The records of the American Express Company, Florence, Massachusetts office, 1867-1890, consist of agent's books, and three volumes concerning waybills. The agent for all the records except possibly the last was Watson L. Wilcox. The growth of the American Express Company's Florence office is well reflected in these records, which evolved from informal to increasingly formal. The first book in fact is largely Wilcox's own personal account book, begun when he was in Simsbury, Connecticut and continuing with his new position as express agent in Florence, Massachusetts. The last volume is a collection of bound yellow tissue copies of waybills for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Its connection with American Express Co. and/or W.L. Wilcox is unclear.