The Olden Time Series, Vol. 1: Curiosities of the Old Lottery: Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, MassachusettsBrooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason)
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The Olden Time Series, Vol. 1: Curiosities of the Old Lottery: Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts
Brooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason)
Lotteries; New England -- Social life and customs
JOHN WHIPPLE,
SAMUEL THURBER, jun.
_Providence, November 17, 1797._
--> _TICKETS in the above Lottery to be sold at this Office,
and at_ JOHN DUTCH'S AUCTION ROOM, _Essex-Street._
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_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, of _twelve and an half per Cent._ for the purposes
of the Lottery.
_Prizes_ _Dols._ _Dols._
1 of 10,000 is 10,000
2 5,000 10,000
3 2,000 6,000
6 1,000 6,000
10 500 5,000
20 200 4,000
60 100 6,000
90 50 4,500
100 40 4,000
120 30 3,600
161 20 3,220
200 10 2,000
7,585 8 60,680
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8,358 _Prizes,_ 125,000
16,642 _Blanks._
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25,000
--> THE above Class will _positively_ commence drawing in the
REPRESENTATIVES' CHAMBER, in BOSTON, on THURSDAY, 13th
November next, and will continue from day to day, and be
_completed_ with all _possible dispatch._ A list of Prizes
will be _immediately_ published, and the Prizes paid _on
demand._
The Managers believe it enough, to induce the Public to
become Adventurers, to inform them, that the object of this
_Lottery_ is to erect a new Building, at the UNIVERSITY in
Cambridge, for the further accommodation of the Students. The
Friends of literature are to be found every where, and when
its cause can be served, and a _good chance_ for personal
emolument at the same time presents itself; this double
inducement, it is conceived, _must_ operate 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 the _strictest punctuality_ as 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. }
GEORGE R. MINOT, }
SAMUEL COOPER, } Managers.
HENRY WARREN, }
JOHN KNEELAND, }
_Boston, July 14, 1794._
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