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
FANEUIL-HALL Lottery, No. One, Consists of 6000 Tickets, at
Two Dollars each, 1486 of which are Benefit Tickets of the
following Value, _viz._
Dollars.
1 Prize of 1000 Dollars, is 1000
1 of 500 is 500
2 of 200 are 400
12 of 100 are 1200
20 of 50 are 1000
20 of 20 are 400
30 of 10 are 300
200 of 6 are 1200
1200 of 4 are 4800
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1486 Prizes, 10800 Dollars.
4514 Blanks.
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6000 Tickets at 2 Dollars each, is 12,000 Dollars.
To be paid in Prizes, 10,800
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Remains 1200 Dollars,
to be applied to the Purpose aforesaid.
The Necessity of a large and convenient Hall in such a Town
as this, upon all Public Occasions, can't be disputed. The
Rebuilding _Faneuil-Hall_ has therefore been generally
approved of; and the Encouragement it will meet with from the
Public, will, we doubt not, be in some Measure proportionable
to its Importance: We promise ourselves therefore a speedy
Sale of the Tickets; and hope we shall soon be able to draw.
Public Notice will be given of the Time and Place of Drawing;
and as soon as the Drawing is finished, a List of the Prizes
will be published in _Edes_ and _Gill's Boston Gazette,_ &c.
and the Money paid to the Possessors of the Benefit Tickets,
in Twenty Days. Gold as well as Silver will be received for
the Tickets, and the Prizes paid off in like Manner.
Prizes not demanded within Twelve Months after Drawing, will
be deem'd as generously given for the Purpose aforesaid, and
will be applied accordingly.
--> Tickets may be had of the Managers, or of _Green &
Russell,_ in Queen-street, who will receive Prize Tickets in
LAND-BANK LOTTERY.
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In 1782 the State of Massachusetts granted a lottery for the benefit of
the paper-mill at Milton.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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