Entitled: "General Grant, Jr. The smallest man living, 13 years old, 23 inches high, and weighs 18 1/2 pounds, as he appeared at Barnum's Museum, New York" standing next to an unidentified man. Edmund Newell (July 27, 1857 - December 23, 1915), better known as General Grant Jr. or Major Edward Newell, was a 19th century dwarf from Chicago who gained fame as an associate of P. T. Barnum. Edmund married Minnie Warren in 1877.

Entitled: "General Grant, Jr. The smallest man living, 13 years old, 23 inches high, and weighs 18 1/2 pounds, as he appeared at Barnum's Museum, New York" standing next to an unidentified man. Edmund Newell (July 27, 1857 - December 23, 1915), better known as General Grant Jr. or Major Edward Newell, was a 19th century dwarf from Chicago who gained fame as an associate of P. T. Barnum. Edmund married Minnie Warren in 1877. Stock Photo
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2901 x 4800 px | 24.6 x 40.6 cm | 9.7 x 16 inches | 300dpi

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Edmund Newell AKA General Grant Jr.