Alvin Adams [SEP] place of birth
on June 16, 1804 in Andover, Vermont. A produce merchant ruined by the Panic of 1837, in 1839, Adams began carrying letters, small packages and valuables for patrons between Boston and Worcester, Massachusetts. On May 4, 1840 he established his first express freight route between Boston and New York under the name Adams and Company. The company established offices in Boston and New York, and soon added express routes to Baltimore, Maryland, Norwich, Connecticut, Worcester, Massachusetts, Washington, D.C., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
List of people from Oregon
This is a list of notable people associated with the U.S. state of Oregon through either birth and/or residence.
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- Bruce Abbott (born 1954) – actor
- Kenneth Acker (born 1992) – cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers
- Duane Ackerson (born 1942) – poet
- Alvin P. Adams, Jr. (1942–2015) – diplomat
- Obo Addy (1936–2012) – worldbeat musician
- Brad Adkins (born 1973) – artist
- Brock Adams (