(WEST) Act of Incorporation of Wells Fargo Company

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(WEST.) Act of Incorporation of Wells, Fargo & Company (wrapper title). 8 pages. 8vo, original gilt cloth wrappers, heavy vertical fold with tape reinforcement inside front and rear wrappers, contemporary note taped to rear wrapper; contents include 2 gilt paper seals of the State of Colorado and manuscript signatures and dates of Norman H. Meldrum as Secretary of State. Laid in is a related manuscript list of the Wells, Fargo board of directors and officers, certified by the company on 5 May 1879. [Denver, CO?], 23 April 1879

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Includes the full "An Act to Incorporate the Holladay Overland Mail and Express Company" passed by the Colorado legislature in 1866, and the 1872 act changing the name to Wells, Fargo and Company, both with certifications from the Colorado Secretary of State. This was prepared for filing in local jurisdictions where Wells, Fargo did business, as noted on the 2 May 1879 note on the rear wrapper. 2 similar copies traced in OCLC, down to the Colorado seals and signatures. No other examples traced at auction since at least 1961.