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Boston and New Mexico Cattle Company Stock - with Fraudulent Surveyor General (90553)

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Boston and New Mexico Cattle Company Stock - with Fraudulent Surveyor General  (90553)
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# 667 for 1000 shares to GH Peck treasurer. Signed by HB Clark and HN Atkinson president. Dateline 1882 Santa Fe. Offices in Boston and Santa Fe. Not cancelled. Cattle Drive vignette above a large town. J Knauber printer of Milwaukee. Cut short on left. No edge, corner pin hole or discoloration issues. Extra fine. Atkinson and his company were heavily involved in land grant speculation in the territory. Atkinson was New Mexico's surveyor general at the time. "Atkinson proved to be more corrupt than Proudfit (previous surveyor general). He entered into investment relationships with land grant attorneys, purchased deeds for land grants under consideration by his office and actively recruited buyers for land grant investments." [Natural Resources Journal, Land Grant Speculation in New Mexico during the Territorial Period by Correia] Ken Prag Collection

Date: 1882
City/County: San Miguel County
State: New Mexico