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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.

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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

Copyright, 1886,
By Ticknor and Company.

All rights reserved.

University Press:
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge.

INDEX OF NAMES.

LOTTERIES MENTIONED.

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.

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.

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.

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.

☞ 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.

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.

☞ 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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,