Pacific Mail Steamship Company

Pacific Mail Steamship Company
IndustryTransportation
Founded1848
Defunct1949 (de jure), 1925 (de facto)
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The Pacific Mail Steamship Company was founded April 18, 1848, as a joint stock company under the laws of the State of New York by a group of New York City merchants. Incorporators included William H. Aspinwall, Edwin Bartlett (American consul at Lima, Peru and also involved with the Panama Railroad Company), Henry Chauncey, Mr. Alsop, G.G. Howland and S.S. Howland.