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_"There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
Would men observingly distil it out."_
SHAKSPEARE, _King Henry V._

_"The earth hath bubbles, as the water has,
And these are of them."_
SHAKSPEARE, _Macbeth._

_"How widely its agencies vary,--
To save, to ruin, to curse, to bless."_
THOMAS HOOD.

THE OLDEN TIME SERIES

GLEANINGS CHIEFLY FROM OLD NEWSPAPERS OF BOSTON

AND SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS

SELECTED AND ARRANGED, WITH BRIEF COMMENTS

BY

HENRY M. BROOKS

* * * * *

Curiosities of the Old Lottery

"Old and new make the warp and woof of every moment. There is no thread that is not a twist of these two strands. By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote."--EMERSON

BOSTON

TICKNOR AND COMPANY

1886

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INDEX OF NAMES.

PAGE

ARNOLD, WELCOME 50
Atkins, William 10
Austin, Benjamin 14
Austin, Benjamin, Jr. 53

BARLOW, JOEL 56, 57
Barton, William 35
Beeman, D. 47
Beers, Elias 33
Beers, Nathan 33
Bemis, Mr. 25
Blake, William P. 22
Blodgett, Benjamin 42
Bonaparte 62, 63
Bridge & Renouf 39, 54
Bridge, Mr. 36
Brooks, Peter C. 70
Brown, John 50
Bryant, William 61
Burr, Aaron 62, 63

CABOT, ANDREW 59
Cabot, George 59
Carlton, W. 53
Carter, Ephraim 16
Clark, Mary Ann 62, 63
Colman, George 44
Connor, Benjamin 38
Cooper, Samuel 53
Cushing & Appleton 17, 42, 44, 46, 61, 63
Cushing & Carlton 38
Cushing, Caleb 10
Cushing, Thomas 14
Cushing, Thomas C. 8

DABNEY, JOHN 8, 53
Daggett, Henry 33
Dana & Fenno 65
Dutch, John 51

EDES & GILL 15
Ellsler, Fanny 8
Esty, Edward 35
Everett, Edward 70

FARNHAM, DANIEL 10
Fisk, General 19
Franklin, Benjamin 43
Freeman, Jonathan 38

GERRISH, JOSEPH 10
Gilbert & Dean 30, 48
Giles, William B. 62, 63
Gould & Company 12
Green & Russell 12, 15

HAMILTON, ALEXANDER 62, 63
Hancock, John 70
Hardcastle, Samuel 61
Hathorne, John 8, 53
Heard, Edmund 16
Hewes, Samuel 14
Higginson, Henry 59
Hilldrup, Thomas 33, 65
Hillhouse, James 62, 63
Huntington, Ralph 28

IVES, JOHN P. 50

JACKSON, WILLIAM AND JAMES 12
Jefferson, Thomas 62, 63
Jenks, Daniel 8, 53
Jenks, John 8, 38, 53
Johnson, Oliver 35
Jones, Timothy 33

KELLEY, DANIEL 35
Kent, William A. 41
Kent, William J. 38
Kidder & Co. 28
Kidder, W. & T. 30
King George III. 62, 63
King James I. 72
Kneeland, John 36, 53

LARKIN, E. & S. 47
Larkin, Ebenezer 22
Leach & Fosdick 25
Lewis, Ezekiel 14
Luther, Martin 35
Lyon, William 33

MACOMBER, EBENEZER 22
Madison, James 62, 63
Martin, Luther 42
Mason, John 50
McIntosh, William 33
Minot, George R. 53

NAPOLEON 63
Nauche, Dr. 43
Newell, Timothy 12

PAYSON, E.H. 8, 65
Pickering, Timothy 62, 63
Phillips, Margaret 25

RANDAL, STEPHEN 22
Russell, Benjamin 53
Russell, John 8, 16, 17, 22, 23
Russell, William 50

SAMPSON, EZRA 59
Savage, Samuel Phillips 14
Scollay, John 14
Sewall, Samuel 14
Sharplys, Thomas 72
Sheldon, Pardon 64
Sigourney, Andrew 41
Simpson & Caldwell 39
Smith, Robert 63
Sprague, Joseph 19
Stone, E.M. 59
Storer & Son, Ebenezer 12

THORNDIKE, ISRAEL 59
Thurber, Samuel, Jr. 22, 51
Tracy, Patrick 10
Turpin, Benjamin 22

WARREN, HENRY 53
Washington, George 31, 59, 62, 63
Weld, Benjamin 41
Whipple, Henry 8, 39, 45
Whipple, John 51
Williams, George 19

LOTTERIES MENTIONED.

PAGE

AMOSKEAG 16, 17
Amoskeag Canal 68

BALTIMORE HOSPITAL 42
Bible Supply 61, 62
Bunker Hill Monument 7

CHARLESTOWN 68
Cologne Cathedral 72
Congregational Churches 7
Connecticut Manufactory 32, 33
Continental Congress 18

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE 36, 37, 68

EASTERN STAGE ROAD 65
English Colonies in Virginia 72
Episcopal Churches 7

FANEUIL HALL 7, 13, 14, 15

GLOUCESTER ROAD 68

HARVARD COLLEGE 7, 23, 38, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 51, 52,
53, 57, 64, 70
Hatfield Bridge 17, 23, 68

KENNEBEC 68
Kennebec Bridge 28

LAND BANK 15, 68
Leicester Academy, Lancaster 16

MARBLEHEAD 42
Massachusetts State 7, 20, 25, 29, 36, 41, 42, 58, 59, 64
Matrimonial 66, 67, 68
Milton Paper Mill 15

NEWPORT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH 19
New York 41
New York Literature 65
North and South Rivers, Salem 19
North Carolina 64

PAVEMENT ON BOSTON NECK 68
Philanthropic 68
Plymouth Beach 44, 54, 55, 61, 68
Providence Episcopal Church 47
Providence Street 20, 21, 22

RHODE ISLAND 64
Rhode Island College 7, 49, 50, 51
Rhode Island Lottery for Advancement of Religion 34
River Parker Bridge 7, 9, 10, 11

SOUTH HADLEY CANAL 48, 68
Stonington Point Meeting-House 65, 66
Sudbury 61, 68

TAUNTON GREAT RIVER 12

UNION CANAL 31, 40, 41

WASHINGTON MONUMENT 39
Williamstown Free School 7, 20, 25, 42, 43

INTRODUCTION.

WHILE this work does not pretend to be a history, it will yet present many historical facts. Its object is to show from old newspapers, which are not accessible to all, such items and comments upon a variety of subjects as might be supposed to amuse or instruct both old and young.

It is not the easy thing that many imagine to examine, read, and select from a vast number of newspapers such matter as is believed to be worth reproducing. Possibly to some it would seem to be a stupid and an uninteresting work. The Compiler, however, has found it a source of pleasure to make and arrange these selections; and the value of his work will be greatly enhanced if these volumes should prove of interest to any considerable number of persons.

There appears to be from year to year a growing taste among the most cultivated people for quaint and curious reminiscences of the Olden Time; and as these volumes will be of a handy size for the pocket or carpetbag, it is hoped that they will be welcomed by many who would not undertake to read a more pretentious or cumbersome work on similar topics.

SALEM, MASS.,
_April, 1885._

CURIOSITIES OF THE OLD LOTTERY.

PEOPLE of the present generation who look over files of old newspapers are filled with astonishment to see the great number of lotteries which are advertised, for many years, down to as late a period as the year 1826. The Faneuil Hall Lottery, the Harvard College Lottery, the Rhode Island College Lottery, the Massachusetts State Lottery, and lotteries for a bridge over the River Parker, for Marblehead, for the Williamstown Free-school, for Episcopal and Congregational Churches, were all advertised, with numerous other projects. A lottery was proposed for the purpose of finishing Bunker Hill Monument, although the scheme was not carried out. It is perhaps not generally remembered that this monument was at length completed by means furnished by a Ladies' Fair, in 1840, and handsome contributions by several individuals. Among other contributors was the celebrated _danseuse_ Fanny Ellsler, who was at that time giving performances in Boston. Some of the best men in the community were interested in recommending the various schemes, and members of churches, men in high repute, bought and sold the tickets. In Salem, Mass., such well-known and esteemed citizens as John Jenks, Daniel Jenks, Thomas C. Cushing, of the "Gazette," John Dabney, the postmaster, Colonel John Russell, and the now venerable and respected Edward H. Payson--who, at the age of eighty, is still cashier of the First National (formerly the Commercial) Bank, to which office he was elected in 1826--sold tickets; so did Colonel John Hathorne. Colonel Henry Whipple, who is remembered as one of our best citizens, kept, in connection with his bookstore, a "Fortunate Lottery Office." Other names might be mentioned, but we think we have given enough to show the respectability of the calling. The better the man, the better the agent. Indeed, it was generally thought to be just as respectable to sell lottery-tickets as to sell Bibles; and we have seen them classed together in the same advertisement. Our observations have been confined chiefly to Boston and Salem prints, but we have no doubt that similar matter could be found in other papers. We propose now to give liberal extracts from some of the old advertisements of the different schemes, which will, we think, confirm what we have already said on the subject. Let us take first from the "Boston Gazette" of May 19, 1760, the lottery to raise $1,000 towards building a bridge over the River Parker, in Newbury. The managers were the first men in the place, and the tickets were sold by men of excellent standing in Boston.

NEWBURY, _May 17, 1760._

SCHEME of a LOTTERY,

FOR raising a Sum of Money for the building and maintaining a
Bridge over the River _Parker,_ in the Town of _Newbury,_ at
the Place called Old Town Ferry (in pursuance of an Act of
the General Court, passed in _April_ 1760) Wherein _Daniel
Farnham, Caleb Cushing, Joseph Gerrish, William Atkins,_ Esq.,
and Mr. _Patrick Tracy,_ Merchant, (or any Three of them) are
appointed Managers. The acting Managers are sworn to the
faithful Performance of their Trust.

_Newbury_-Lottery Number Four, consists of

5000 Tickets, at Two Dollars each; 1655 of which are Benefit
Tickets of the following Value.

1 of 500 Dollars, is 500 Dollars.
4 of 100 are 400
5 of 50 are 250
6 of 40 are 240
10 of 30 are 300
14 of 20 are 280
45 of 10 are 450
75 of 8 are 600
1495 of 4 are 5980
---- ----
1655 Prizes, amounting to 9000 Dollars.
3345 Blanks.
----
5000 Tickets, at Two Dollars each 10000
To be paid in Prizes, 9000
----
1000 Dollars.

Remains to be applied for the Purpose aforesaid.

Two Blanks only to one PRIZE.

_THE Bridge aforesaid is already built, and upon a Settlement
of the Accounts, and Demands relative thereto, the Managers
of the former Lottery for that Purpose, were found to be
greatly in Debt: The Charges of building the Bridge, and
prosecuting the Lottery, amounting to much more than what was
allowed to be raised by the former Act of the General
Court--therefore the present Lottery is allowed._

_AND since the said Bridge so well answers the Expectation of
the Public, and the Travelling that Way thereby is rendered
much more easy and pleasant; the Managers doubt not there
will be a great Demand of the Tickets, from a Principle of
encouraging and promoting a Work of such general Utility, if
there were no other Inducement. But when they consider how
much this Scheme is calculated in Favour of the Adventurers,
there being many Prizes of great Value, and but two Blanks to
a Prize; they doubt not of a very speedy Sale of the
Tickets._

_Tickets purchas'd at_ Boston, _if fortunate, will be paid
off there. Public Notice will be given of the Time and Place
of Drawing; and as soon as finished, the Prizes will be
published in the_ Boston Gazette and Country Journal. _Gold
as well as Silver will be received for Tickets; and the
Prizes paid off accordingly. Prizes not demanded in Twelve
Months after Drawing, will be considered as given to the
common Stock for building and maintaining the said Bridge,
and will be so applied._

_Tickets are to be Sold by the Managers in_ Newbury, _by_
Ebenezer Storer, _Esq., and Son; Mr._ Timothy Newell; William
& James Jackson, _and the Printers hereof in_ Boston.

* * * * *

The town of Taunton, Mass., was favored by a lottery grant in 1761 to aid in clearing the Great River.

_Taunton, March 16. 1761._

PUBLICK NOTICE is hereby given to all Persons who are so
disposed to encourage the Clearing of _Taunton_ Great-River,
(so beneficial to the Trade of this Province) by adventuring
in the LOTTERY granted for that Purpose, That the Managers of
said Lottery have determined to begin to draw the First Class
on Tuesday the 27th Day of _April_ next; the Town of
_Taunton_ having voted to take off all the Tickets that shall
remain unsold at that Day;--And all Persons who have taken
Tickets to dispose of, are desired to return them, or the
Money for them, by the First Day of said _April._

--> Tickets are yet to be had of Messir's _Gould_ and
Company, and of _Green & Russell,_ Printers in Queen Street,
_Boston._--As also of the Managers at their respective
Dwellings in _Taunton._

Next we will take from the "Boston Post Boy" of November, 1762, the scheme to raise money to rebuild Faneuil Hall, after the fire of 1761. It will be noticed how small an amount was reserved for the purpose for which the Lottery was granted,--only $1,200. It seems as if a very small sum subscribed by every freeholder would have produced more money. If the population of Boston at that time was, say, twenty thousand, or three thousand families, fifty cents for every head of a family would have raised a larger sum than could possibly have been raised by the expensive and questionable process resorted to. At first sight it may seem strange to us that this was not thought of at the time; but when we reflect that even in our enlightened times people are quite as thoughtless about the processes of raising money for charitable or public purposes,--witness the numerous fairs and raffles which are constantly taking place,--we are not so much amazed at these old financial operations, nor do we think we can boast much of our superior morality when we look around and see how some things are managed nowadays.

_BOSTON, November 1, 1762._

SCHEME

OF A LOTTERY,

FOR Raising a Sum of Money for Re-building FANEUIL _Hall_;
agreeable to an Act of the General Court, wherein Messieurs
_Thomas Cushing, Samuel Hewes, John Scollay, Benjamin Austin,
Samuel Sewall, Samuel Phillips Savage,_ and _Ezekiel Lewis,_
or any Three of them, are appointed Managers, who are Sworn to
the faithful Discharge of their Trust.

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
---- ----
1486 Prizes, 10800 Dollars.
4514 Blanks.
----
6000 Tickets at 2 Dollars each, is 12,000 Dollars.
To be paid in Prizes, 10,800
------
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.

* * * * *

In 1782 the State of Massachusetts granted a lottery for the benefit of the paper-mill at Milton.

The Clergy were often asked to use their influence to promote special schemes. For instance, the Leicester Academy at Lancaster, Mass., wishing to raise about $800, advertised on June 28, 1790, a lottery, the scheme comprising three thousand tickets at $2.00; and the managers, Edmund Heard and Ephraim Carter, say, "_As the design of this Lottery is for promoting Piety, Virtue, and such of the liberal Arts and Sciences as may qualify the Youth to become useful Members of Society, the Managers wish for and expect the aid of the Gentlemen Trustees of the Academy,_ the REVEREND CLERGY, _and all persons who have a taste for encouraging said Seminary of Learning_." Comment on this is unnecessary. As unscrupulous persons often sold drawn tickets,--for it seems there were irregularities even in those days,--the following advertisement warrants the tickets undrawn,--

Wheels very rich!

A FEW undrawn Tickets in Amoskeag Lottery for sale by
_John Russell._

--> The highest prize being so fixed as to come out whenever
Chance shall direct it, it stands purchasers in hand to be
seasonable in their applications. July 24, 1807.

_Lottery Price Current._--In Boston, Amoskeag Tickets,
warranted undrawn, 6 dolls. In Salem, at Russell's 5.50--at
Cushing and Appleton's, not warranted, 5.

* * * * *

_Further Information._--The Amoskeag highest prize, of Eight
Thousand Dollars, is still undrawn, and the wheels are
extraordinarily rich, having gained, since the drawing began,
upwards of Six Thousand Dollars. There is therefore every
probability that the scrip will soon rise. Those who intend
to purchase for the sake of a chance for the highest prize,
are advised to do it _before_ it is drawn out of the wheel,
which may be to-morrow. Those who purchase for the sake of a
cheap ticket, would do well to wait till _afterwards._ July
24, 1807.

* * * * *

*** If any body wants
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS,
they are requested to call on
JOHN RUSSELL,
who will, for a trifling consideration, put them in a
way to realize that, or another sum of less
magnitude, in the course of September
next, when the rich Wheels of Hatfield
Bridge Lottery will begin
to move.

--> Tickets will rise on the first of September to
5.50--Prize Tickets exchanged. (1807)

In 1776 the Continental Congress endeavored to raise a large sum by means of a lottery. On the first of November of that year the following Resolve was passed,--"That a sum of money be raised by way of lottery, to be drawn at Philadelphia." A committee was then empowered to manage this lottery, and agents were appointed in the several States to sell the tickets. From causes difficult now to explain, the drawing, which was to have taken place in 1777, was postponed from time to time, until finally, it is said, the whole scheme proved a failure. Many of the adventurers being large losers, much bad feeling was produced towards the Government. The design was to raise the money in the way of a loan. There were four classes of tickets, a hundred thousand in each,--$10, $20, $30, and $40; in all $10,000,000. In Lossing's "Field-Book of the Revolution," from which we derive this account, may be seen a copy of one of these lottery tickets. Probably the people were too poor at that time to furnish the requisite sum of money, and so the tickets did not sell readily; or the lottery may have been badly managed.

Congregational Churches used to raise money by lottery, as appears by the following advertisement in the "Columbian Centinel," May 5, 1792,--

_NEWPORT LOTTERY TICKETS._

--> _A few TICKETS, in the Newport Congregational Church
Lottery, which commences drawing the 10th instant, may be had
at No._ 61 LONG-WHARF _if applied for immediately. May 5._

* * * * *

At a town meeting held in Salem, Mass., on Dec. 28, 1789, "George Williams, Esq., General Fisk, and Joseph Sprague, Esq., were chosen a Committee to estimate the expense of clearing out the Channels in the North and South rivers; and to prefer a petition to the General Court for the grant of a _Lottery_ to aid the town in so beneficial an undertaking." We believe this project was never carried through; but we are of opinion that some residents of Salem would now welcome even a _raffle,_ if in that way their North River could be purified, as at present no other method seems so likely to succeed, judging from the controversy which has been going on in that city for several years without effecting any result.

The "Massachusetts Centinel," May 22, 1790, notifies the "_Friends of Science_" that "a few ... Williamstown Free-school Lottery Tickets ... may be had of the Printer."

MARBLEHEAD, APRIL 3. The highest Prize in the State Lottery
was drawn by a number of Females: About thirty were joint
possessors of that fortunate number and five others: The
highest share in them did not exceed one dollar, and the
lowest was nine pence, expressive of the different abilities
of the concerned; by which circumstance, the property of the
prize is most agreeably divided: It has excited a smile in
the cheek of poverty, nor diminished the pleasure of those in
easy circumstances.

_Massachusetts Gazette,_ 1786.

* * * * *

_Providence Street-Lottery._

CLASS 3d.

THE Managers present the public with the following SCHEME of
a LOTTERY, granted by the Hon. General Assembly of this
State, at their January Session, A.D. 1795, for raising a Sum
of Money to defray the Expences of Finishing, in a durable
Manner, a Street at the North End of this Town.

This being the great Continental Thoroughfare and Post Road,
and much frequented at all Seasons by Persons on Foot and
Horse-Back, and by Teams and Carriages, merits the greatest
Attention to its Improvement from Town and Country.

The old Road was crooked and inconvenient, the new Street is
Streight, and secured in such a Manner as to be passed in
Carriages at all Times with Ease and Safety.

The Utility and Necessity of this work, so obvious to every
one, and the great Chance to Adventurers, there being only
_about Two_ Blanks to a Prize, induce the Managers to rely on
the Patronage of the Public, for a rapid Sale of the Tickets.

5340 Tickets, at TWO DOLLARS each, are 10,680 Dollars, to be
paid in the following Prizes, subject to no Deduction.

_Dolls._ _Dolls._
1 Prize of 1000 is 1000
1 300 300
1 200 200
4 100 are 400
10 50 500
20 30 600
40 20 800
50 10 500
100 6 600
1482 3 4446
---- ----
1709 Prizes, 9346
3631 Blanks, 1334
---- ----
5340 Tickets, at 2 Dolls. each, is 10680

To commence drawing the 1st June next.

TICKETS may be had by applying to the subscribers; and the
Prizes paid on demand. Prizes not demanded within six months
after the drawing, will be considered as generously given for
the finishing the work.

EBENEZER MACOMBER, }
SAMUEL THURBER, jun. } Managers.
STEPHEN RANDAL, }
BENJ. TURPIN, }

--> TICKETS in the above Lottery, may be had of EBEN. LARKIN,
of WM. P. BLAKE, and at the Post-Office, Boston,
Feb. 21, 1795.

* * * * *

Those who remember the late Colonel John Russell, at one time president of the Bank of General Interest in Salem, and a kindly, benevolent "gentleman of the old school," will read with interest his advertisement of "A New Dispensary," from the "Salem Gazette," March 24, 1807.

_A New Dispensary!_

NUMEROUS are the instances that can be cited of a less, a
much less, sum than _Twenty Thousand Dollars_ having restored
to their pristine vigor precarious circumstances, and of
making the _poor become rich!_ Let stubborn prejudices be
laid aside, and an immediate resort made to that GRAND
ANTIPOVERTY CORRECTIVE, CASH, which is now proffered as a
sovereign remedy for all the complaints that poverty is heir
to:--in asserting the superior efficacy of this preventive of
the evils attendant on a state of poverty, it is not intended
to trespass on truth--let it be fairly tried, when the
'majesty of its own worth' will be manifest. The door is now
open for the reception of such as would like to try the
experiment:--There is _Hatfield Bridge Lottery,_ which
commences drawing the 15th of next month; this affords a
_potion_ of EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS; if, after a fair trial
here, the desired effect is not produced, then there is the
_Harvard College Lottery,_ which commences in May, which has
the highly _balsamic cordial_ of TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS,
which will produce the most wonderful effects, by giving a
_solid tone_ to the regions of the pocket, and by enriching
and invigorating the whole system, as can be satisfactorily
tested:--Twenty Thousand Dollars would

"Cheer the heart, and make the spirits flow!"

Perseverance is highly recommended, and if the wishes are not
gratified by the attainment of the desired object, the
consoling reflection will recur, that--"_there are not quite
two blanks to a prize_"--which is more than can be said of
quackery in general. Tickets and Quarters for sale by
John Russell.

--> To-Morrow the price of Tickets rise--purchasers can be
accommodated until 9 o'clock, this evening.

--> A handsome Premium given for Essex County Money.

* * * * *

The Boston "Herald of Freedom," in December, 1789, advocates a lottery for that town for the benefit of the poor, among other things, and to supply the town with lamps to light occasionally for the "safety of the citizens," etc.

A citizen would wish to know why among the many lotteries now
in being, there is not one for the benefit of this town? Can
it be said we have no need of any?--Sure there are many uses
the net proceeds of a lottery may be converted to, for this
town's benefit: Though he means not to dictate, yet would
suggest the following;--that a granary might thereby be
opened, and the poor supplied with different kinds of grain,
at a reduced price;--that several parts of the town might be
paved; which would serve to employ many of the industrious
poor among us;--and that the town might be supplied with
Lamps, which by being occasionally lighted would tend to the
safety of the citizens. From these, among other beneficial
effects, he hopes the town will have a meeting, and petition
the General Assembly at their approaching session for leave
to establish a lottery for the above, and other, useful
purposes.

* * * * *

From the "Salem Gazette," May 10, 1791.

No. 17221, which drew 2000 dollars in the Semi-annual State
lottery, was paid on Friday last, by Messrs. Leach and
Fosdick, in Boston. The proprietors were _four Africans_
belonging to Newport.

* * * * *

From the "Columbian Centinel," June 5, 1790.

Two apprentices belonging to Mr. _Bemis,_ Paper-Maker, in
Watertown drew the 1000 dollar prize in Williamstown Lottery.

* * * * *

_STATE LOTTERY TICKETS._

TICKETS in the _State Lottery_ may be had at MARGARET
PHILLIPS's Shop, CORNHILL, _Boston. Also,_ TICKETS in the 7th
Class of _Williamstown Free-School_ Lottery. April 28.

_Columbian Centinel,_ April 28, 1790.

Lines on the prizes drawn by the poor widows of Marblehead. From the "Columbian Centinel," April 24, 1790.

_CASTALIAN FOUNT._

_FOR THE CENTINEL._

LINES,

_On the Prize of_ FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS _being drawn by the
poor Widows of Marblehead, written there._

WHENCE this increase of wealth? What bounteous hand
Grants more than sanguine Hope could e'en demand?
Nor _Chance_ nor _Fortune_ shall the merit claim,
Those fancied forms to _Folly_ owe their name:
Such airy phantoms ill deserve our lays;
A nobler object calls forth all our praise.
That Pow'r Supreme, who knows no great or small,
But looks unchang'd with equal eye on all--
Who lifts the poor from their unnoted state,
And humbles at his will th' aspiring great--
Whose hand divine hath held us in its span,
And fed, and cloth'd us since our lives began--
Hath, sure, this last rich gift in kindness sent,
To be improv'd, and not in riot spent;
A further proof of Heav'n's indulgent care,
In which our poorer neighbours ought to share.
Accept, Great God, what thankful hearts can give,
For life and health, and all the means to live!
Much thou hast added to our former store;
O keep us still as humble as before!
What thou hast lent, direct us how to use,
And teach us when to give, and when refuse.
To others freely let our bounty flow,
But not beyond Discretion's limits go.
Then let us live as useful as we can--
Grateful to God--beneficent to man--
Possess obscure the bliss of doing good,
Never so well _explain'd_ as _understood._

* * * * *

20,000!! 5,000!! 1000!!! Dollars.

WHO is there that would not give 6 dols. 50 for one of the
above sums, or 1 dollar 75 cts. for a quarter of one of them.
Chances to gain one are now selling at the above prices, at
KIDDER & CO's, _Lottery, Insurance on Tickets, and
Intelligence Office, No. 9, Market-square._

Tickets and Quarters will be insured during the drawing of
the Lottery, which presents an excellent chance for saving
the cost of Tickets!! Adventurers will do well to call!!!

_Boston Palladium,_ June 9, 1807.

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--> _LUCK INDEED!!_

YESTERDAY No. 2159 in the Kennebec Bridge Lottery, came up
the valuable Prize of

_ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS!!_

and as usual was sold, at the most fortunate and truly lucky
Office of

RALPH HUNTINGTON,

No. 14, Exchange-street, 3 doors from State-street. This is
the 5th Capital Prize in the Kennebec Lottery, sold by RALPH
HUNTINGTON.

The highest Prize of $25,000 will be drawn this afternoon, at
3 o'clock. R.H. has for sale, a few shares in a Company of
100 Tickets, and a few Quarters. Jan. 19.
_Boston Palladium,_ 1819.

No. 4072, the _most fortunate_ number, in the State Lottery,
sold at the Printing-Office, in Salem, we hear is the
property of upwards of a dozen poor widows belonging to
Marblehead.

_Columbian Centinel,_ April 10, 1790.

* * * * *

_FORTUNE'S ANGLERS_:

A NEW LOTTERY SONG.

_TUNE_--"_There are sweepers in high life as well as in
low._"

In the fish pond of fortune men angle always,
Some angle for titles, some angle for praise,
Some angle for favor, some angle for wives,
And some angle for nought all the days of their lives:
_Ye who'd angle for_ Wealth, _and would_ Fortunes _obtain,_
_Get your hooks baited by_ Kidder, Gilbert & Dean.
Some angle for pleasure, some angle for pain,
Some angle for trifles, some angle for gain,
Some angle for glory, some angle for strife,
Some angle to make themselves happy for life:
_Ye who'd angle, &c._
Some angle for wit, and some angle for fame,
Some angle for nonsense, and some e'en for shame,
Some angle for horses, some angle for hounds,
For angling's infinite, it never new bounds:
_Ye who'd angle, &c._

G. & D. and W. & T.K. for the accommodation of those who
purchase Tickets of them, keep _Daily Lists of Prizes and
Blanks,_ and a complete statement of the wheels, which can be
examined at the close of each day's drawing, free of expense.
And for the convenience of their country-customers publish in
every paper, while any lottery is drawing, the numbers of all
prizes over _seven dollars,_ state of the lottery, &c. &c.

--> Persons at a distance may be assured, that the most
punctual and strict attention will be given their orders for
tickets, (_post paid_) enclosing cash or prize tickets,
addressed to GILBERT & DEAN, 79, _State street,_ or W. & T.
KIDDER, 9, _Market-square,_ and the earliest information sent
them respecting the fate of their numbers.

*** _Prize Tickets in all the Lotteries taken in pay for
other tickets._ March 24

_Boston Repertory,_ March 24, 1809.

* * * * *

--> Washington's Birth Day.

IT is a little remarkable, that the great

_UNION CANAL LOTTERY,_

commences drawing on the 22d inst. being the birthday of
WASHINGTON--and the first drawn blank will be entitled to

_FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS!_

_Boston Palladium, 1819._

* * * * *

_PATRIOTISM OF THE LADIES._

The Ladies of Massachusetts have ever been distinguished for
their patriotism; and although their peculiar province is to
soften the cares, and soothe the sorrows of life, yet they
have never neglected any proper and decent opportunity of
advancing the publick good:--When the Ladies found that
Government had established a Lottery to ease the taxes of the
people, they generally became adventurers, and it is pleasing
to find that this their Patriotism has been in some measure
rewarded, by _their sex_ sharing the FIRST CAPITAL PRIZE.

_Columbian Centinel,_ April 28, 1790.

* * * * *

CONNECTICUT MANUFACTORY

LOTTERY,

For raising the Sum of three Thousand two Hundred Pounds.

The Managers being under oath, and having given bond for the
faithful discharge of their trust, present the Public with
the following

SCHEME.

1 Prize of 5,000 Dollars, is 5,000
1 - 2,500 - - 2,500
1 - 1,500 - - 1,500
5 - 1,000 - - 5,000
10 - 500 - - 5,000
15 - 200 - - 3,000
50 - 100 - - 5,000
100 - 50 - - 5,000
300 - 25 - - 7,500
325 - 15 - - 4,875
500 - 10 - - 5,000
4,400 - 8 - - 35,200
1 last drawn Blank, - - 760
------ ------
5,709 Prizes, 85,335
11,358 Blanks.
------ ------
17,067 Tickets at 5 Dollars each, is 85,335

Not two Blanks to a Prize.

Subject to a Deduction of 12 and an half _per Cent._

This Lottery was granted by the honorable General Assembly
for the encouragement of a Manufactory of Woolen, Worsted,
and Cotton, in this State, under the superintendance of
William M'Intosh, (late of London) a Gentleman of Information
and Experience in the construction and use of the new
invented Machines for that Purpose, a Number of which being
completed he hath now in use.

The Managers flatter themselves that all Persons will become
Adventurers in this Lottery, who consider the importance of
the Object for which it was granted, as they will thereby aid
one of the most valuable Manufactories attempted in this
State, since the era of Independence.

They contemplate a speedy sale of the Tickets, and engage a
punctual payment of the Prizes, if demanded in six Months
after drawing, which is to commence on the 21st day of
October next, and when finished, the fortunate numbers will
be published in the Connecticut Journal.

TIMOTHY JONES, }
HENRY DAGGETT, }
ELIAS BEERS, } Managers.
WILLIAM LYON, }
NATHAN BEERS, }

New-Haven, May 16, 1794.

_Tickets to be had of the Managers,_ _and of_ Thomas
Hilldrup, _at the Post Office Hartford._

_Connecticut Courant,_ Hartford.

The General Assembly of Rhode Island grant a lottery for the "advancement of religion" in 1794. Advertised in Boston.

SCHEME _of a_
_LOTTERY_--

Granted by the Honourable General Assembly of the State of
_Rhode-Island,_ &c. at their Session held in October, 1794,
for the purpose of finishing a HOUSE for PUBLIC
WORSHIP--Consisting of 3000 Tickets, at 3 dollars each, to be
paid in the following Prizes, subject to a Deduction of
_Twelve and an Half per Cent._

1 _Prize of_ 1000 _Dollars, is_ 1000
1 500 500
2 _Prizes of_ 250 500
5 100 500
10 50 500
20 25 500
50 10 500
1000 5 5000
____ ____
1089 _Prizes._ 9000
1911 _Blanks._
____
3000 _Tickets._

As this Lottery was granted for promoting Public Worship, and
the advancement of Religion, we flatter ourselves that every
well-wisher to Society and good Order will become cheerful
adventurers. For those who adventure from Motives of Gain,
the Scheme is advantageously calculated, there being less
than two _Blanks_ to one _Prize_--and Bonds given for the
faithful performance of the trust reposed in us.

As a considerable number of the Tickets are already engaged,
we expect to draw said Lottery by the first of May next.
Prizes not demanded within six months after drawing will be
deemed as generously given towards finishing said House. The
time and place of drawing will be notified--a List of the
Prizes will be immediately published in the _Herald of the
United States_--and paid on demand.

MARTIN LUTHER, }
WILLIAM BARTON, } Managers.
DANIEL KELLEY; }

Warren, Nov. 28, 1794.

--> Tickets and Quarters of Tickets in the above Lottery, may
be had at the Post-Office, Boston.

Jan. 31, 1795.

* * * * *

_GOOD FORTUNE IN THE LOTTERY REALIZED._

_Boston, May_ 12, 1791.

ON Monday last, Messrs. _Edward Esty_ and _Oliver Johnson,_
of Westmoreland in the State of New-hampshire, produced the
ticket No. 6052, which drew the highest prize (TEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS) 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 larger
proportion 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._

_Prizes_ _Dolls._ _Dolls._

1 of 3000 is 3000
1 1000 1000
4 500 are 2000
10 200 2000
20 100 2000
30 50 1500
80 20 1600
100 10 1000
1650 6 9900
----- ------
1896 _Prizes._ 24,000
4140 _Blanks._
-----
6000 _Tickets, at 4 Dollars each, are_ 24,000.

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, }
BENJAMIN CONNOR, } Managers.
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 be distributed 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 Tickets_ for 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 Lottery

WILL commence drawing in Baltimore the 4th day of September
next.

The Capital Prizes are
1 of 50,000 dollars,
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 the _Metropolis of
New-England_ from 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, are _considerations_
into 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
complete the great undertaking of opening Inland Navigation,
will receive peculiar support; and that _many_ who 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 of _its 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.

WILLIAMSTOWN _FREE SCHOOL_ LOTTERY.

We are authorised to _assure_ the Publick, and we do _assure_
them--that the 7th Class of this Lottery will not only
commence drawing on Monday next, but will _positively_ be
_completed_ on _Tuesday_ morning--and a list of Prizes will
be published in the CENTINEL the 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, a FRANKLIN hath 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
profit _may_ attend 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 the other 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."

_Writing_

_Taught in One Lesson!!_

PERSONS of any age, sex, or capacity, _let their Chirography
be never so bad,_ may by _one_ exercise _make a_ VERY GOOD
HAND _of 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
this _dispatchful_ tuition will apply (wholes $5, quarters
1.38) to CUSHING & 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 for WHOLE or QUARTER TICKETS, at the _Book-Store_ and
_Lottery Office_ of

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.

* * * * *

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.

_Real and truly Fortunate_

LOTTERY OFFICE, No. 1 Summer street, opposite the North west
corner of the _New State House_--

D. BEMAN'S list of Capital Prizes, sold by him at his _Real
and truly Fortunate Lottery Office_--as follows,

No. 9031, a Prize of 8000 Dolls.
14459 a Prize of 1000 do.
8638 a Prize of 500 do.
8950 a Prize of 500 do.
39 a Prize of 500 do.
3988 a Prize of 500 do.
12722 a Prize of 200 do.

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 the _Real_ and _Truly_ Fortunate 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 Providence _Episcopal Church_ Lottery 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 the_ GOLDEN SHOWER _will
fall!_

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 improving SOUTH 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 for _three_ miles! Laudable and
praise-worthy perseverance!

Tickets for sale by GILBERT & DEAN, MAGAZINE and LOTTERY
OFFICE, No. 56, _State-Street,_ where a correct 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 of
_Rhode-Island_ and _Providence Plantations_ the 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.

1 Prize of 4000 is 4000
1 2000 2000
2 1000 are 2000
4 500 2000
20 100 2000
40 50 2000
60 30 1800
100 20 2000
1000 12 12000
3000 9 27000
----- -----
3328 Prizes, amounting to 46000
Drawback, 8000
-----
9000 Tickets, at 6 dollars each, are 54000

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.

_Providence, November 17, 1797._

--> _TICKETS in the above Lottery to be sold at this Office,
and at_ JOHN DUTCH'S AUCTION ROOM, _Essex-Street._

* * * * *

_Harvard College Lottery._

CLASS FIRST,
Not two Blanks to a Prize.