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BENJAMIN F. BUTLER 1891 Signed Stock Certificate

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Benjamin "Beast" Butler Signed Georgia Stock Certificate

BENJAMIN F. BUTLER, Union Civil War General and Politician.
March 23, 1891, Partially-Printed Document, being a Stock Certificate of the Georgia-Alabama Investment Company Signed, "Benj. Butler," measuring 8" x 11," Choice Extremely Fine. Benjamin Butler, the Civil War General, who was known as the "Beast of New Orleans," has signed this certificate as President of the company. A very nice quality example of this scarce and colorful stock form, showing the Yankee intervention in the Southern Economy after the Civil War, and would be excellent for framing and display.

Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818-1893) was an American General and politician. During the Civil War, he became Brigadier General of the Massachusetts militia and Major General of volunteers, commanding the land forces which captured New Orleans in 1862. As Military Governor of that city, he earned the name "Beast Butler." After seven months, he was charged with corruption and dismissed. Butler served as a U.S. Representative and Governor of Massachusetts, and in 1884 ran unsuccessfully as the presidential candidate of the Anti-Monopoly Party and the Greenback-Labor Party.

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