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A fact from Alvin Adams appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 31 March 2005. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Alvin Adams founded Adams and Company, forerunner to Adams Express Company, to haul express freight shipments by rail in 1840?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2005/March.

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Adams Express Company[edit]

It's been an investment company since 1929 (see its homepage). This link gives some history and context not found on Adams' homepage:

Adams Express Company - Maryland

Tedickey (talk) 15:57, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Other sources[edit]

Some secondary sources - needs some research:

History of the Civil War

Tedickey (talk) 15:57, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]