s Express from San Francisco to the John W. Denver, Secretary of State, in Benicia, California. Letter enclosed is dated June 11th, 1853.

Panel 39

Historic exhibit Panel #39 featuring letter covers and a postcard. Long descriptions are available as page content. Image link will enlarge image.
Wells Fargo Willtsee Collection Panel 39

Wells Fargo worked with other express companies to deliver letters. These letters were delivered by Anthony and Co.’s, Arizona and New Mexico Express Co., Aubrun Express, and Ballou’s Fraser River Express.

No. 218

Anthony and Co.’s Northern Express handstamp. This Express ran from Sacramento to Shasta, California.

No. 219

Sent by Arizona and New Mexico Express Co. to Mr. Lynd and Co. at 7th Street above Commerce in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

No. 220

Sent by Auburn Express to S. R. Winchill in Birmingham, Michigan.

No. 221

Sent by Ballou’s Fraser River Express from Fort Hope in British Columbia to New York where it was sent to Miss Caroline B. Pennyea, at Six Mile Run, Sommerset County, New Jersey.

No. 222

Sent by Ballou’s Fraser River Express from Fort Hope to Miss Eliza J. McClaskey in San Francisco, California, care of A. S. Edwards.

A postcard of Sutter’s Fort, California, 1930s.

Panel 40

Historic exhibit Panel #40 featuring letter covers. Long descriptions are available as page content. Image link will enlarge image.
Wells Fargo Willtsee Collection Panel 40

Wells Fargo worked with other express companies to deliver letters. These letters were delivered by J. Bamber and Co.’s Contra Costa Express and Bamber and Co.’s Express.

No. 223

Sent by J. Bamber and Co.’s Contra Costa Express to N. C. Fassett on 92 Front Street in San Francisco, California.

No. 224

Sent by J. Bamber and Co.’s Contra Costa Express to N.C. Fassett on 92 Front Street in San Francisco, California.

No. 225

Sent by J. Bamber and Co.’s Contra Costa Express to James H. Foster in Oakland, Alameda County, California.

No. 226

Sent by Bamber and Co.’s Express from Oakland to Rev. George B. Taylor in Forrest Hill, Placer County, California.

No. 227

Bamber and Co.’s Express cover for R. Ashcroft.

No. 228

Unused cover with Bamber and Co.’s Express frank.

No. 229

Sent by Bamber and Co.’s Express from A. M. Church in San Leandro in 1863 to W. W. Chipman an attorney in San Francisco, California.

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