1868 – Stock Certificate issued by the Merchants Union Express Company immediately before it merged with a crippled American Express Company after two years of cutthroat competition
New York: 1868. Unbound. This certificate for ten shares of stock in the Merchants Union Express Company, measuring approximately 11½” x 8¾”, was issued to Ketchum Clark of New York on October 16, 1868. It is signed by ''J.N. Knapp'' as Secretary and ''A. P. Ross'' as President. It features..... More