Kristie states that this cane is from the southern express company dated 1893 an has a name that says W. H. Hendee and I believe he was the president of this company. Please send any information on this item.
We found the following that may help others determine the value of this alligator cane; There is a book about the life of Henry Bradley Plant, founder and president of the Plant system of railroads and steamships and also of the Southern Express Company that was digitized by Google. In this book, Executives of the Southern Express Company write to Mr. and Mrs. H, B Plant asking them to accept this gift as an evidence of the affectionate regard in which they hold their honored President and his Wife.
They beg that you accept the testimonial, the spirit which has prompted it, and with the assurance
that to your ‘wedded love’ is indissolubly lined their respect, admiration and affection,
Henry Bradley Plant 305
Wolfe, P. B. Wilkes, W. J. Brown, F. R. Osborne, O. M. Sadler, C. T. Campbell, V. Spalding, H. C Fisher, M. F. Plant, F. J. Virgin, C. Pink, C. L Loop, W. C. Agee, F. Q. Brown, J. C. Stuart, L Minor, R. B. Smith, W. B. Menzies, John Lovette, E. J. Loughman, J. T. James, W. H. Hendee, S. E, Golibart, E. M. Williams, J. C. Barry, W. R. Twy man, E. C. Spence, L. Kuder, C. R. Smith, J. B Gartrell, M. Culliny, A. Welsh, G. W. Agee, C. L Myers, W. K. Haile, W. A. Mehegan, R. G. Erwin C. H. Albright, W. M. Shoemaker, H. C. Menden hall, G. H. Tilley, A. McD. Mailings, J. W. Gaines T. W. Leary, C. G. McCormick, W. W. Hulbert, K C. Barrett, M. F. Loughman, E. F. Gary, J. J. Cross well, E. J. Michelin, T. T. Weltch, Thomas Grier, R. A. Buckner, H. M. Smith, M. J. O’Brien, W. S McFarland, E. G. Williams.
This railroad being in Florida (alligator alley?) and W. H. Hendee an officer at the time matches with the alligator cane. We can not confirm this, but should help in further research.
Also found was “The Plant Line steamer La Grande Duchesse sailed this morning from Halifax for Charlottetown via Port Hawkesbury. The big liner was a little late in arriving yesterday owing to a short stoppage on the voyage, caused by a temporary derangement of the machinery. She brought 550 passengers, being some 200 or 300 less than on the previous trips … Prominent among those who came down in the steamer were W.H. Hendee of New York, private secretary of R.G. Ervin, president of the Plant system …” – [Halifax Daily Echo, 24 July 1899] ”
Also see the Federal Motor Company, Tulsa Okla which was incorporated with a capital stock of $13,000 by H. H. Gries, E. A. Ross and W. H. Hendee on May 13, 1915 which may offer pictures of Hendee with this cane?
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