General Hartranft.

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  SKU: 98311

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• MEDIUM: Embossed multi-color color lithograph,

  DATE: c.1900.

• EDITION SIZE: Sheet size 8 1/2 x 6.5" (21.5 x 16 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: A cigar box label honoring Major General John Frederick Hartranft, a Union officer and Medal of Honor recipient from the American Civil War era. Printed by the Consolidated Lithographing Co. Brooklyn NY. Title registered Aug. 17th 1899. [Tobacco] Manufactured by C.E. Bair & Sons, Harrisburg, PA. <br><br> Apart from being a Major General and Medal of Honor recipient, John F. Hartranft (1830-1889) was also the individual who read the death warrant for those facing execution on July 7, 1865 in connection to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

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• CONDITION: Very good condition and color.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Ephemera , Cigar box labels