George and Austin Bidwell, The Bank of England and the Primrose Path – Part IIIby Rick Wilcox Welcome to week 85 of Bidwell Lore! This week we conclude our three-part series about George Bidwell and his younger brother Austin, who in the late 19th century managed to swindle the Bank of England out of a very large sum...
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Bidwell Lore – George and Austin Bidwell, The Bank of England and the Primrose Path, Part II
Welcome to week 84 of Bidwell Lore! Last week we introduced the story of George and Austin Bidwell, who notoriously defrauded the Bank of England in 1873. Now, let us go back to the beginning, starting with George and Austin’s parents. Austin Burnham Bidwell (1804-1865) married Laura Isabelle Butterfield in New York in 1832. Of their...
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Bidwell Lore: George and Austin Bidwell, The Bank of England and the Primrose Path
Welcome to week 83 of Bidwell Lore! This week we begin a three-part series about two notorious men on the Bidwell Family tree, George Bidwell and his younger brother Austin, who in the late 19th century managed to swindle the Bank of England out of a very large sum of money! I shall the effect of...