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Wells Fargo & Co. Exchange Department letter. San Francisco: April 11th 1870. Exchange letter on Wells Fargo & Co., Exchange Department letterhead. Signed by Reuben W. Washburn. Visible size: approximately 10 x 7 ½”. 1 horizontal and two vertical creases, some minor toning. Matted, framed and glazed with engraved descriptive plaque (frame size: 12 x 10”). Fine. From the descriptive plaque: “Wells Fargo & Co., Exchange Department letter 1870, from Reuben W. Washburn, forwarding the first Bill of Exchange to the payee. Washburn and Samuel P. Carter opened the first company office in San Francisco in 1852.”. Not examined out of frame.