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United States lottery, 1776 : The scheme is, that this lottery consist of four classes, of one hundred thousand tickets each ...
Summary
Dated: Philad. Dec. 6, 1776.
"In Congress, November 27, 1776. Resolved, That it be recommended to the legislatures of the United States respectively, to pass such laws as will most effectually tend to prevent the counterfeiting or forging the tickets of the public lottery. Extract from the minutes, Charles Thomson, secretary."
Shipton & Mooney 43204
Sabin 97970
LC copy annotated at bottom of sheet: Ticket yet to be sold at the office of Jonathan Williams agent in Boston May 21st 1777; on verso: Scheme of the Continental Lottery.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
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Date
01/01/1776
Contributors
United States Lottery.
United States. Continental Congress.
Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
Source
Library of Congress
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Public Domain
