Name/Title
United States Express Company, W A Sanborn, 1912Scope and Content
Two sided United States Express Company receipt issued at Virden, ILL.
Dated July 30, 1912.
Received from W.A. Saubone
1 package said to contain cloth
Valued at Twenty five Dollars
Marked W.A. Saubone
Waupun Wis.
Marked paid with initials: JTY (?)
States delivery rules, conditions, risk and liability
Accepting conditions and terms, signed by J. W. Hood
Stamped NOT NEGOTIABLE
Back side of Receipt:
UNITED STATES EXPRESS CO.
Forwarders of Merchandise and Valuables by Fast Express
Passenger Trains and Steamships to all parts of the World
PRINCIPAL OFFICES:
IN UNITED STATES:
2 Nector Street, New York
IN ENGLAND:
57 Haymarket, London. S. W.
17 James Street, Liverpool
IN ITALY:
4 Piazza della Zecca, Genoa
IN FRANCE:
4 Rue Scribe, Paris
IN GERMANY:
64-6 Ferdinand Strasse, Hamburg
IN CUBA:
Cuba 53-55 Havana
UNITED STATES EXPRESS Travelers Checks and Letters of Credit, Money Orders,
Foreign Drafts and Postal Remittances Payable Throughout the World
Telegraph and Cable Transfers of MoneyAcquisition
Accession
2011.0007Source or Donor
Arriens, Frederick