GOOD FORTUNE IN THE LOTTERYREALIZED.Boston, May12, 1791.ON Monday laſt, Meſſrs.Edward EſtyandOliver Johnſon,of Weſtmoreland in the State of New-hampſhire, produced the ticket No. 6052, which drew the higheſt prize (TEN THOUSANDDOLLARS) in the Semi-annual Lottery, to Mr. JOHN KNEELAND, (the Manager who ſigned that number, and whoſe tickets have been remarkable for drawing the higheſt prizes) who gave them a check on the Bank for their money, which they received the next day.A circumſtance relating to the purchaſe of this ticket may be worth relating. The owners of it were at Charleſtown, late on the Saturday evening preceding the drawing of the lottery, and had mounted their horſes to go on their way home, before they recollected wanting a ticket. Mr. Bridge (who ſold tickets in Charleſtown) happened to be then up, at his houſe—and went to his ſtore, in the dark, and from his deſk took the fortunate number, and sold it to the above fortunate perſons.Salem Gazette,May 17, 1791.
GOOD FORTUNE IN THE LOTTERYREALIZED.
Boston, May12, 1791.
ON Monday laſt, Meſſrs.Edward EſtyandOliver Johnſon,of Weſtmoreland in the State of New-hampſhire, produced the ticket No. 6052, which drew the higheſt prize (TEN THOUSANDDOLLARS) in the Semi-annual Lottery, to Mr. JOHN KNEELAND, (the Manager who ſigned that number, and whoſe tickets have been remarkable for drawing the higheſt prizes) who gave them a check on the Bank for their money, which they received the next day.
A circumſtance relating to the purchaſe of this ticket may be worth relating. The owners of it were at Charleſtown, late on the Saturday evening preceding the drawing of the lottery, and had mounted their horſes to go on their way home, before they recollected wanting a ticket. Mr. Bridge (who ſold tickets in Charleſtown) happened to be then up, at his houſe—and went to his ſtore, in the dark, and from his deſk took the fortunate number, and sold it to the above fortunate perſons.
Salem Gazette,May 17, 1791.
Dartmouth College scheme, as advertised in the "Salem Gazette" in 1796.
Dartmouth College Lottery.CLASS SECOND.THE Managers of Dartmouth College Lottery preſent to the Public the following Scheme of the Second Claſs, in which they have aimed to meet their wiſhes by making a largerproportion of valuable prizes than uſual; they flatter themſelves that the ſame Public Spirit will be displayed, by encouraging the ſale of Tickets in this, that was ſo fully manifeſted in the former Claſs.SCHEME.PrizesDolls.Dolls.1of3000is30001100010004500are20001020020002010020003050150080201600100101000165069900————1896Prizes.24,0004140Blanks.——6000Tickets, at 4 Dollars each, are24,000.Subject to a deduction of twelve and an half per cent.Of the above prizes of 500 Dollars, one of them will be placed to the firſt drawn blank, and the other three to the three laſt drawn blanks.This Claſs will poſitively commence drawing at Concord, on the 1ſt day of December next;and when completed, a liſt of Prizes will be immediately publiſhed, and the prizes paid on demand.JONATHAN FREEMAN,}Managers.BENJAMIN CONNOR,WILLIAM J. KENT,Concord, Aug. 17, 1796.TICKETS ſold by JOHN JENKS and CUSHING & CARLTON.
Dartmouth College Lottery.
CLASS SECOND.
THE Managers of Dartmouth College Lottery preſent to the Public the following Scheme of the Second Claſs, in which they have aimed to meet their wiſhes by making a largerproportion of valuable prizes than uſual; they flatter themſelves that the ſame Public Spirit will be displayed, by encouraging the ſale of Tickets in this, that was ſo fully manifeſted in the former Claſs.
SCHEME.
PrizesDolls.Dolls.1of3000is30001100010004500are20001020020002010020003050150080201600100101000165069900————1896Prizes.24,0004140Blanks.——6000Tickets, at 4 Dollars each, are24,000.
Subject to a deduction of twelve and an half per cent.
Of the above prizes of 500 Dollars, one of them will be placed to the firſt drawn blank, and the other three to the three laſt drawn blanks.
This Claſs will poſitively commence drawing at Concord, on the 1ſt day of December next;and when completed, a liſt of Prizes will be immediately publiſhed, and the prizes paid on demand.
JONATHAN FREEMAN,}Managers.BENJAMIN CONNOR,WILLIAM J. KENT,
Concord, Aug. 17, 1796.
TICKETS ſold by JOHN JENKS and CUSHING & CARLTON.
Harvard College appears to have seen the "misery of adventurers drawing blanks which were worth nothing," and remedied the matter in 1811, according to the following advertisement from the "Salem Gazette."
Look on this!THE serious evil which has fallen upon a great many adventurers, by purchasing Tickets in former lotteries, and drawing blanks which were worth nothing; appears now to be remedied.—The managers of the Fifth Class of Harvard College Lottery, have in their wisdom taken the misery of this evil into consideration and have given us a scheme preferable to any former one; by which it seems that from 20,000 to 50,000 dollars will bedistributed among persons whose tickets are drawn blanks in this lottery, which commences drawing in a few days; and the greater part of the Tickets are now sold.Whole and Quarter Ticketsfor sale at the Bookstore and Lottery Office ofHENRY WHIPPLE,June 7, 1811.No. 6, Wakefield Place.
Look on this!
THE serious evil which has fallen upon a great many adventurers, by purchasing Tickets in former lotteries, and drawing blanks which were worth nothing; appears now to be remedied.—The managers of the Fifth Class of Harvard College Lottery, have in their wisdom taken the misery of this evil into consideration and have given us a scheme preferable to any former one; by which it seems that from 20,000 to 50,000 dollars will bedistributed among persons whose tickets are drawn blanks in this lottery, which commences drawing in a few days; and the greater part of the Tickets are now sold.Whole and Quarter Ticketsfor sale at the Bookstore and Lottery Office of
HENRY WHIPPLE,June 7, 1811.No. 6, Wakefield Place.
A Boston paper of 1811 has the following:
Washington Monument LotteryWILL commence drawing in Baltimore the 4th day of September next.The Capital Prizes are1 of 50,000dollars,1 of 30,000,1 of 20,000,2 of 10,000,3 of 5,000,20 of 100 Tickets,And many of 2000, 1000, 500, &c. &c.Tickets and Quarters for Sale by Simpson and Caldwell, of Baltimore, who request all persons who wish to purchase Tickets and Quarters in the above Lottery, to forward their orders, post paid, enclosing cash, to Messrs. BRIDGE & RENOUF, No. 79,state street, Boston; and they may depend on their orders being promptly executed.Price of Tickets 11 dollars—Quarters 2 87.Aug. 13, 1811.
Washington Monument Lottery
WILL commence drawing in Baltimore the 4th day of September next.
The Capital Prizes are1 of 50,000dollars,1 of 30,000,1 of 20,000,2 of 10,000,3 of 5,000,20 of 100 Tickets,And many of 2000, 1000, 500, &c. &c.
Tickets and Quarters for Sale by Simpson and Caldwell, of Baltimore, who request all persons who wish to purchase Tickets and Quarters in the above Lottery, to forward their orders, post paid, enclosing cash, to Messrs. BRIDGE & RENOUF, No. 79,state street, Boston; and they may depend on their orders being promptly executed.
Price of Tickets 11 dollars—Quarters 2 87.
Aug. 13, 1811.
The "Union Canal Lottery" was got up in 1814 to benefit Boston and "make it advance like New York." Here is a notice of the scheme from a Salem paper,—
Union Canal Lottery.Firſt Claſs.—Twenty-Five Thouſand Dollars.It rarely happens that the object of a Lottery is interesting to the whole community. To save theMetropolis of New-Englandfrom declining in its commerce and consequence on the return of a general peace—to open its internal resources, to unite New-Hampshire & Vermont to Massachusetts, by bonds of mutual benefit, as permanent as the rivers and canals, by which their intercourse will be carried on—to make Boston advance like New York, supported by a populous, extensive and productive back country, areconsiderationsinto which every reflecting man, every merchant, and every owner of real estate, must enter and must feel. It is therefore, confidently expected, that a Lottery, granted to completethe great undertaking of opening Inland Navigation, will receive peculiar support; and thatmanywho have not been in the habit of adventuring in Lotteries, will be willing and desirous of contributing to the success of this for the sake ofits object.The Highest Prize will be paid in ninety days after the drawing shall be completed; and all other Prizes in sixty days, and payment will be made in bills generally current in Boston. Prizes must be demanded in one year from the end of the drawing of the Class.This Class will commence drawing in Boston, on the 12th December next.Tickets to be returned on or before the 2d December.BENJAMIN WELD,WILLIAM A. KENT,ANDREW SIGOURNEY,Boston, Nov.8, 1814.Managers.
Union Canal Lottery.
Firſt Claſs.—Twenty-Five Thouſand Dollars.
It rarely happens that the object of a Lottery is interesting to the whole community. To save theMetropolis of New-Englandfrom declining in its commerce and consequence on the return of a general peace—to open its internal resources, to unite New-Hampshire & Vermont to Massachusetts, by bonds of mutual benefit, as permanent as the rivers and canals, by which their intercourse will be carried on—to make Boston advance like New York, supported by a populous, extensive and productive back country, areconsiderationsinto which every reflecting man, every merchant, and every owner of real estate, must enter and must feel. It is therefore, confidently expected, that a Lottery, granted to completethe great undertaking of opening Inland Navigation, will receive peculiar support; and thatmanywho have not been in the habit of adventuring in Lotteries, will be willing and desirous of contributing to the success of this for the sake ofits object.
The Highest Prize will be paid in ninety days after the drawing shall be completed; and all other Prizes in sixty days, and payment will be made in bills generally current in Boston. Prizes must be demanded in one year from the end of the drawing of the Class.
This Class will commence drawing in Boston, on the 12th December next.
Tickets to be returned on or before the 2d December.
BENJAMIN WELD,WILLIAM A. KENT,ANDREW SIGOURNEY,Boston, Nov.8, 1814.Managers.
After lotteries had been drawn, notices frequently appeared in the papers announcing the names of the lucky prize-winners. For instance, a Boston paper of 1790 says: "The highest Prize (£3,000) in the New York Lottery was drawn by 2 deserving Servant girls of New York;" and in Sept. 21, 1793: "The highest prize in the 4th Class of the State Lottery ($1,000)was drawn by Mr. Benjamin Blodgett, of this town;" and the "Salem Gazette" of 1815 says: "Luther Martin, Esq., has drawn $15,000, the Highest prize in the Baltimore Hospital Lottery;" and it adds: "Those who envy the good Fortune of Mr. Martin will call on Cushing & Appleton for Tickets in the Harvard College Lottery." In November, 1790, the "Salem Gazette" says that the call for tickets in the Massachusetts Semi-annual Lottery "has been so great in the other States that the Managers expect to draw much sooner than the time which was at first mentioned;" also that the tickets in the Marblehead Lottery are meeting with a rapid sale; and concludes that "this does not indicate a scarcity of Cash."
Here are some curious advertisements:—
From the "Columbian Centinel," Boston, May 22, 1790.WilliamstownFREE SCHOOLLottery.We are authorised toaſſurethe Publick, and we doaſſurethem—that the 7th Claſs of this Lottery will not only commence drawing on Monday next, but willpoſitivelybecompletedonTueſdaymorning—and a liſt of Prizes will be published in theCentinelthe ſame week.The metropolis of Maſſachuſetts hath ever been celebrated for the attention it hath paid to the education of its youth. In the elder world, aFranklinhath been a living teſtimony of it, as well as in the younger. But not confined to the youth of the town is this benevolent diſpoſition—it extends to the remoteſt parts of the Commonwealth; and hath been abundantly manifeſted in the liberal encouragement given to the Williamſtown Free-School Lottery. The Claſs to be drawn on Monday next, will perhaps, be the laſt opportunity our citizens may have to gratify their humane wiſhes—which they will not let paſs unimproved, eſpecially as great pecuniary profitmayattend the gratification.
From the "Columbian Centinel," Boston, May 22, 1790.
WilliamstownFREE SCHOOLLottery.
We are authorised toaſſurethe Publick, and we doaſſurethem—that the 7th Claſs of this Lottery will not only commence drawing on Monday next, but willpoſitivelybecompletedonTueſdaymorning—and a liſt of Prizes will be published in theCentinelthe ſame week.
The metropolis of Maſſachuſetts hath ever been celebrated for the attention it hath paid to the education of its youth. In the elder world, aFranklinhath been a living teſtimony of it, as well as in the younger. But not confined to the youth of the town is this benevolent diſpoſition—it extends to the remoteſt parts of the Commonwealth; and hath been abundantly manifeſted in the liberal encouragement given to the Williamſtown Free-School Lottery. The Claſs to be drawn on Monday next, will perhaps, be the laſt opportunity our citizens may have to gratify their humane wiſhes—which they will not let paſs unimproved, eſpecially as great pecuniary profitmayattend the gratification.
"Salem Gazette," Nov. 24, 1812.GALVANISM.It has been found by Dr.Nauche, at Paris, that a person perfectly blind may be made to see very lively and numerous flashes of light, by bringing one extremity of the voltaic pile into communication with the hand or foot, and the other with the face, skin of the head, or even the neck. In like manner, a person in the gloom of poverty may be made to perceive very lively and numerous flashes (say 20,000) of good fortune by bringing one extremity of a ragged bank bill into communication with the Book-Store and theother with the Lottery-Office, one door west of Central Building.N.B.—Two grand piles are now offered to the public—Harvard College, where the process is now in active operation, and Plymouth Beach which is in a state of preparation.
"Salem Gazette," Nov. 24, 1812.
GALVANISM.
It has been found by Dr.Nauche, at Paris, that a person perfectly blind may be made to see very lively and numerous flashes of light, by bringing one extremity of the voltaic pile into communication with the hand or foot, and the other with the face, skin of the head, or even the neck. In like manner, a person in the gloom of poverty may be made to perceive very lively and numerous flashes (say 20,000) of good fortune by bringing one extremity of a ragged bank bill into communication with the Book-Store and theother with the Lottery-Office, one door west of Central Building.
N.B.—Two grand piles are now offered to the public—Harvard College, where the process is now in active operation, and Plymouth Beach which is in a state of preparation.
"Salem Gazette."WritingTaught in One Leſſon!!PERSONS of any age, sex, or capacity,let their Chirography be never so bad,may byoneexercisemake avery good handof it.The means are found in the Scheme of Harvard College Lottery, which contains a most superb assortment of capital prizes. Persons desirous of securing the advantage of thisdispatchfultuition will apply (wholes $5, quarters 1.38) toCushing & Appleton, at their Lottery Office and Bookstore, one door west of Central Building.1811.
"Salem Gazette."
Writing
Taught in One Leſſon!!
PERSONS of any age, sex, or capacity,let their Chirography be never so bad,may byoneexercisemake avery good handof it.The means are found in the Scheme of Harvard College Lottery, which contains a most superb assortment of capital prizes. Persons desirous of securing the advantage of thisdispatchfultuition will apply (wholes $5, quarters 1.38) toCushing & Appleton, at their Lottery Office and Bookstore, one door west of Central Building.
1811.
From "Salem Gazette.""WHO WANTS A GUINEA?"THIS Comedy by Coleman, has for some years past, been often read and justly admired; the name now appears to have lost its novelty.Something of greater magnitude is wished for; something which will furnish the possessor with more than a competency; which will assist the industrious and enterprizing man, in accomplishing his laudable wishes.This surely must be the true Philosopher's Stone, which wise men of all ages have sought for in vain.—This inestimable Gem, with some of the virtues usually ascribed to it—will, after the Fifth Class of Harvard College Lottery has completed drawing, belong to some person or persons who will now generously lend a hand to patronise this excellent institution.Those who are disposed from motives of interest or actuated by a wish to promote and encourage literature; will please call forWholeorQuarter Tickets, at theBook-StoreandLottery OfficeofHENRY WHIPPLE,May 17, 1711.No. 6, Wakefield Place.
From "Salem Gazette."
"WHO WANTS A GUINEA?"
THIS Comedy by Coleman, has for some years past, been often read and justly admired; the name now appears to have lost its novelty.
Something of greater magnitude is wished for; something which will furnish the possessor with more than a competency; which will assist the industrious and enterprizing man, in accomplishing his laudable wishes.
This surely must be the true Philosopher's Stone, which wise men of all ages have sought for in vain.—This inestimable Gem, with some of the virtues usually ascribed to it—will, after the Fifth Class of Harvard College Lottery has completed drawing, belong to some person or persons who will now generously lend a hand to patronise this excellent institution.
Those who are disposed from motives of interest or actuated by a wish to promote and encourage literature; will please call forWholeorQuarter Tickets, at theBook-StoreandLottery Officeof
HENRY WHIPPLE,May 17, 1711.No. 6, Wakefield Place.
"Salem Gazette."Surprising Gain!IT is true as strange, and strange as true, that the wheels of Harvard College Lottery have actually gained, in the few revolutions they have made, no less than☞ 5157 Dollars! ☜Now is the tide, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune, as the immortal Shakespeare would say.The undrawn tickets have all the advantage of this gain, in addition to the common chance at the outset. A few for sale (wholes 6 dolls. quarters 1.63) at Cushing and Appleton's superlatively lucky Lottery & Exchange office, and federal book shop, one door west of Central Building, Essex street.
"Salem Gazette."
Surprising Gain!
IT is true as strange, and strange as true, that the wheels of Harvard College Lottery have actually gained, in the few revolutions they have made, no less than
☞ 5157 Dollars! ☜
Now is the tide, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune, as the immortal Shakespeare would say.The undrawn tickets have all the advantage of this gain, in addition to the common chance at the outset. A few for sale (wholes 6 dolls. quarters 1.63) at Cushing and Appleton's superlatively lucky Lottery & Exchange office, and federal book shop, one door west of Central Building, Essex street.
In 1808 there was a "Real and truly Fortunate Lottery Office" at No. 1 Summer Street, Boston, and Detroit Bank bills were taken in payment for tickets.
Truly fortunateReal and truly FortunateLOTTERY OFFICE, No. 1 Summer street, opposite the North west corner of theNew State House—D. BEMAN'S list of Capital Prizes, sold by him at hisReal and truly Fortunate Lottery Office—as follows,No. 9031,a Prize of8000Dolls.14459a Prize of1000do.8638a Prize of500do.8950a Prize of500do.39a Prize of500do.3988a Prize of500do.12722a Prize of200do.Besides a great number of 100—50—20, and 7 Dollar Prizes—amounting to a handsome Fortune—over the whole cost of all the Tickets ever sold at his office.... This is to be considered theRealandTrulyFortunate Lottery Office.☞ Tickets, Quarters & Eighths in the 4th Class of Harvard College, which is now drawing—10,000 Dollars highest prize. A complete list of all the Drawing may be seen days and evenings, gratis.Prize Tickets and Detroit Bank Bills taken in payment; such as are guaranteed are taken at par. and those of another kind at a discount.June 3. (5w)
Truly fortunate
Real and truly Fortunate
LOTTERY OFFICE, No. 1 Summer street, opposite the North west corner of theNew State House—
D. BEMAN'S list of Capital Prizes, sold by him at hisReal and truly Fortunate Lottery Office—as follows,
No. 9031,a Prize of8000Dolls.14459a Prize of1000do.8638a Prize of500do.8950a Prize of500do.39a Prize of500do.3988a Prize of500do.12722a Prize of200do.
Besides a great number of 100—50—20, and 7 Dollar Prizes—amounting to a handsome Fortune—over the whole cost of all the Tickets ever sold at his office.... This is to be considered theRealandTrulyFortunate Lottery Office.
☞ Tickets, Quarters & Eighths in the 4th Class of Harvard College, which is now drawing—10,000 Dollars highest prize. A complete list of all the Drawing may be seen days and evenings, gratis.
Prize Tickets and Detroit Bank Bills taken in payment; such as are guaranteed are taken at par. and those of another kind at a discount.
June 3. (5w)
The highest prize in the ProvidenceEpiscopal ChurchLottery was $8,000, and the drawing was to begin on Sept. 29, 1800. Tickets were sold in Boston at E. & S. Larkin's,47 Cornhill. Gilbert & Dean, 56 State Street, Boston, make the following exhibit of the Golden Shower in 1803.
It is impoſſible to tell on whom theGOLDEN SHOWERwill fall!Golden showerYE that have the leaſt reliſh to obtain 8000 dollars for a trifling ſum, be "up and doing!" The third claſs of Hadley Lottery, will commence drawing the 15th of June.Remark.—The object of this Lottery is of great public utility—that of improvingSouth Hadley Canal, in order to make it permanent and beneficial to the public—and the Proprietors, in this arduous undertaking, have to cut through an entire maſs of rocks forthreemiles! Laudable and praiſe-worthy perſeverance!Tickets for ſale by GILBERT & DEAN,MagazineandLottery Office, No. 56,State-Street,where acorrect liſt of all the prizes and blanks will be exhibited, during the drawing.May 25, 1803.
It is impoſſible to tell on whom theGOLDEN SHOWERwill fall!
Golden shower
YE that have the leaſt reliſh to obtain 8000 dollars for a trifling ſum, be "up and doing!" The third claſs of Hadley Lottery, will commence drawing the 15th of June.
Remark.—The object of this Lottery is of great public utility—that of improvingSouth Hadley Canal, in order to make it permanent and beneficial to the public—and the Proprietors, in this arduous undertaking, have to cut through an entire maſs of rocks forthreemiles! Laudable and praiſe-worthy perſeverance!
Tickets for ſale by GILBERT & DEAN,MagazineandLottery Office, No. 56,State-Street,where acorrect liſt of all the prizes and blanks will be exhibited, during the drawing.
May 25, 1803.
In the "Salem Gazette" will be found the advertisements of two of the College Lotteries. Rhode Island College is now Brown University.
R. Iſland College Lottery.THE Corporation of the College, wiſhing to discharge in the beſt manner the truſts repoſed in them for the education of youth, and finding their funds inadequate to this purpoſe, have obtained of the General Aſſembly of the ſtate ofRhode-IſlandandProvidence Plantationsthe grant of a Lottery. As the ſole object of this is the public good, it is hoped that the exertions of the Corporation will meet the wiſhes and ſecure the co-operation of all the friends of ſcience and virtue. The College was founded entirely by the generoſity of individuals. Though it has received no patronage from the legiſlative body, yet through the aſſiduous labours of its officers it has become conſiderably diſtinguiſhed, &, it is hoped, has merited the attention of the public. It, however, is under great diſadvantages for want of larger pecuniary reſources. Of the neceſſity of theſe for the eſtabliſhment of a complete ſyſtem of liberal education,every one muſt be ſenſible who entertains a juſt conception of the vaſt extent of ſcience.—Thoſe who are diſpoſed to promote the Lottery now brought forward, may be aſſured that the whole buſineſs will be transacted with the utmoſt exactitude and fidelity. Of this they cannot doubt, when they are informed that the management of it is wholly under the direction of the following reſpectable Committee, appointed by the Corporation, viz.John Brown, Eſq.Welcome Arnold, Eſq. Mr.John Mason, Col.William Russell, and Mr.John P. Ives.The Subſcribers, being appointed by the Committee as Managers of the Lottery, and having given bonds according to law, now offer to the public the followingSCHEME.CLASS FIRST.dols.dols.1Prize of4000is400012000200021000are2000450020002010020004050200060301800100202000100012120003000927000————3328Prizes, amounting to46000Drawback,8000——9000Tickets, at 6 dollars each, are54000The drawing of this Lottery will commence on MONDAY, the 16th day of APRIL next, and continue till it ſhall be completed. A liſt of Prizes will be publiſhed in the Providence Gazette, and the Prizes paid on demand. Thoſe not called for within ſix months after the drawing of the Lottery, will be conſidered as generouſly given to the College.JOHN WHIPPLE,SAMUEL THURBER, jun.Providence, November 17, 1797.☞TICKETS in the above Lottery to be ſold at this Office, and atJohn Dutch's Auction Room,Eſſex-Street.
R. Iſland College Lottery.
THE Corporation of the College, wiſhing to discharge in the beſt manner the truſts repoſed in them for the education of youth, and finding their funds inadequate to this purpoſe, have obtained of the General Aſſembly of the ſtate ofRhode-IſlandandProvidence Plantationsthe grant of a Lottery. As the ſole object of this is the public good, it is hoped that the exertions of the Corporation will meet the wiſhes and ſecure the co-operation of all the friends of ſcience and virtue. The College was founded entirely by the generoſity of individuals. Though it has received no patronage from the legiſlative body, yet through the aſſiduous labours of its officers it has become conſiderably diſtinguiſhed, &, it is hoped, has merited the attention of the public. It, however, is under great diſadvantages for want of larger pecuniary reſources. Of the neceſſity of theſe for the eſtabliſhment of a complete ſyſtem of liberal education,every one muſt be ſenſible who entertains a juſt conception of the vaſt extent of ſcience.—Thoſe who are diſpoſed to promote the Lottery now brought forward, may be aſſured that the whole buſineſs will be transacted with the utmoſt exactitude and fidelity. Of this they cannot doubt, when they are informed that the management of it is wholly under the direction of the following reſpectable Committee, appointed by the Corporation, viz.John Brown, Eſq.Welcome Arnold, Eſq. Mr.John Mason, Col.William Russell, and Mr.John P. Ives.
The Subſcribers, being appointed by the Committee as Managers of the Lottery, and having given bonds according to law, now offer to the public the following
SCHEME.
CLASS FIRST.
dols.dols.1Prize of4000is400012000200021000are2000450020002010020004050200060301800100202000100012120003000927000————3328Prizes, amounting to46000Drawback,8000——9000Tickets, at 6 dollars each, are54000
The drawing of this Lottery will commence on MONDAY, the 16th day of APRIL next, and continue till it ſhall be completed. A liſt of Prizes will be publiſhed in the Providence Gazette, and the Prizes paid on demand. Thoſe not called for within ſix months after the drawing of the Lottery, will be conſidered as generouſly given to the College.
JOHN WHIPPLE,SAMUEL THURBER, jun.
JOHN WHIPPLE,SAMUEL THURBER, jun.
Providence, November 17, 1797.
☞TICKETS in the above Lottery to be ſold at this Office, and atJohn Dutch's Auction Room,Eſſex-Street.
Harvard College Lottery.CLASS FIRST,Not two Blanks to a Prize.TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND TICKETS, at 5 Dollars each, are 125,000 Dollars, to be paid in the following Prizes, ſubject to a Deduction, oftwelve and an half per Cent.for the purpoſes of the Lottery.PrizesDols.Dols.1of10,000is10,00025,00010,00032,0006,00061,0006,000105005,000202004,000601006,00090504,500100404,000120303,600161203,220200102,0007,585860,680——————8,358Prizes,125,00016,642Blanks.———25,000☞ THE above Claſs willpoſitivelycommence drawing in theRepresentatives' Chamber, inBoston, on THURSDAY, 13th November next, and will continue from day to day, and becompletedwith allpoſſible diſpatch.A liſt of Prizes will beimmediatelypubliſhed, and the Prizes paidon demand.The Managers believe it enough, to induce the Public to become Adventurers, to inform them, that the object of thisLotteryis to erect a new Building, at theUniversityin Cambridge, for the further accommodation of the Students. The Friends of literatureare to be found every where, and when its cauſe can be ſerved, and agood chancefor perſonal emolument at the ſame time preſents itſelf; this double inducement, it is conceived,muſtoperate in favor of the Lottery.The Managers of this Lottery, had the conducting of the late State Lottery—the Public will do them the juſtice to ſay, that theſtricteſt punctualityas to the time fixed for Drawing, and in the payment of Prizes, was obſerved by them in that Lottery—they pledge themſelves for the ſame punctuality in this.BENJAMIN AUSTIN, jun.}Managers.GEORGE R. MINOT,SAMUEL COOPER,HENRY WARREN,JOHN KNEELAND,Boſton, July 14, 1794.☞ TICKETS are ſold by J. JENKS, D. JENKS, J. HATHORNE, J. DABNEY, and W. CARLTON, Salem.
Harvard College Lottery.
CLASS FIRST,
Not two Blanks to a Prize.
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND TICKETS, at 5 Dollars each, are 125,000 Dollars, to be paid in the following Prizes, ſubject to a Deduction, oftwelve and an half per Cent.for the purpoſes of the Lottery.
PrizesDols.Dols.1of10,000is10,00025,00010,00032,0006,00061,0006,000105005,000202004,000601006,00090504,500100404,000120303,600161203,220200102,0007,585860,680——————8,358Prizes,125,00016,642Blanks.———25,000
☞ THE above Claſs willpoſitivelycommence drawing in theRepresentatives' Chamber, inBoston, on THURSDAY, 13th November next, and will continue from day to day, and becompletedwith allpoſſible diſpatch.A liſt of Prizes will beimmediatelypubliſhed, and the Prizes paidon demand.
The Managers believe it enough, to induce the Public to become Adventurers, to inform them, that the object of thisLotteryis to erect a new Building, at theUniversityin Cambridge, for the further accommodation of the Students. The Friends of literatureare to be found every where, and when its cauſe can be ſerved, and agood chancefor perſonal emolument at the ſame time preſents itſelf; this double inducement, it is conceived,muſtoperate in favor of the Lottery.
The Managers of this Lottery, had the conducting of the late State Lottery—the Public will do them the juſtice to ſay, that theſtricteſt punctualityas to the time fixed for Drawing, and in the payment of Prizes, was obſerved by them in that Lottery—they pledge themſelves for the ſame punctuality in this.
BENJAMIN AUSTIN, jun.}Managers.GEORGE R. MINOT,SAMUEL COOPER,HENRY WARREN,JOHN KNEELAND,
Boſton, July 14, 1794.
☞ TICKETS are ſold by J. JENKS, D. JENKS, J. HATHORNE, J. DABNEY, and W. CARLTON, Salem.
Major Benjamin Russell, in the "Boston Columbian Centinel," March 26, 1791, says:
TheNationalandState Legiſlaturesbeing in receſs, there is a "plentiful ſcarcity" of domeſtick occurrences, at this time.—This is locally remedied by theLottery, which ſeems to arreſt the attention of all ranks of citizens.—To deſcribe the ſymptoms of thediſeaſeis impoſſible—all are faſcinated—all expect to be the favoured children of Fortune.—The rich court her ſmiles, as eagerly as the poor—and whilſt, O! fickle Goddeſs, theYoungpour forth their ſupplications for thy favours,"With falt'ring pace, and feeble knee,SeeAgeadvance, in ſhameleſs haſte;The palſied hand is ſtretch'd to thee,ForWealth,it wants the pow'r to taſte."The deluſion is general—and general muſt the mortification be. But as attention muſt be paid to the infatuation—we have endeavoured, by a regular publication of the fortunate numbers, to alleviate its frenzy.
TheNationalandState Legiſlaturesbeing in receſs, there is a "plentiful ſcarcity" of domeſtick occurrences, at this time.—This is locally remedied by theLottery, which ſeems to arreſt the attention of all ranks of citizens.—To deſcribe the ſymptoms of thediſeaſeis impoſſible—all are faſcinated—all expect to be the favoured children of Fortune.—The rich court her ſmiles, as eagerly as the poor—and whilſt, O! fickle Goddeſs, theYoungpour forth their ſupplications for thy favours,
"With falt'ring pace, and feeble knee,SeeAgeadvance, in ſhameleſs haſte;The palſied hand is ſtretch'd to thee,ForWealth,it wants the pow'r to taſte."
"With falt'ring pace, and feeble knee,SeeAgeadvance, in ſhameleſs haſte;The palſied hand is ſtretch'd to thee,ForWealth,it wants the pow'r to taſte."
The deluſion is general—and general muſt the mortification be. But as attention muſt be paid to the infatuation—we have endeavoured, by a regular publication of the fortunate numbers, to alleviate its frenzy.
On March 29, 1814, Messrs. Bridge and Renouf, the well-known brokers, of 79 State Street, Boston, gave notice that a prize of $500—No. 3,394—"had" been "drawn in the Plymouth Beach Lottery." This number had been "sold by them to several young Gentlemen who purchased 30 Tickets;" and they also announced that the drawing was "suspended until the next Tuesday, when thefirst drawn ticket will be the highest prize,Twenty thousand Dollars;" and besides this, that "there are remaining to be drawn four prizes of $1,000 each, and four prizes of $500 each."
It should be noticed that there was, even in its most flourishing days, a difference of opinion among individuals in regard to the morality of the lottery, as men must differ on all subjects; so that it is perhaps only fair to cite a specimen or two of the communications which appeared in the papers in reference thereto. A writer in the "Salem Gazette," June 29, 1790, says:—
OF LOTTERIES.Lotteries have of late been a very productive ſource of revenue in this State.—The moral tendency of them has been ſuppoſed by ſome to be injurious to ſociety; and government have been careful to grant them for ſuch purpoſes only, as that the probable benefit ſhould outweigh the evil. By this means we have ſeen the intereſts of literature ſupported—the arts encouraged—the waſtes of war repaired—inundations prevented—the burthen of taxes leſſened, &c. Manufactures might alſo in this way be eſtabliſhed. Thoſe which will not ſupportthemſelves, it is true, will not benefit the community; but there are very important ones, which in their infancy require the nurſing hand of government—to ſuch the produce of lotteries might be beneficially applied. There exiſts a ſpirit of adventure in all ſocieties, which will lead a number to throw themſelves into the hands of Chance in one way or another, & which, under the direction of a wiſe Legiſlature, may be made to ſubſerve their beſt intereſts. The monies raiſed by lotteries cannot impoveriſh the community—as they are not ſent abroad, but only taken out of one pocket and put into another.
OF LOTTERIES.
Lotteries have of late been a very productive ſource of revenue in this State.—The moral tendency of them has been ſuppoſed by ſome to be injurious to ſociety; and government have been careful to grant them for ſuch purpoſes only, as that the probable benefit ſhould outweigh the evil. By this means we have ſeen the intereſts of literature ſupported—the arts encouraged—the waſtes of war repaired—inundations prevented—the burthen of taxes leſſened, &c. Manufactures might alſo in this way be eſtabliſhed. Thoſe which will not ſupportthemſelves, it is true, will not benefit the community; but there are very important ones, which in their infancy require the nurſing hand of government—to ſuch the produce of lotteries might be beneficially applied. There exiſts a ſpirit of adventure in all ſocieties, which will lead a number to throw themſelves into the hands of Chance in one way or another, & which, under the direction of a wiſe Legiſlature, may be made to ſubſerve their beſt intereſts. The monies raiſed by lotteries cannot impoveriſh the community—as they are not ſent abroad, but only taken out of one pocket and put into another.
There is also in the same paper, of Feb. 25, 1794, another communication, in which the writer apparently takes an entirely opposite view, and quotes a letter of Joel Barlow to the National Convention of France, in which will be found some rather strong language. When one considers the place where these views appear to have been adopted, and recollects the horrible scenes of the French Revolution, which were even then being enacted, one wonders whether the French authorities valued human life as much as they did property.
ON PUBLIC LOTTERIES.MR. CUSHING,AS our Legislature have lately had under consideration a bill, for granting a Lottery to Harvard College, I beg you will publish what our countryman, Mr.Barlow, said on the subject of Public Lotteries, in his Letter to the National Convention of France. It is as follows:"SINCE I am treating of morals, the great object of all political inſtructions, I cannot avoid beſtowing ſome remarks on the ſubject ofPublic Lotteries. It is a ſhocking diſgrace of modern governments, that they are driven to this pitiful piece of knavery, to draw money from the people. But no circumſtance of this kind is ſo extraordinary as that this policy ſhould be continued in France, ſince the revolution; and that a ſtate lottery ſhould ſtill be reckoned among the permanent ſources of revenue. It has its origin in deception; and depends for its ſupport, onraiſing and diſappointing the hopes of individuals—on perpetually agitating the mind withunreaſonable deſires of gain—on clouding the underſtanding with ſuperſtitious ideas ofchance,deſtinyandfate—on diverting the attention from regular induſtry, and promoting auniverſal ſpirit of gambling,which carries all ſorts of vices into all claſſes of people. Whatever way we look into human affairs, we ſhall ever find that the bad organization of ſociety is the cauſe of more diſorders than could poſſibly ariſe from the natural temper of the heart. And what ſhall we ſay of a governmentthat avowedly ſteps forward, with the inſolence of an open enemy, and creates a new vice, for the ſake of loading it with a tax? What right has ſuch a government to puniſh our follies? And who can look without diſguſt on the impious figure it makes, in holding the ſcourge in one hand, and the temptation in the other? You cannot heſitate to declare, in your conſtitution,THAT ALL LOTTERIES SHALL BE FOREVER ABOLISHED."In November last, the Convention, in conformity with the foregoing sentiments, passed the following decree:"Lotteries, of whatever nature they may be, or under whatever denomination they may exiſt, are ſuppreſſed."
ON PUBLIC LOTTERIES.
MR. CUSHING,
AS our Legislature have lately had under consideration a bill, for granting a Lottery to Harvard College, I beg you will publish what our countryman, Mr.Barlow, said on the subject of Public Lotteries, in his Letter to the National Convention of France. It is as follows:
"SINCE I am treating of morals, the great object of all political inſtructions, I cannot avoid beſtowing ſome remarks on the ſubject ofPublic Lotteries. It is a ſhocking diſgrace of modern governments, that they are driven to this pitiful piece of knavery, to draw money from the people. But no circumſtance of this kind is ſo extraordinary as that this policy ſhould be continued in France, ſince the revolution; and that a ſtate lottery ſhould ſtill be reckoned among the permanent ſources of revenue. It has its origin in deception; and depends for its ſupport, onraiſing and diſappointing the hopes of individuals—on perpetually agitating the mind withunreaſonable deſires of gain—on clouding the underſtanding with ſuperſtitious ideas ofchance,deſtinyandfate—on diverting the attention from regular induſtry, and promoting auniverſal ſpirit of gambling,which carries all ſorts of vices into all claſſes of people. Whatever way we look into human affairs, we ſhall ever find that the bad organization of ſociety is the cauſe of more diſorders than could poſſibly ariſe from the natural temper of the heart. And what ſhall we ſay of a governmentthat avowedly ſteps forward, with the inſolence of an open enemy, and creates a new vice, for the ſake of loading it with a tax? What right has ſuch a government to puniſh our follies? And who can look without diſguſt on the impious figure it makes, in holding the ſcourge in one hand, and the temptation in the other? You cannot heſitate to declare, in your conſtitution,THAT ALL LOTTERIES SHALL BE FOREVER ABOLISHED."
In November last, the Convention, in conformity with the foregoing sentiments, passed the following decree:
"Lotteries, of whatever nature they may be, or under whatever denomination they may exiſt, are ſuppreſſed."
In 1791 the Massachusetts Legislature granted to the proprietors of the Cotton Manufactory in Beverly four hundred tickets in the lottery about to be drawn, and three hundred in the next Semi-annual State Lottery. "Some people, out-doors," says the "Salem Gazette," March 8, 1791, "murmur at this as an ill-judged act of liberality; but perhaps they are not acquainted with the arguments which induced the grant. The disposition of Government to foster our infantmanufactures is certainly laudable." This is unquestionably good reasoning; for, granted the premises that lotteries are ever beneficial, then there was no reason why aid should not in this way be extended to business enterprises which were to give employment to the people, as well as to schools and colleges. Employment must be provided as well as education. The Beverly Cotton Manufactory, Stone, in his History of Beverly, claims to be the first manufactory of its kind established in America, that at Pawtucket having been the second; and he also states that it was visited by General Washington on his tour through the country in 1789. The leading proprietors in this enterprise were George and Andrew Cabot, Israel Thorndike and Henry Higginson, men of the highest reputation in New England for integrity and honor.
From the "Salem Gazette," Dec. 25, 1812:The Hiſtorical Dictionary,ByEzra Sampson, author of the Beauties of the Bible, is one of the moſt uſeful little works of this nature which we have ſeen. It containsmuch in a ſmall compaſs.Its ſubjects are Natural and CivilHiſtory, Geography, Zoology, Botany and Mineralogy, arranged in alphabetical order, and explained in ſuch a neat and intelligible manner, as to render it worthy of being (according to its deſign) aCompanion for Youth.We ſelect the following article as a ſpecimen of the work.LOTTERY,A kind of public game at hazard, in order to raise money for the service of the state. A lottery consists of several numbers of blanks and prizes, which are drawn out of wheels, one of which contains the numbers of the tickets, and the other the corresponding blanks and prizes. Besides the consideration that this, as well as all other kinds of gambling for money, tends to corrupt the public morals, it is also to be considered that the purchasers of the tickets are never permitted to play the game on fair and equal ground. The world neither ever saw, nor ever will see, a perfectly fair lottery; or one in which the whole gain compensated the whole loss; because the undertaker could make nothing by it. In lotteries the tickets are really not worth the price which is paid by the original purchasers, and yet they often sell in the market at a considerable advance: the vain hope of gaining some of the great prizes is the cause of this demand. In order to have a better chance for some of the large prizes, some people purchase several tickets, and others small shares in a still greater number. There is not, however, a more certain proposition in mathematics, than that the more tickets you adventure upon, the more likely you are to be a loser. Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your tickets, the nearer you approach to this certainty.The above is ſurely a juſt account of the nature and principles of a Lottery; yet it does not deſtroy thefact, that, diſtributed as the tickets always are among thouſands, there muſt be ſome gainers, and that, in ſpite of mathematics, there is a lucky number, which muſt draw the capital prize in the Plymouth Beach Lottery (without any deduction) of 12000 dollars. Both theHiſtorical Dictionaryand LotteryTicketsmay be had at Cuſhing & Appleton's old ſtand, one door weſt of Central Building;—where BANK BILLS are exchanged.
From the "Salem Gazette," Dec. 25, 1812:
The Hiſtorical Dictionary,
ByEzra Sampson, author of the Beauties of the Bible, is one of the moſt uſeful little works of this nature which we have ſeen. It containsmuch in a ſmall compaſs.Its ſubjects are Natural and CivilHiſtory, Geography, Zoology, Botany and Mineralogy, arranged in alphabetical order, and explained in ſuch a neat and intelligible manner, as to render it worthy of being (according to its deſign) aCompanion for Youth.We ſelect the following article as a ſpecimen of the work.
LOTTERY,
A kind of public game at hazard, in order to raise money for the service of the state. A lottery consists of several numbers of blanks and prizes, which are drawn out of wheels, one of which contains the numbers of the tickets, and the other the corresponding blanks and prizes. Besides the consideration that this, as well as all other kinds of gambling for money, tends to corrupt the public morals, it is also to be considered that the purchasers of the tickets are never permitted to play the game on fair and equal ground. The world neither ever saw, nor ever will see, a perfectly fair lottery; or one in which the whole gain compensated the whole loss; because the undertaker could make nothing by it. In lotteries the tickets are really not worth the price which is paid by the original purchasers, and yet they often sell in the market at a considerable advance: the vain hope of gaining some of the great prizes is the cause of this demand. In order to have a better chance for some of the large prizes, some people purchase several tickets, and others small shares in a still greater number. There is not, however, a more certain proposition in mathematics, than that the more tickets you adventure upon, the more likely you are to be a loser. Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your tickets, the nearer you approach to this certainty.
The above is ſurely a juſt account of the nature and principles of a Lottery; yet it does not deſtroy thefact, that, diſtributed as the tickets always are among thouſands, there muſt be ſome gainers, and that, in ſpite of mathematics, there is a lucky number, which muſt draw the capital prize in the Plymouth Beach Lottery (without any deduction) of 12000 dollars. Both theHiſtorical Dictionaryand LotteryTicketsmay be had at Cuſhing & Appleton's old ſtand, one door weſt of Central Building;—where BANK BILLS are exchanged.
Lottery at the celebrated "Wayside Inn" at Sudbury in 1760.
THE Managers ofSudburyLottery, No. Two, hereby notify the Public, That they ſhall commence Drawing ſaid Lottery, on Friday the Thirtieth Day of May Inſtant, at the Houſe of Mr.William BryantInholder in ſaidSudbury.☞ A few Tickets are yet to be had of the Managers, andSamuel Hardcaſtleand the Printers hereof.Boston Gazette,May, 1760.
THE Managers ofSudburyLottery, No. Two, hereby notify the Public, That they ſhall commence Drawing ſaid Lottery, on Friday the Thirtieth Day of May Inſtant, at the Houſe of Mr.William BryantInholder in ſaidSudbury.☞ A few Tickets are yet to be had of the Managers, andSamuel Hardcaſtleand the Printers hereof.
Boston Gazette,May, 1760.
Some remarks in reference to supplying Bibles in the eastern part of Massachusetts by means of a lottery.
MR. RUSSELL,A FRIEND to religion, and one who wiſhes the memorial of a certain reſpectable ſociety may have a happy effect, but a zealous enemy to lotteries, aſked a member of an important body, the other day, whether he thought the General Court would grant a Lottery for the purpoſe of ſupplying every perſon in the eaſtern part of the Commonwealth with a bible, who is unable to purchaſe one, and for the pay of a miſſionary.—Let not the ſerious reader frown, as that member did; for if there is nothing contained in that ſacred book which can be thought oppoſed to this method of gambling, neither the one nor the other can give a ſubſtantial reaſon why, in the preſent rage for lotteries, the people ſhould not be indulged in raiſing money in the way moſt agreeable to their humour.PERSOLUS.Columbian Centinel,Feb. 26, 1791.
MR. RUSSELL,
A FRIEND to religion, and one who wiſhes the memorial of a certain reſpectable ſociety may have a happy effect, but a zealous enemy to lotteries, aſked a member of an important body, the other day, whether he thought the General Court would grant a Lottery for the purpoſe of ſupplying every perſon in the eaſtern part of the Commonwealth with a bible, who is unable to purchaſe one, and for the pay of a miſſionary.—Let not the ſerious reader frown, as that member did; for if there is nothing contained in that ſacred book which can be thought oppoſed to this method of gambling, neither the one nor the other can give a ſubſtantial reaſon why, in the preſent rage for lotteries, the people ſhould not be indulged in raiſing money in the way moſt agreeable to their humour.
PERSOLUS.
Columbian Centinel,Feb. 26, 1791.
MRS. CLARK AFLOAT.In the Ship Ann Maria arrived at New-Haven the following wax paſſengers, viz. King George III,Bonaparte,Waſhington,Jefferſon,Hamilton,Burr,Hillhouſe,Madiſon,Pickering,GilesandMrs. Mary Ann Clark.The Cuſtom-Houſe officers made priſoners of all theſe paſſengers for violating theNon-Importation Act, but being proved that they were of Eaſt-Haven manufacture and unconſcious of crime, we are happy to hear they have been all liberated. King George III. was taken in ſuch bad company as is a ſufficient proof that he iscrazy.Napoleon undoubtedly rejoiced when he beheld the faithful execution in our waters, of his continental ſyſtem. Waſhington and Hamilton were glad that they were in their graves, before their country had been plunged ſo deeply in diſgrace. Had not Pickering and Hillhouſe been indeed made ofwax,they would have thrown Bonaparte and Jefferſon overboard and given them the freedom of the Seas. If the cuſtom-house officers had kept poſſeſſion of Poor Madiſon, they could never have obtained much money for him, as he now is a ſorryfigure,ſince he has been ſcalped and tomahawked by Smith. Burr, the democratic vice-preſident and traitor, who has now gone home to France, ought to be exhibited for the inſtruction of the People, in every village. Giles muſt have been liable to have been York-ſhearedby Mrs. Clark, who, on a July day, when the weather was at blood heat, muſt have been in ameltingmood and ſuſceptible of impreſſions. But he is an advocate of Non-Intercourſe. The officers of the Revenue, notwithſtanding they were in ſuch atakingfit, and had conceived ſuch vain & high blown hope of the immenſe wealth they ſhould receive as the ranſom of their Captives, have not half ſo good a chance of aprizeas thoſe adventurers who will call at Cuſhing and Appleton's,one door weſt of central Building, and purchaſe a Ticket or quarter in Harvard College Lottery now drawing.Salem Gazette,July 12, 1811.
MRS. CLARK AFLOAT.
In the Ship Ann Maria arrived at New-Haven the following wax paſſengers, viz. King George III,Bonaparte,Waſhington,Jefferſon,Hamilton,Burr,Hillhouſe,Madiſon,Pickering,GilesandMrs. Mary Ann Clark.The Cuſtom-Houſe officers made priſoners of all theſe paſſengers for violating theNon-Importation Act, but being proved that they were of Eaſt-Haven manufacture and unconſcious of crime, we are happy to hear they have been all liberated. King George III. was taken in ſuch bad company as is a ſufficient proof that he iscrazy.Napoleon undoubtedly rejoiced when he beheld the faithful execution in our waters, of his continental ſyſtem. Waſhington and Hamilton were glad that they were in their graves, before their country had been plunged ſo deeply in diſgrace. Had not Pickering and Hillhouſe been indeed made ofwax,they would have thrown Bonaparte and Jefferſon overboard and given them the freedom of the Seas. If the cuſtom-house officers had kept poſſeſſion of Poor Madiſon, they could never have obtained much money for him, as he now is a ſorryfigure,ſince he has been ſcalped and tomahawked by Smith. Burr, the democratic vice-preſident and traitor, who has now gone home to France, ought to be exhibited for the inſtruction of the People, in every village. Giles muſt have been liable to have been York-ſhearedby Mrs. Clark, who, on a July day, when the weather was at blood heat, muſt have been in ameltingmood and ſuſceptible of impreſſions. But he is an advocate of Non-Intercourſe. The officers of the Revenue, notwithſtanding they were in ſuch atakingfit, and had conceived ſuch vain & high blown hope of the immenſe wealth they ſhould receive as the ranſom of their Captives, have not half ſo good a chance of aprizeas thoſe adventurers who will call at Cuſhing and Appleton's,one door weſt of central Building, and purchaſe a Ticket or quarter in Harvard College Lottery now drawing.
Salem Gazette,July 12, 1811.
Mr. Pardon Sheldon, a respectable citizen of Providence, was the fortunate holder of the $20,000 prize in the North Carolina Lottery which was drawn some days since.Salem Observer,Dec. 17, 1825.
Mr. Pardon Sheldon, a respectable citizen of Providence, was the fortunate holder of the $20,000 prize in the North Carolina Lottery which was drawn some days since.
Salem Observer,Dec. 17, 1825.
A Speedy Cure for a Broken Fortune.TO all those who bitterly complain of the great dearth of "the root of all evil," and a want of confidence in these speculating times, and who, tremblingly anticipate a long and doubtful conflict, in money operations the coming season, the following beautiful and brilliant schemes offer the means of a sure and an immediate relief.The Grand State Lottery, Fourth Class Extra, with a capital prize of $10,000, a prize of 500, and 5 prizes of 1000, will draw THIS DAY. Tickets $3 & parts in proportion.The Rhode-Island Lottery, First Class, New Series, highest prize 10,000, five prizes of 1,000, and a variety of smaller prizes, will draw on the 24thinst. Tickets $3 and parts in proportion. And last, though not least,The New-York Literature Lottery, Class No. 3, for 1825, with the truly splendid prizes of 100,000, 50,000, and 10,500 and smaller prizes to the amount of more than half a MILLION of DOLLARS, will draw on the 4th of January next. Tickets $50, and parts in proportion.ForPrizesin the above Lotteries apply toE.H. PAYSON,At Dana & Fenno's Office, Central street.Official Lists of the two first Lotteries will be received by E.H.P. on the evenings of the days of the drawings. tf Dec 10.Salem Observer,1825.
A Speedy Cure for a Broken Fortune.
TO all those who bitterly complain of the great dearth of "the root of all evil," and a want of confidence in these speculating times, and who, tremblingly anticipate a long and doubtful conflict, in money operations the coming season, the following beautiful and brilliant schemes offer the means of a sure and an immediate relief.
The Grand State Lottery, Fourth Class Extra, with a capital prize of $10,000, a prize of 500, and 5 prizes of 1000, will draw THIS DAY. Tickets $3 & parts in proportion.
The Rhode-Island Lottery, First Class, New Series, highest prize 10,000, five prizes of 1,000, and a variety of smaller prizes, will draw on the 24thinst. Tickets $3 and parts in proportion. And last, though not least,
The New-York Literature Lottery, Class No. 3, for 1825, with the truly splendid prizes of 100,000, 50,000, and 10,500 and smaller prizes to the amount of more than half a MILLION of DOLLARS, will draw on the 4th of January next. Tickets $50, and parts in proportion.
ForPrizesin the above Lotteries apply to
E.H. PAYSON,At Dana & Fenno's Office, Central street.
Official Lists of the two first Lotteries will be received by E.H.P. on the evenings of the days of the drawings. tf Dec 10.
Salem Observer,1825.
Fortune's Favourite Sons,ARE informed thatStonington Point Meeting-Houſe Lotterywill poſitively commence drawing the 19th of May—viz. this day four weeks. In this Lottery of only 6000 Tickets, are one of 3000 dollars—one of 1000—five of 500—two of 400—three of 300—ten of 200—twenty of 100, &c. Tickets for 3 Dollars, for ſale, and prizes in theEaſtern Stage Road Lottery,taken in pay.—Alſo Caſh paid for thoſe ſold byThomas Hildrup.N.B. Adventurers may know their fate from his Liſt of Prizes.Hartford, April 21, 1794.Connecticut Courant.
Fortune's Favourite Sons,
ARE informed thatStonington Point Meeting-Houſe Lotterywill poſitively commence drawing the 19th of May—viz. this day four weeks. In this Lottery of only 6000 Tickets, are one of 3000 dollars—one of 1000—five of 500—two of 400—three of 300—ten of 200—twenty of 100, &c. Tickets for 3 Dollars, for ſale, and prizes in theEaſtern Stage Road Lottery,taken in pay.—Alſo Caſh paid for thoſe ſold byThomas Hildrup.
N.B. Adventurers may know their fate from his Liſt of Prizes.
Hartford, April 21, 1794.
Connecticut Courant.
To show how largely men's minds—and perhaps women's too—were filled with the lottery mania, if we may so call it, in the days of which we are writing, we will introduce a Southern scheme from the "Petersburg Intelligencer" of 1816, copied in the "Salem Register," September 11 of that year. Some of our readers may think that it is not a bad idea.