biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1804–87)
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| biography:
| Businessman, born in Andover, Vermont, USA. Orphaned as a child, at age 16 he began working at odd jobs. In New York City he formed Adams & Co (1840), an express package business between Boston and New York City. The company prospered, buying routes in New England (1841) and in the W and S as far as St Louis (1842), eventually opening 35 offices in California (1849). In 1854 the Adams Express Co incorporated and expanded into Europe. |
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