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EDUCATORS’ PERSPECTIVE Sources Brayer, Herbert O. William Blackmore: The Spanish-Mexican Land Grants of New Mex- ico and Colorado 1863–1878, Volume I. Brad- ford-Robinson: Denver, CO. 1949. Dary, David. Entrepreneurs of the Old West. Uni- versity Press of Kansas: Lawrence, KS. 1986. Keleher, William A. Maxwell Land Grant: Fac- simile of 1942 Edition. Sunstone Press: Santa Fe, NM. 2008. ___. Lucien Bonaparte Maxwell, Napoleon of the Southwest. University of Oklahoma Press: Norman, OK. 1983. Nolan, Frederick W. The West of Billy the Kid. University of Oklahoma Press: Norman, OK. 1998. Potter, Jack. “Death and Burial of Billy the Kid,” in Frederick W. Nolan, ed.: The Billy the Kid Reader. University of Oklahoma Press: Norman, OK. 2007. “L.B. Maxwell to be Honored Today as Empire Builder.” El Paso Times, 31. May 29, 1949. Utley, Robert M. Billy the Kid: A Short and Violent Life. University of Nebraska Press: Lincoln, NE. 1989. Montoya, María E. Translating Property: The Maxwell Land Grant and the Conflict over Land in the American West, 1840–1900. Uni- versity Press of Kansas: Lawrence, KS. 2005. Notes 1. Murphy, Lawrence R. “Lucien B. Maxwell: The Making of a Western Legend.” Arizona and the West 22, 109–124. 1980. According to Maxwell, “I realized that I had three chances at being killed on the spot in the next instant. First by being between the two men; next, when the Kid fell forward, the butcher knife he had used to cut meat THE JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOND & SHARE SOCIETY SCRIPOPHILY ENCOURAGING COLLECTING SINCE 1978 No.111 - DECEMBER 2019 Traveling with scripophily eyes open plunged close to my chest; and last, as I got out of bed to escape, I was stopped at the door by Deputy John Poe with his .45 in my stomach. The Deputy thought I was the Kid. I had a lot of explaining to do, pronto!” 2. The British investors organized The Max- well Land Grant and Railway Company to oversee the grant. The company was doomed from the beginning, as it was unable to deal successfully with existing settlers who often resorted to violence in response to the company’s edicts. The Panic of 1873 and the demand that the company pay back taxes of $12,500 to the territory of New Mexico forced it to declare bankruptcy in 1876. The grant was then sold by the New Mexican gov- ernment at auction to a group of Dutch investors who, though well capitalized, were no more successful than the British at managing the grant. INTERNATIONAL BOND & SHARE SOCIETY PUTTING FINANCIAL HISTORY IN YOUR HANDS Join the International Bond & Share Society, supporting collectors of vintage bonds and shares from all countries for over forty years. For $32, £20 or €25 annually, receive: – page 4 The Wars of the Atlantic Telegraph Cables ◆ Three issues a year of our full color 52 page journal Scripophily with news, – page 12 in-depth articles, auction reports and more ◆ Membership Directory listing dealers, auction houses and fellow collectors Worldwide Auctions $14,400 – page 24 The Railroad That Was a Bank ➠ CHANGES TO REPORTING ➠ MERINO WOOL IN IRELAND ➠ SELLING SCRIPOPHILY – page 20 Bloomberg Businessweek on Stocks and Bonds – page 3 Egyptomania Arises Again! – page 14 Marywil Company Exhibit in Poland – page 2 Scripophily on Philately – page 5 12    FINANCIAL HISTORY  |  Winter 2020  | www.MoAF.org ◆ Members-only part of the Society website, scripophily.org ◆ Members’ Newsletters with up-to-date information and event schedule For further information contact Robin Majlak Membership Secretary 824 Harbor Road Southport, CT 06890 Philip Atkinson Secretary 167 Barnett Wood Lane, Ashtead, Surrey KT21 2LP, UK [email protected] [email protected] Or visit our website www.scripophily.org