John Butterfield (1801-1869) Expressman, financier. Active in New York stage lines, steamboat operation and railroad promotion, organizer of the American Express Co. 1850. 1860s American Express stock stub signed by J. Butterfield. Light stain but Nice. Rare! John Butterfield (November 18, 1801 " November 14, 1869) was a transportation pioneer in the mid-19th century in the American Northwest and Southwest. He founded many companies, including American Express which is still in operation today. The Butterfield Overland Mail Company was the longest stagecoach line in the world. The line operated from 1858 to 1861 on the Southern Overland Trail and established an important connection between the new state of California and the government and economy of the contiguous eastern states. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Butterfield_(businessman) The American Express Company (Amex) is a multinational financial services corporation headquartered at 200 Vesey Street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. The company was founded in 1850 and is one of the 30 components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The company's logo, adopted in 1958, is a gladiator or centurion whose image appears on the company's well-known traveler's cheques, charge cards, and credit cards. In 1850, American Express was started as an express mail business in Buffalo, New York. It was founded as a joint-stock corporation by the merger of the express companies ow Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.