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Texas Express Co. rate booklet 1881

Title: Texas Express Company. Tariff to Points Beyond this Company's Territory
Author: **
Description: 18 pp. 8¾x5¾, original printed wrappers.Rate booklet for use by employees of the Texas Express Company when shipments had to be subcontracted to other carriers, such as Wells, Fargo & Co. Two supplementary flyers, indicating changes or adjustments, dated 1883 and 1883, are included. Interestingly, the shareholders in the Texas Express Company sued Wells, Fargo in 1900, claiming the latter company had reneged on the receipt-sharing arrangement they had and seized control of the Texas company.
Heading: (Texas Express Company)Place Published: Houston
Publisher: W.H. Coyle, Stationer and Printer
Date Published: 1881