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New Mexico Cattle Company Stocks, 4 [173748]

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Industrial Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,000.00 USD
New Mexico Cattle Company Stocks, 4    [173748]
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275.00USDto m********e+ buyer's premium (68.75)
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4 New Mexico cattle company stocks, all issued. 1882 Boston and New Mexico Cattle. # 666 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]. Horse Springs Cattle, 1886. Mimbres River Cattle, # 11 for 40 shares to EE Burdick. Signed by DE Hathaway and president EE Burdick. Organized January 1, 1884. Incorporated July 7, 1885. Dateline 1885. Location Lake Valley,Dona Ana County. Not cancelled. Crocker & Co San Francisco printer. Red ink has run. Small stains and nicks at borders. By 1890 the Mimbres owned a home range in Grant County and also additional acreage in Lake Valley. The Lake Valley property was excellent rangeland. Burdick was described as a pioneering mining and cattleman in New Mexico in his obituary. El Capitan Land and Cattle. # 62 for $1000. Dated Fort Stanton, Lincoln County, New Mexico, July first, 1885. Issued to Horace K Thurber. Countersigned by Thurber. Thurber was said to have "The heaviest grocery firm in the United States" in 1885 [Las Cruces Sun-news] Issued and uncancelled. Black on white with large steer on upper left with ornate title to right. Cut unevenly at bottom. Today the El Capitan Land and Cattle has 27,000 acres valued at $13,250,000! (This certificate only has collector value!) New Mexico