The Adams Express Company had its beginnings in 1840, when a young entrepreneur, Alvin Adams, recognized the need for the safe transportation of securities, documents, and parcels between the financial centers of Boston and New York. The operation was incorporated in 1854 and rapidly expanded across the country. It soon became one of the three principal express companies in the United States, the others being Wells, Fargo & Co. and American Express. Adams Express played a significant role in the Civil War and acted as the paymaster for both the Union and Confederate armies until, in response to complaints about this, it set up a separate company, Southern Express, to handle the payments to Southern troops. In addition, at least one slave was shipped north to Philadelphia in a box in order for his master to free him.
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