Two shares (at $500 per share). 21x34 cm. (8x12") two-toned pictorial engraved and lettered stock certificate issued for James Manning (of Syracuse), January 20, 1864.

Signed by company president Henry Wells, Secretary William Fargo, and countersigned by treasurer Alexander Holland. In 1850, Wells & Company joined with two other express companies to form the American Express Company which covered the eastern sector of the United States, with the western sector being covered by Wells, Fargo and Company.