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diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6833f05 --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitattributes @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +* text=auto +*.txt text +*.md text diff --git a/17970-8.txt b/17970-8.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2169de2 --- /dev/null +++ b/17970-8.txt @@ -0,0 +1,4099 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Olden Time Series, Vol. 1: Curiosities +of the Old Lottery, by Henry M. Brooks + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Olden Time Series, Vol. 1: Curiosities of the Old Lottery + Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts + +Author: Henry M. Brooks + +Release Date: March 12, 2006 [EBook #17970] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE OLDEN TIME SERIES, VOL. *** + + + + +Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Christine D. and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + + + + +_THE OLDEN-TIME SERIES._ + +16mo. Per vol., 50 cents. + +There appears to be, from year to year, a growing popular taste for +quaint and curious reminiscences of "Ye Olden Time," and to meet this, +Mr. Henry M. Brooks has prepared a series of interesting handbooks. The +materials have been gleaned chiefly from old newspapers of Boston and +Salem, sources not easily accessible, and while not professing to be +history, the volumes contain much material for history, so combined and +presented as to be both amusing and instructive. The titles of some of +the volumes indicate their scope and their promise of entertainment:-- + + CURIOSITIES OF THE OLD LOTTERY. + DAYS OF THE SPINNING-WHEEL. + SOME STRANGE AND CURIOUS PUNISHMENTS. + QUAINT AND CURIOUS ADVERTISEMENTS. + LITERARY CURIOSITIES. + NEW-ENGLAND SUNDAY, ETC. + +"It has been the good fortune of the writer to be allowed a peep at the +manuscript for this series and he can assure the lovers of the +historical and the quaint in literature that something both valuable and +pleasant is in store for them. In the specialties treated of in these +books Mr. Brooks has been for many years a careful collector and +student, and it is gratifying to learn that the material is to be +committed to book form."--_Salem Gazette._ + +_For sale by all Booksellers. Sent, post-paid, upon receipt of price. +Catalogues of our books mailed free._ + +TICKNOR & CO., BOSTON. + + + + +THE OLDEN TIME SERIES + +CURIOSITIES OF THE OLD LOTTERY + + + + + _"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 + + +[Illustration: Crest] + +BOSTON + +TICKNOR AND COMPANY + +1886 + + + + +_Copyright, 1885,_ + +BY TICKNOR AND COMPANY. + + +_All rights reserved._ + +University Press: + +JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE. + + + + +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 + + + + +[Illustration] + + + + +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._ + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + + + + +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. + + + [Illustration] + + 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. + + * * * * * + +[Illustration] + + _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._ + + * * * * * + + [Illustration] + + 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. + + * * * * * + + [Illustration] + + _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. + + [Illustration] + + _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!_ + + [Illustration] + + 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. + + TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND TICKETS, at 5 Dollars each, are 125,000 + Dollars, to be paid in the following Prizes, subject to a + Deduction, of _twelve and an half per Cent._ for the purposes + of the Lottery. + + _Prizes_ _Dols._ _Dols._ + + 1 of 10,000 is 10,000 + 2 5,000 10,000 + 3 2,000 6,000 + 6 1,000 6,000 + 10 500 5,000 + 20 200 4,000 + 60 100 6,000 + 90 50 4,500 + 100 40 4,000 + 120 30 3,600 + 161 20 3,220 + 200 10 2,000 + 7,585 8 60,680 + ------ ------ + 8,358 _Prizes,_ 125,000 + 16,642 _Blanks._ + ------ + 25,000 + + --> THE above Class will _positively_ commence drawing in the + REPRESENTATIVES' CHAMBER, in BOSTON, on THURSDAY, 13th + November next, and will continue from day to day, and be + _completed_ with all _possible dispatch._ A list of Prizes + will be _immediately_ published, and the Prizes paid _on + demand._ + + The Managers believe it enough, to induce the Public to + become Adventurers, to inform them, that the object of this + _Lottery_ is to erect a new Building, at the UNIVERSITY in + Cambridge, for the further accommodation of the Students. The + Friends of literature are to be found every where, and when + its cause can be served, and a _good chance_ for personal + emolument at the same time presents itself; this double + inducement, it is conceived, _must_ operate in favor of the + Lottery. + + The Managers of this Lottery, had the conducting of the late + State Lottery--the Public will do them the justice to say, + that the _strictest punctuality_ as to the time fixed for + Drawing, and in the payment of Prizes, was observed by them + in that Lottery--they pledge themselves for the same + punctuality in this. + + BENJAMIN AUSTIN, jun. } + GEORGE R. MINOT, } + SAMUEL COOPER, } Managers. + HENRY WARREN, } + JOHN KNEELAND, } + + _Boston, July 14, 1794._ + + * * * * * + + --> TICKETS are sold by J. JENKS, D. JENKS, J. HATHORNE, J. + DABNEY, and W. CARLTON, Salem. + + * * * * * + +Major Benjamin Russell, in the "Boston Columbian Centinel," March 26, +1791, says: + + The _National_ and _State Legislatures_ being in recess, + there is a "plentiful scarcity" of domestick occurrences, at + this time.--This is locally remedied by the Lottery, which + seems to arrest the attention of all ranks of citizens.--To + describe the symptoms of the _disease_ is impossible--all are + fascinated--all expect to be the favoured children of + Fortune.--The rich court her smiles, as eagerly as the + poor--and whilst, O! fickle Goddess, the _Young_ pour forth + their supplications for thy favours, + + "_With falt'ring pace, and feeble knee, + See_ Age _advance, in shameless haste; + The palsied hand is stretch'd to thee, + For_ Wealth, _it wants the pow'r to taste._" + + The delusion is general--and general must the mortification + be. But as attention must be paid to the infatuation--we have + endeavoured, by a regular publication of the fortunate + numbers, to alleviate its frenzy. + + * * * * * + +On March 29, 1814, Messrs. Bridge and Renouf, the well-known brokers, of +79 State Street, Boston, gave notice that a prize of $500--No. +3,394--"had" been "drawn in the Plymouth Beach Lottery." This number had +been "sold by them to several young Gentlemen who purchased 30 Tickets;" +and they also announced that the drawing was "suspended until the next +Tuesday, when the first drawn ticket will be the highest prize, _Twenty +thousand Dollars;_" and besides this, that "there are remaining to be +drawn four prizes of $1,000 each, and four prizes of $500 each." + +It should be noticed that there was, even in its most flourishing days, +a difference of opinion among individuals in regard to the morality of +the lottery, as men must differ on all subjects; so that it is perhaps +only fair to cite a specimen or two of the communications which appeared +in the papers in reference thereto. A writer in the "Salem Gazette," +June 29, 1790, says:-- + + _OF LOTTERIES._ + + Lotteries have of late been a very productive source of + revenue in this State.--The moral tendency of them has been + supposed by some to be injurious to society; and government + have been careful to grant them for such purposes only, as + that the probable benefit should outweigh the evil. By this + means we have seen the interests of literature supported--the + arts encouraged--the wastes of war repaired--inundations + prevented--the burthen of taxes lessened, &c. Manufactures + might also in this way be established. Those which will not + support themselves, it is true, will not benefit the + community; but there are very important ones, which in their + infancy require the nursing hand of government--to such the + produce of lotteries might be beneficially applied. There + exists a spirit of adventure in all societies, which will + lead a number to throw themselves into the hands of Chance in + one way or another, & which, under the direction of a wise + Legislature, may be made to subserve their best interests. + The monies raised by lotteries cannot impoverish the + community--as they are not sent abroad, but only taken out of + one pocket and put into another. + + * * * * * + +There is also in the same paper, of Feb. 25, 1794, another communication, +in which the writer apparently takes an entirely opposite view, and +quotes a letter of Joel Barlow to the National Convention of France, in +which will be found some rather strong language. When one considers the +place where these views appear to have been adopted, and recollects the +horrible scenes of the French Revolution, which were even then being +enacted, one wonders whether the French authorities valued human life as +much as they did property. + + ON PUBLIC LOTTERIES. + + MR. CUSHING, + + AS our Legislature have lately had under consideration a + bill, for granting a Lottery to Harvard College, I beg you + will publish what our countryman, Mr. BARLOW, said on the + subject of Public Lotteries, in his Letter to the National + Convention of France. It is as follows: + + "SINCE I am treating of morals, the great object of all + political instructions, I cannot avoid bestowing some remarks + on the subject of PUBLIC LOTTERIES. It is a shocking disgrace + of modern governments, that they are driven to this pitiful + piece of knavery, to draw money from the people. But no + circumstance of this kind is so extraordinary as that this + policy should be continued in France, since the revolution; + and that a state lottery should still be reckoned among the + permanent sources of revenue. It has its origin in deception; + and depends for its support, on _raising and disappointing + the hopes of individuals_--on perpetually agitating the mind + with _unreasonable desires of gain_--on clouding the + understanding with superstitious ideas of _chance,_ _destiny_ + and _fate_--on diverting the attention from regular industry, + and promoting a _universal spirit of gambling,_ which carries + all sorts of vices into all classes of people. Whatever way + we look into human affairs, we shall ever find that the bad + organization of society is the cause of more disorders than + could possibly arise from the natural temper of the heart. + And what shall we say of a government that avowedly steps + forward, with the insolence of an open enemy, and creates a + new vice, for the sake of loading it with a tax? What right + has such a government to punish our follies? And who can look + without disgust on the impious figure it makes, in holding + the scourge in one hand, and the temptation in the other? You + cannot hesitate to declare, in your constitution, THAT ALL + LOTTERIES SHALL BE FOREVER ABOLISHED." + + In November last, the Convention, in conformity with the + foregoing sentiments, passed the following decree: + + "Lotteries, of whatever nature they may be, or under whatever + denomination they may exist, are suppressed." + + * * * * * + +In 1791 the Massachusetts Legislature granted to the proprietors of the +Cotton Manufactory in Beverly four hundred tickets in the lottery about +to be drawn, and three hundred in the next Semi-annual State Lottery. +"Some people, out-doors," says the "Salem Gazette," March 8, 1791, +"murmur at this as an ill-judged act of liberality; but perhaps they are +not acquainted with the arguments which induced the grant. The +disposition of Government to foster our infant manufactures is +certainly laudable." This is unquestionably good reasoning; for, granted +the premises that lotteries are ever beneficial, then there was no +reason why aid should not in this way be extended to business +enterprises which were to give employment to the people, as well as to +schools and colleges. Employment must be provided as well as education. +The Beverly Cotton Manufactory, Stone, in his History of Beverly, claims +to be the first manufactory of its kind established in America, that at +Pawtucket having been the second; and he also states that it was visited +by General Washington on his tour through the country in 1789. The +leading proprietors in this enterprise were George and Andrew Cabot, +Israel Thorndike and Henry Higginson, men of the highest reputation in +New England for integrity and honor. + + From the "Salem Gazette," Dec. 25, 1812: + + _The Historical Dictionary,_ + + By EZRA SAMPSON, author of the Beauties of the Bible, is one + of the most useful little works of this nature which we have + seen. It contains _much in a small compass._ Its subjects are + Natural and Civil History, Geography, Zoology, Botany and + Mineralogy, arranged in alphabetical order, and explained in + such a neat and intelligible manner, as to render it worthy + of being (according to its design) a _Companion for Youth._ + We select the following article as a specimen of the work. + + + LOTTERY, + + A kind of public game at hazard, in order to raise money for + the service of the state. A lottery consists of several + numbers of blanks and prizes, which are drawn out of wheels, + one of which contains the numbers of the tickets, and the + other the corresponding blanks and prizes. Besides the + consideration that this, as well as all other kinds of + gambling for money, tends to corrupt the public morals, it is + also to be considered that the purchasers of the tickets are + never permitted to play the game on fair and equal ground. + The world neither ever saw, nor ever will see, a perfectly + fair lottery; or one in which the whole gain compensated the + whole loss; because the undertaker could make nothing by it. + In lotteries the tickets are really not worth the price which + is paid by the original purchasers, and yet they often sell + in the market at a considerable advance: the vain hope of + gaining some of the great prizes is the cause of this demand. + In order to have a better chance for some of the large + prizes, some people purchase several tickets, and others + small shares in a still greater number. There is not, + however, a more certain proposition in mathematics, than that + the more tickets you adventure upon, the more likely you are + to be a loser. Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery + and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your + tickets, the nearer you approach to this certainty. + + The above is surely a just account of the nature and + principles of a Lottery; yet it does not destroy the fact, + that, distributed as the tickets always are among thousands, + there must be some gainers, and that, in spite of + mathematics, there is a lucky number, which must draw the + capital prize in the Plymouth Beach Lottery (without any + deduction) of 12000 dollars. Both the _Historical Dictionary_ + and Lottery _Tickets_ may be had at Cushing & Appleton's old + stand, one door west of Central Building;--where BANK BILLS + are exchanged. + + * * * * * + +Lottery at the celebrated "Wayside Inn" at Sudbury in 1760. + + THE Managers of _Sudbury_ Lottery, No. Two, hereby notify the + Public, That they shall commence Drawing said Lottery, on + Friday the Thirtieth Day of May Instant, at the House of Mr. + _William Bryant_ Inholder in said _Sudbury._ --> A few Tickets + are yet to be had of the Managers, and _Samuel Hardcastle_ and + the Printers hereof. + + _Boston Gazette,_ May, 1760. + + * * * * * + +Some remarks in reference to supplying Bibles in the eastern part of +Massachusetts by means of a lottery. + + MR. RUSSELL, + + A FRIEND to religion, and one who wishes the memorial of a + certain respectable society may have a happy effect, but a + zealous enemy to lotteries, asked a member of an important + body, the other day, whether he thought the General Court + would grant a Lottery for the purpose of supplying every + person in the eastern part of the Commonwealth with a bible, + who is unable to purchase one, and for the pay of a + missionary.--Let not the serious reader frown, as that member + did; for if there is nothing contained in that sacred book + which can be thought opposed to this method of gambling, + neither the one nor the other can give a substantial reason + why, in the present rage for lotteries, the people should not + be indulged in raising money in the way most agreeable to + their humour. + + PERSOLUS. + + _Columbian Centinel,_ Feb. 26, 1791. + + * * * * * + + _MRS. CLARK AFLOAT._ + + In the Ship Ann Maria arrived at New-Haven the following wax + passengers, viz. King George III, _Bonaparte,_ Washington, + _Jefferson,_ Hamilton, _Burr,_ Hillhouse, _Madison,_ + Pickering, _Giles_ and _Mrs. Mary Ann Clark._ The + Custom-House officers made prisoners of all these passengers + for violating the Non-Importation Act, but being proved that + they were of East-Haven manufacture and unconscious of crime, + we are happy to hear they have been all liberated. King + George III. was taken in such bad company as is a sufficient + proof that he is _crazy._ Napoleon undoubtedly rejoiced when + he beheld the faithful execution in our waters, of his + continental system. Washington and Hamilton were glad that + they were in their graves, before their country had been + plunged so deeply in disgrace. Had not Pickering and + Hillhouse been indeed made of _wax,_ they would have thrown + Bonaparte and Jefferson overboard and given them the freedom + of the Seas. If the custom-house officers had kept possession + of Poor Madison, they could never have obtained much money + for him, as he now is a sorry _figure,_ since he has been + scalped and tomahawked by Smith. Burr, the democratic + vice-president and traitor, who has now gone home to France, + ought to be exhibited for the instruction of the People, in + every village. Giles must have been liable to have been + York-_sheared_ by Mrs. Clark, who, on a July day, when the + weather was at blood heat, must have been in a _melting_ mood + and susceptible of impressions. But he is an advocate of + Non-Intercourse. The officers of the Revenue, notwithstanding + they were in such a _taking_ fit, and had conceived such vain + & high blown hope of the immense wealth they should receive + as the ransom of their Captives, have not half so good a + chance of a _prize_ as those adventurers who will call at + Cushing and Appleton's, one door west of central Building, + and purchase a Ticket or quarter in Harvard College Lottery + now drawing. + + _Salem Gazette,_ July 12, 1811. + + * * * * * + + Mr. Pardon Sheldon, a respectable citizen of Providence, was + the fortunate holder of the $20,000 prize in the North + Carolina Lottery which was drawn some days since. + + _Salem Observer,_ Dec. 17, 1825. + + * * * * * + + A Speedy Cure for a Broken Fortune. + + TO all those who bitterly complain of the great dearth of + "the root of all evil," and a want of confidence in these + speculating times, and who, tremblingly anticipate a long and + doubtful conflict, in money operations the coming season, the + following beautiful and brilliant schemes offer the means of + a sure and an immediate relief. + + The Grand State Lottery, Fourth Class Extra, with a capital + prize of $10,000, a prize of 500, and 5 prizes of 1000, will + draw THIS DAY. Tickets $3 & parts in proportion. + + The Rhode-Island Lottery, First Class, New Series, highest + prize 10,000, five prizes of 1,000, and a variety of smaller + prizes, will draw on the 24th inst. Tickets $3 and parts in + proportion. And last, though not least, + + The New-York Literature Lottery, Class No. 3, for 1825, with + the truly splendid prizes of 100,000, 50,000, and 10,500 and + smaller prizes to the amount of more than half a MILLION of + DOLLARS, will draw on the 4th of January next. Tickets $50, + and parts in proportion. + + For PRIZES in the above Lotteries apply to + + E.H. PAYSON, + + At Dana & Fenno's Office, Central street. + + Official Lists of the two first Lotteries will be received by + E.H.P. on the evenings of the days of the drawings. + tf Dec 10. + + _Salem Observer,_ 1825. + + + * * * * * + + Fortune's Favourite Sons, + + ARE informed that _Stonington Point Meeting-House Lottery_ + will positively commence drawing the 19th of May--viz. this + day four weeks. In this Lottery of only 6000 Tickets, are one + of 3000 dollars--one of 1000--five of 500--two of 400--three + of 300--ten of 200--twenty of 100, &c. Tickets for 3 Dollars, + for sale, and prizes in the _Eastern Stage Road Lottery,_ + taken in pay.--Also Cash paid for those sold by THOMAS + HILDRUP. + + N.B. Adventurers may know their fate from his List of Prizes. + + Hartford, April 21, 1794. + + _Connecticut Courant._ + + * * * * * + +To show how largely men's minds--and perhaps women's too--were filled +with the lottery mania, if we may so call it, in the days of which we +are writing, we will introduce a Southern scheme from the "Petersburg +Intelligencer" of 1816, copied in the "Salem Register," September 11 of +that year. Some of our readers may think that it is not a bad idea. + + _From the Petersburg Intelligencer._ + + MATRIMONIAL LOTTERY. + + On the 21st day of December last, I was passing through the + state of South Carolina, and in the evening arrived in the + suburbs of the town of ----, where I had an acquaintance, on + whom I called. I was quickly informed that the family was + invited to a wedding at a neighboring house, and on being + requested, I changed my clothes and went with them. As soon + as the young couple were married, the company was seated, and + a profound silence ensued--(the man of the house was + religious.) A young Lawyer then arose, and addressed the + company very handsomely, and in finishing his discourse + begged leave to offer a new scheme of matrimony, which he + believed and hoped would be beneficial. And obtaining leave + he proposed: + + That one man in the company should be selected as president; + that this president should be duly sworn to keep entirely + secret all the communications that should be forwarded to him + in his official department that night: and each unmarried + gentleman and lady should write his or her name on a piece of + paper, and under it place the person's name whom they wished + to marry; then hand it to the president for inspection, and + if any gentleman and lady had reciprocally chosen each other, + the president was to inform each of the result; and those who + had not been reciprocal in their choices, should have their + choice kept entirely secret. + + After the appointment of the president, the communications + were accordingly handed up to the chair, and it was found + that twelve young gentlemen and ladies had made reciprocal + choices; but whom they had chosen remained a secret to all + but themselves and the president.--The conversation changed + and the company respectively retired. + + Now hear the conclusion. I was passing through the same place + on the 14th of March following, and was informed that eleven + of the twelve matches had been solemnized, and that the young + gentlemen of eight couples of the eleven had declared that + their diffidence was so great that they certainly should not + have addressed their respective wives, if the above scheme + had not been introduced.----> Gentlemen under 20 and ladies + under 15 were excluded as unmarriageable. + + You will be pleased to let the public hear of this scheme, + and I hope it will be productive of much good, by being + practised in Virginia. + + _A Married Man without Children._ + +The weak spot in this plan, we imagine, would be the difficulty in +keeping the _blanks_ entirely secret. + + * * * * * + +We have not undertaken to give an account of all the lotteries of which +we have seen advertisements, as our limits would not admit of it, even +if it could be made interesting to those who like to read about such +matters; New England alone would fill a large volume. We will name only +a few of the more prominent lotteries,--the Land Bank, in 1759; the +Pavement on Boston Neck, the same year. Then there was the Charlestown +lottery, the Hatfield Bridge, Sudbury, the Amoskeag Canal, the South +Hadley Canal, the Philanthropic, the Kennebec, the Dartmouth College, +the Gloucester Road, the Plymouth Beach, etc. All these, of course, +were public lotteries, and were managed by the first men in the +community. In relation to private lotteries it would now be difficult to +ascertain the facts. There must have been a great number of these; +probably they were not always honestly conducted. We have heard that +there were shops where the inexperienced were supplied with bogus +tickets,--blanks of some drawn lottery. Bad men, unfortunately, are to +be found in all kinds of business; but we know that in Salem all the men +whose names we have mentioned were among the very best in the community. + +Although laws are now in force in Massachusetts and some other States +against lotteries, there appears to be no essential difference, as far +as the morality of the thing is concerned, between the old lottery and +the modern raffle,--and indeed a certain species of stock gambling, it +seems to us, is worse than either in its moral effects. After the year +1826, or thereabout, lotteries appear to have become unpopular, and laws +were passed prohibiting them. Their unprofitableness, moreover, seems +then to have been more clearly seen. As we have already said, there had +always been some who saw the evils which must result from such schemes. +Notably among prominent men who in Massachusetts used their influence +against them were John Hancock,[1] of Revolutionary fame, and afterwards +governor of the Commonwealth, and Peter C. Brooks, a distinguished +merchant of Boston, father-in-law of Edward Everett. The "Salem Gazette" +of Sept. 16, 1794, says: "Considering the acknowledged immoral tendency +of _Lotteries,_ it is astonishing how much is said in the Boston papers +in favor of that which our Legislature has lately instituted for Harvard +College. Our late worthy Governor Hancock, in a public address to the +General Court, gave his testimony against this species of gambling, so +calculated to ensnare and injure those classes of worthy citizens who +are guiltless of that vice in its common form." + +[Footnote 1: Although we have seen lottery tickets signed by Hancock +earlier in life.] + +In some foreign countries and in a few of the States of our Union +lotteries are still lawful; yet we believe there is a growing feeling +against them. But if stock gambling is destined to take the place of the +lottery, we do not think much will be gained by the change. The losses +by lotteries were generally in small sums, and could be better borne by +the adventurers than the entire loss of property, health, and reputation +which is now too apt to follow a large proportion of the speculative +stock operations. In the lottery, too, the risks were generally so small +that the ticket-buyer alone suffered; whereas now, whole families are +often involved in financial ruin, if not in disgrace, by the operations +of a father, brother, or near relative. But we will say no more on this +point, as it is a consideration foreign to the object of this book. + +Thus far we have written mainly of American lotteries; as it is not our +intention to take an exhaustive view of the subject, we will merely say, +in reference to foreign countries, that lotteries were instituted in +England in 1567, and abolished by Act of Parliament in 1823, although +allowed until 1826, when the last drawing of a legal lottery took place. +During this period they were patronized by all classes,--royalty, the +nobility, gentry, and commoners. The first lottery was for the repairs +of harbors and fortifications. The drawing took place at the "west door +of St. Paul's Church." In 1612 King James I. granted a lottery for the +"English Colonies in Virginia, ... to be held at the _west end of St. +Paul's,_" and "one Thomas Sharplys, a tailor, drew the chief Prize, +which was 4000 crowns in fair plate." + +To this day the lottery flourishes in most of the chief cities in +Europe, and lottery tickets are vended in many shops as well as in +regular offices. The Cologne Cathedral, as is well known, was only +recently finished by the aid of a lottery. Lotteries are upheld, we +believe, by the Roman Catholic Church in Europe, and many of the priests +aid in disposing of the tickets,--at least so we have been told. + +The sum of the whole matter as regards this country is that a good work +was undoubtedly accomplished through the agency of the lottery in the +early days of our national history. By its aid schools, colleges, and +charities were founded, bridges, roads, and canals were constructed. 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Brooks + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Olden Time Series, Vol. 1: Curiosities of the Old Lottery + Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts + +Author: Henry M. Brooks + +Release Date: March 12, 2006 [EBook #17970] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE OLDEN TIME SERIES, VOL. *** + + + + +Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Christine D. and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + +</pre> + + +<div class="padding"> +<h3>TABLE OF CONTENTS</h3> +<p class="center"> +<a href="#CURIOSITIES_OF_THE_OLD_LOTTERY">CURIOSITIES OF THE OLD LOTTERY</a><br /> +<a href="#A_LIST_OF_BOOKS">A LIST OF BOOKS PUBLISHED BY TICKNOR AND COMPANY</a></p> +</div> + +<div class="padding"> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 271px;"> +<a href="images/coverlot.jpg"> +<img src="images/covlotth.jpg" width="271" height="400" alt="Cover" title="Cover" /></a> +</div></div> + + +<div class="bbox"> +<h1><i>THE OLDEN-TIME SERIES.</i></h1> + +<p class="center">16mo. Per vol., 50 cents.</p> +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> +<p>There appears to be, from year to year, a growing popular taste for +quaint and curious reminiscences of "Ye Olden Time," and to meet this, +Mr. Henry M. Brooks has prepared a series of interesting handbooks. The +materials have been gleaned chiefly from old newspapers of Boston and +Salem, sources not easily accessible, and while not professing to be +history, the volumes contain much material for history, so combined and +presented as to be both amusing and instructive. The titles of some of +the volumes indicate their scope and their promise of entertainment:—</p> + +<p> +<span class="smcap"> Curiosities of the Old Lottery</span>.<br /> +<span class="smcap"> Days of the Spinning-Wheel</span>.<br /> +<span class="smcap"> Some Strange and Curious Punishments</span>.<br /> +<span class="smcap"> Quaint and Curious Advertisements</span>.<br /> +<span class="smcap"> Literary Curiosities</span>.<br /> +<span class="smcap"> New-England Sunday</span>, <span class="smcap">etc</span>.<br /> +</p> +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> +<p>"It has been the good fortune of the writer to be allowed a peep at the +manuscript for this series and he can assure the lovers of the historical +and the quaint in literature that something both valuable and pleasant is +in store for them. In the specialties treated of in these books Mr. +Brooks has been for many years a careful collector and student, and it is +gratifying to learn that the material is to be committed to book +form."—<i>Salem Gazette.</i></p> +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> +<p><i>For sale by all Booksellers. Sent, post-paid, upon receipt of price. +Catalogues of our books mailed free.</i></p> + +<p class="right"> +TICKNOR & CO., <span class="smcap">Boston.</span><br /> +</p> +</div> + +<h2>THE OLDEN TIME SERIES</h2> + +<hr style="width: 25%;" /> + +<h3>CURIOSITIES OF THE OLD LOTTERY</h3> + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0"><i>"There is some soul of goodness in things evil,</i><br /></span> +<span class="i0"><i>Would men observingly distil it out."</i><br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +</div></div> +<p class="right"><span class="smcap">Shakspeare</span>, <i>King Henry V.</i></p> + + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0"><i>"The earth hath bubbles, as the water has,</i><br /></span> +<span class="i0"><i>And these are of them."</i><br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +</div></div> +<p class="right"><span class="smcap">Shakspeare</span>, <i>Macbeth.</i></p> + + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0"><i>"How widely its agencies vary,—</i><br /></span> +<span class="i0"><i>To save, to ruin, to curse, to bless."</i><br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +</div></div> +<p class="right"><span class="smcap">Thomas Hood</span>.</p> + + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<h2><a name="THE_OLDEN_TIME_SERIES" id="THE_OLDEN_TIME_SERIES"></a>THE OLDEN TIME SERIES</h2> + +<h5>GLEANINGS CHIEFLY FROM OLD NEWSPAPERS OF BOSTON<br /> +AND SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS</h5> + +<h5>SELECTED AND ARRANGED, WITH BRIEF COMMENTS</h5> + +<h5>BY</h5> + +<h4>HENRY M. BROOKS</h4> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<h2>Curiosities of the Old Lottery</h2> + +<p>"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."—<span class="smcap">Emerson</span></p> + +<div class="padding"> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 142px;"> +<img src="images/crest.jpg" width="142" height="142" alt="Crest" title="Crest" /> +</div></div> + +<p class="center">BOSTON<br /> +TICKNOR AND COMPANY<br /> +1886</p> + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + +<div class="padding"> +<p class="center"><i>Copyright, 1886,</i><br /> +<span class="smcap">By Ticknor and Company.</span></p> + +<p class="center"><i>All rights reserved.</i></p> +</div> + +<div class="padding"> +<p class="center"><b>University Press:</b><br /> +<span class="smcap">John Wilson and Son, Cambridge.</span></p> +</div> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[Pg 1]</a></span></p> +<h2><a name="INDEX_OF_NAMES" id="INDEX_OF_NAMES"></a>INDEX OF NAMES.</h2> + + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[Pg 2]</a></span></p> +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="Index_of_Names"> +<tr><td align='left'></td><td align='right'><span class="smcap">Page</span></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Arnold, Welcome</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_50">50</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Atkins, William</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_10">10</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Austin, Benjamin</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Austin, Benjamin, Jr.</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_53">53</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Barlow, Joel</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_56">56</a>, <a href="#Page_57">57</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Barton, William</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_35">35</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Beeman, D.</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_47">47</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Beers, Elias</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_33">33</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Beers, Nathan</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_33">33</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Bemis, Mr.</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_25">25</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Blake, William P.</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Blodgett, Benjamin</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_42">42</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Bonaparte</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_62">62</a>, <a href="#Page_63">63</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Bridge & Renouf</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_39">39</a>, <a href="#Page_54">54</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Bridge, Mr.</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_36">36</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Brooks, Peter C.</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_70">70</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Brown, John</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_50">50</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Bryant, William</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_61">61</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Burr, Aaron</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_62">62</a>, <a href="#Page_63">63</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Cabot, Andrew</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_59">59</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Cabot, George</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_59">59</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Carlton, W.</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_53">53</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Carter, Ephraim</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Clark, Mary Ann</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_62">62</a>, <a href="#Page_63">63</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Colman, George</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_44">44</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Connor, Benjamin</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_38">38</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Cooper, Samuel</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_53">53</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Cushing & Appleton</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_17">17</a>, <a href="#Page_42">42</a>, <a href="#Page_44">44</a>, <a href="#Page_46">46</a>, <a href="#Page_61">61</a>, <a href="#Page_63">63</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Cushing & Carlton</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_38">38</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Cushing, Caleb</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_10">10</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Cushing, Thomas</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Cushing, Thomas C.</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_8">8</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Dabney, John</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_8">8</a>, <a href="#Page_53">53</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Daggett, Henry</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_33">33</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Dana & Fenno</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_65">65</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Dutch, John</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_51">51</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Edes & Gill</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_15">15</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Ellsler, Fanny</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_8">8</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Esty, Edward</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_35">35</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Everett, Edward</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_70">70</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Farnham, Daniel</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_10">10</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Fisk, General</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Franklin, Benjamin</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_43">43</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Freeman, Jonathan</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_38">38</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Gerrish, Joseph</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_10">10</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Gilbert & Dean</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_30">30</a>, <a href="#Page_48">48</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Giles, William B.</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_62">62</a>, <a href="#Page_63">63</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Gould & Company</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_12">12</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Green & Russell</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_12">12</a>, <a href="#Page_15">15</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Hamilton, Alexander</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_62">62</a>, <a href="#Page_63">63</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Hancock, John</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_70">70</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Hardcastle, Samuel</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_61">61</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Hathorne, John</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_8">8</a>, <a href="#Page_53">53</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Heard, Edmund</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Hewes, Samuel</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Higginson, Henry</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_59">59</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Hilldrup, Thomas</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_33">33</a>, <a href="#Page_65">65</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Hillhouse, James</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_62">62</a>, <a href="#Page_63">63</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Huntington, Ralph</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_28">28</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Ives, John P.</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_50">50</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Jackson, William and James</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_12">12</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Jefferson, Thomas</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_62">62</a>, <a href="#Page_63">63</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Jenks, Daniel</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_8">8</a>, <a href="#Page_53">53</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Jenks, John</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_8">8</a>, <a href="#Page_38">38</a>, <a href="#Page_53">53</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Johnson, Oliver</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_35">35</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Jones, Timothy</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_33">33</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Kelley, Daniel</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_35">35</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Kent, William A.</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_41">41</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Kent, William J.</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_38">38</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Kidder & Co.</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_28">28</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Kidder, W. & T.</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_30">30</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>King George III.</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_62">62</a>, <a href="#Page_63">63</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>King James I.</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_72">72</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Kneeland, John</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_36">36</a>, <a href="#Page_53">53</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Larkin, E. & S.</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_47">47</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Larkin, Ebenezer</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Leach & Fosdick</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_25">25</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Lewis, Ezekiel</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Luther, Martin</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_35">35</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Lyon, William</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_33">33</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Macomber, Ebenezer</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Madison, James</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_62">62</a>, <a href="#Page_63">63</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Martin, Luther</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_42">42</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Mason, John</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_50">50</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>McIntosh, William</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_33">33</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Minot, George R.</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_53">53</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Napoleon</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_63">63</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Nauche, Dr.</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_43">43</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Newell, Timothy</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_12">12</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Payson, E.H.</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_8">8</a>, <a href="#Page_65">65</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Pickering, Timothy</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_62">62</a>, <a href="#Page_63">63</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Phillips, Margaret</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_25">25</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Randal, Stephen</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Russell, Benjamin</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_53">53</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Russell, John</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_8">8</a>, <a href="#Page_16">16</a>, <a href="#Page_17">17</a>, <a href="#Page_22">22</a>, <a href="#Page_23">23</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Russell, William</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_50">50</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Sampson, Ezra</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_59">59</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Savage, Samuel Phillips</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Scollay, John</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Sewall, Samuel</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Sharplys, Thomas</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_72">72</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Sheldon, Pardon</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_64">64</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Sigourney, Andrew</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_41">41</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Simpson & Caldwell</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_39">39</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Smith, Robert</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_63">63</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Sprague, Joseph</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Stone, E.M.</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_59">59</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Storer & Son, Ebenezer</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_12">12</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Thorndike, Israel</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_59">59</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Thurber, Samuel, Jr.</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_22">22</a>, <a href="#Page_51">51</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Tracy, Patrick</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_10">10</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Turpin, Benjamin</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Warren, Henry</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_53">53</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Washington, George</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_31">31</a>, <a href="#Page_59">59</a>, <a href="#Page_62">62</a>, <a href="#Page_63">63</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Weld, Benjamin</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_41">41</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Whipple, Henry</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_8">8</a>, <a href="#Page_39">39</a>, <a href="#Page_45">45</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Whipple, John</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_51">51</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Williams, George</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td></tr> +</table></div> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[Pg 3]</a></span></p> +<h2><a name="LOTTERIES_MENTIONED" id="LOTTERIES_MENTIONED"></a>LOTTERIES MENTIONED.</h2> + + + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="Lotteries_Mentioned"> +<tr><td align='left'></td><td align='right'><span class="smcap">Page</span></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Amoskeag</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_16">16</a>, <a href="#Page_17">17</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Amoskeag Canal</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_68">68</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Baltimore Hospital</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_42">42</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Bible Supply</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_61">61</a>, <a href="#Page_62">62</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Bunker Hill Monument</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_7">7</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Charlestown</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_68">68</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Cologne Cathedral</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_72">72</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Congregational Churches</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_7">7</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Connecticut Manufactory</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_32">32</a>, <a href="#Page_33">33</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Continental Congress</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Dartmouth College</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_36">36</a>, <a href="#Page_37">37</a>, <a href="#Page_68">68</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Eastern Stage Road</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_65">65</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>English Colonies in Virginia</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_72">72</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Episcopal Churches</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_7">7</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Faneuil Hall</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_7">7</a>, <a href="#Page_13">13</a>, <a href="#Page_14">14</a>, <a href="#Page_15">15</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Gloucester Road</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_68">68</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Harvard College</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_7">7</a>, <a href="#Page_23">23</a>, <a href="#Page_38">38</a>, <a href="#Page_42">42</a>, <a href="#Page_44">44</a>, <a href="#Page_45">45</a>, <a href="#Page_46">46</a>, <a href="#Page_47">47</a>, <a href="#Page_51">51</a>, <a href="#Page_52">52</a>, <a href="#Page_53">53</a>, <a href="#Page_57">57</a>, <a href="#Page_64">64</a>, <a href="#Page_70">70</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Hatfield Bridge</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_17">17</a>, <a href="#Page_23">23</a>, <a href="#Page_68">68</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Kennebec</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_68">68</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Kennebec Bridge</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_28">28</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Land Bank</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_15">15</a>, <a href="#Page_68">68</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Leicester Academy, Lancaster</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Marblehead</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_42">42</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Massachusetts State</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_7">7</a>, <a href="#Page_20">20</a>, <a href="#Page_25">25</a>, <a href="#Page_29">29</a>, <a href="#Page_36">36</a>, <a href="#Page_41">41</a>, <a href="#Page_42">42</a>, <a href="#Page_58">58</a>, <a href="#Page_59">59</a>, <a href="#Page_64">64</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Matrimonial</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_66">66</a>, <a href="#Page_67">67</a>, <a href="#Page_68">68</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Milton Paper Mill</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_15">15</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Newport Congregational Church</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>New York</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_41">41</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>New York Literature</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_65">65</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>North and South Rivers, Salem</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>North Carolina</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_64">64</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Pavement on Boston Neck</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_68">68</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Philanthropic</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_68">68</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Plymouth Beach</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_44">44</a>, <a href="#Page_54">54</a>, <a href="#Page_55">55</a>, <a href="#Page_61">61</a>, <a href="#Page_68">68</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Providence Episcopal Church</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_47">47</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Providence Street</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_20">20</a>, <a href="#Page_21">21</a>, <a href="#Page_22">22</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Rhode Island</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_64">64</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Rhode Island College</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_7">7</a>, <a href="#Page_49">49</a>, <a href="#Page_50">50</a>, <a href="#Page_51">51</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Rhode Island Lottery for Advancement of Religion</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_34">34</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>River Parker Bridge</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_7">7</a>, <a href="#Page_9">9</a>, <a href="#Page_10">10</a>, <a href="#Page_11">11</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">South Hadley Canal</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_48">48</a>, <a href="#Page_68">68</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Stonington Point Meeting-House</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_65">65</a>, <a href="#Page_66">66</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Sudbury</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_61">61</a>, <a href="#Page_68">68</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Taunton Great River</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_12">12</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Union Canal</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_31">31</a>, <a href="#Page_40">40</a>, <a href="#Page_41">41</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'><span class="smcap">Washington Monument</span></td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_39">39</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Williamstown Free School</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_7">7</a>, <a href="#Page_20">20</a>, <a href="#Page_25">25</a>, <a href="#Page_42">42</a>, <a href="#Page_43">43</a></td></tr> +</table></div> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[Pg 4]</a></span></p> + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[Pg 5]</a></span></p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<a href="images/img010.jpg"> +<img src="images/img010th.jpg" width="400" height="43" alt="Border" title="Border" /></a> +</div> + +<h2><a name="INTRODUCTION" id="INTRODUCTION"></a>INTRODUCTION.</h2> + + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>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 +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[Pg 6]</a></span> +should prove of interest to +any considerable number of persons.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p> +<span class="smcap"> Salem, Mass.</span>,<br /> + <i>April, 1885.</i><br /> +</p> + +<div class="padding"> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 150px;"> +<img src="images/img011th.jpg" width="150" height="78" alt="Decoration" title="Decoration" /> +</div></div> +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[Pg 7]</a></span></p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<a href="images/img012.jpg"> +<img src="images/img012th.jpg" width="400" height="70" alt="Border" title="Border" /></a> +</div> + +<h1><a name="CURIOSITIES_OF_THE_OLD_LOTTERY" id="CURIOSITIES_OF_THE_OLD_LOTTERY"></a>CURIOSITIES OF THE OLD LOTTERY.</h1> + + +<p>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 +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[Pg 8]</a></span> +contributions by several individuals. Among other +contributors was the celebrated <i>danseuse</i> 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 +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[Pg 9]</a></span> +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.</p> + + +<div class="blockquot"> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<a href="images/img014.jpg"> +<img src="images/img014th.jpg" width="400" height="148" alt="Bridge" title="Bridge" /></a> +</div> + +<p class="right">NEWBURY, <i>May 17, 1760.</i></p> + +<p class='center'>SCHEME of a LOTTERY,</p> + +<p>FOR raiſing a Sum of Money for the building and +maintaining a Bridge over the River <i>Parker,</i> in the Town of +<i>Newbury,</i> at the Place called Old Town +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[Pg 10]</a></span> +Ferry (in purſuance of an Act of the General Court, paſſed in +<i>April</i> 1760) Wherein <i>Daniel Farnham,</i> <i>Caleb Cuſhing,</i> +<i>Joſeph Gerriſh,</i> <i>William Atkins,</i> Eſq., and Mr. +<i>Patrick Tracy,</i> Merchant, (or any Three of them) are +appointed Managers. The acting Managers are ſworn to the +faithful Performance of their Truſt.</p> + +<p><i>Newbury</i>-Lottery Number Four, conſiſts of</p> + +<p>5000 Tickets, at Two Dollars each; 1655 of which are Benefit +Tickets of the following Value.</p></div> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="2" summary="scheme"> +<tr><td align='right'>1</td><td align='right'>of</td><td align='right'>500</td><td align='right'>Dollars,</td><td align='right'>is</td><td align='right'>500</td><td align='right'>Dollars.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>4</td><td align='right'>of</td><td align='right'>100</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>are</td><td align='right'>400</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>5</td><td align='right'>of</td><td align='right'>50</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>are</td><td align='right'>250</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>6</td><td align='right'>of</td><td align='right'>40</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>are</td><td align='right'>240</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>10</td><td align='right'>of</td><td align='right'>30</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>are</td><td align='right'>300</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>14</td><td align='right'>of</td><td align='right'>20</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>are</td><td align='right'>280</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>45</td><td align='right'>of</td><td align='right'>10</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>are</td><td align='right'>450</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>75</td><td align='right'>of</td><td align='right'>8</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>are</td><td align='right'>600</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>1495</td><td align='right'>of</td><td align='right'>4</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>are</td><td align='right'>5980</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>——</td><td align='right' colspan="4"></td><td align='right'>——</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>1655</td><td align='left' colspan="3">Prizes, amounting to</td><td align='right'>—</td><td align='right'>9000</td><td align='right'>Dollars.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>3345</td><td align='left'>Blanks.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>——</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>5000</td><td align='left' colspan="4">Tickets, at Two Dollars each</td><td align='right'>10 000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'></td><td align='center' colspan="3">To be paid in Prizes,</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>9000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right' colspan="5"></td><td align='right'>——</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right' colspan="5"></td><td align='right'>1000</td><td align='right'>Dollars.</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<div class="blockquot"><p>Remains to be applied for the Purpoſe aforeſaid.</p> + +<p class="center">Two Blanks only to one PRIZE.</p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[Pg 11]</a></span> +<i>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.</i></p> + +<p><i>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.</i></p> + +<p><i>Tickets purchas'd at</i> Boſton, <i>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</i> Boſton Gazette and Country Journal. +<i>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.</i></p> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[Pg 12]</a></span> +<i>Tickets are to be Sold by the Managers in</i> Newbury, <i>by</i> +Ebenezer Storer, <i>Eſq., and Son; Mr.</i> Timothy Newell; +William & James Jackſon, <i>and the Printers hereof in</i> +Boſton.</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<p>The town of Taunton, Mass., was favored by a lottery grant in 1761 to aid +in clearing the Great River.</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class="right"><i>Taunton, March 16. 1761.</i></p> + +<p>PUBLICK NOTICE is hereby given to all Perſons who are ſo +diſpoſed to encourage the Clearing of <i>Taunton</i> +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 +<i>April</i> next; the Town of <i>Taunton</i> 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 <i>April.</i></p> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<p>☞ Tickets are yet to be had of Meſſir's <i>Gould</i> and +Company, and of <i>Green & Ruſſell,</i> Printers in Queen +Street, <i>Boſton.</i>—As alſo of the Managers at their +reſpective Dwellings in <i>Taunton.</i></p></div> + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[Pg 13]</a></span> +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. +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[Pg 14]</a></span></p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class="right"><i>BOSTON, November 1, 1762.</i></p> + +<p class="plainh">SCHEME</p> + +<p class="center"><span class="smcap">Of a LOTTERY</span>,</p> + +<p>For Raiſing a Sum of Money for Re-building +<span class="smcap">Faneuil</span> <i>Hall</i>; agreeable to an Act of the General +Court, wherein Meſſieurs <i>Thomas Cuſhing,</i> <i>Samuel +Hewes,</i> <i>John Scollay,</i> <i>Benjamin Auſtin,</i> <i>Samuel +Sewall,</i> <i>Samuel Phillips Savage,</i> and <i>Ezekiel Lewis,</i> or +any Three of them, are appointed Managers, who are Sworn to +the faithful Diſcharge of their Truſt.</p> + +<p><span class="smcap">Faneuil-Hall</span> Lottery, No. One, Conſiſts of 6000 +Tickets, at Two Dollars each, 1486 of which are Benefit +Tickets of the following Value, <i>viz.</i></p> + + + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="scheme"> +<tr><td align='right' colspan='5'></td><td align='right'>Dollars.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>1</td><td align='right'>Prize of</td><td align='right'>1000</td><td align='left'>Dollars,</td><td align='left'>is</td><td align='right'>1000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>1</td><td align='right'>of</td><td align='right'>500</td><td align='left'></td><td align='left'>is</td><td align='right'>500</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>2</td><td align='right'>of</td><td align='right'>200</td><td align='left'></td><td align='left'>are</td><td align='right'>400</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>12</td><td align='right'>of</td><td align='right'>100</td><td align='left'></td><td align='left'>are</td><td align='right'>1200</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>20</td><td align='right'>of</td><td align='right'>50</td><td align='left'></td><td align='left'>are</td><td align='right'>1000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>20</td><td align='right'>of</td><td align='right'>20</td><td align='left'></td><td align='left'>are</td><td align='right'>400</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>30</td><td align='right'>of</td><td align='right'>10</td><td align='left'></td><td align='left'>are</td><td align='right'>300</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'> 200</td><td align='right'>of</td><td align='right'>6</td><td align='left'></td><td align='left'>are</td><td align='right'>1200</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>1200</td><td align='right'>of</td><td align='right'>4</td><td align='left'></td><td align='left'>are</td><td align='right'>4800</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>——</td><td align='right' colspan='4'></td><td align='right'>——</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>1486</td><td align='left' colspan='4'>Prizes,</td><td align='right'>10800</td><td align='right'>Dollars.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>4514</td><td align='left'>Blanks.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>——</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>6000</td><td align='right' colspan='4'>Tickets at 2 Dollars each, is</td><td align='right'>12,000</td><td align='right'>Dollars.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'></td><td align='center' colspan='4'>To be paid in Prizes,</td><td align='right'>10,800</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right' colspan='5'></td><td align='right'>——</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'></td><td align='right' colspan='4'>Remains</td><td align='right'>1200</td><td align='right'>Dollars,</td></tr> +</table></div> +<p>to be applied to the Purpoſe aforeſaid. +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[Pg 15]</a></span></p> + + +<p>The Neceſſity of a large and convenient Hall in ſuch a +Town as this, upon all Public Occaſions, can't be +diſputed. The Rebuilding <i>Faneuil-Hall</i> 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.</p> + +<p>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 <i>Edes</i> and +<i>Gill's Boſton Gazette,</i> &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.</p> + +<p>Prizes not demanded within Twelve Months after Drawing, will +be deem'd as generouſly given for the Purpoſe +aforeſaid, and will be applied accordingly.</p> + +<p>☞ Tickets may be had of the Managers, or of <i>Green & +Ruſſell,</i> in Queen-ſtreet, who will receive Prize +Tickets in <span class="smcap">Land-Bank</span> LOTTERY.</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<p>In 1782 the State of Massachusetts granted a lottery for the benefit of +the paper-mill at Milton.</p> + +<p>The Clergy were often asked to use their influence to promote special +schemes. For +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[Pg 16]</a></span> +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, "<i>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,</i> the <span class="smcap">Reverend Clergy</span>, <i>and all perſons who have a +taſte for encouraging ſaid Seminary of Learning</i>." 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,—</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class="plainh">Wheels very rich!</p> + +<p>A FEW undrawn Tickets in Amoskeag Lottery for sale by <i>John +Russell.</i></p> + +<p>☞ 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. +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[Pg 17]</a></span></p> + +<p><i>Lottery Price Current.</i>—In Boston, Amoskeag Tickets, +warranted undrawn, 6 dolls. In Salem, at Russell's 5.50—at +Cushing and Appleton's, not warranted, 5.</p> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<p><i>Further Information.</i>—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 <i>before</i> 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 +<i>afterwards.</i> July 24, 1807.</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class='center'> +<sup>*</sup><sub>*</sub><sup>*</sup> If any body wants<br /> +TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS,<br /> +they are requested to call on</p> +<p class='center'> JOHN RUSSELL,</p> +<p class='center'>who will, for a trifling consideration, put them in a<br /> +way to realize that, or another sum of less<br /> +magnitude, in the course of September<br /> +next, when the rich Wheels of Hatfield<br /> +Bridge Lottery will begin<br /> +to move.<br /> +</p> + +<p>☞ Tickets will rise on the first of September to +5.50—Prize Tickets exchanged. (1807) +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[Pg 18]</a></span></p></div> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>Congregational Churches used to raise money +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[Pg 19]</a></span> +by lottery, as appears by +the following advertisement in the "Columbian Centinel," May 5, 1792,—</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class='center'><i>NEWPORT LOTTERY TICKETS.</i></p> + +<p>☞ <i>A few TICKETS, in the Newport Congregational Church +Lottery, which commences drawing the 10th inſtant, may be +had at No.</i> 61 <span class="smcap">Long-Wharf</span> <i>if applied for +immediately. May 5.</i></p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<p>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 <i>Lottery</i> 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 +<i>raffle,</i> 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. +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[Pg 20]</a></span></p> + +<p>The "Massachusetts Centinel," May 22, 1790, notifies the "<i>Friends of +Science</i>" that "a few ... Williamstown Free-school Lottery Tickets ... +may be had of the Printer."</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p><span class='smtxt'>MARBLEHEAD, APRIL 3.</span> 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.</p> + +<p class='right'><i>Massachusetts Gazette,</i> 1786.</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class='plainh'><i>Providence Street-Lottery.</i></p> + +<p class='center'>CLASS 3d.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>This being the great Continental Thoroughfare and Poſt +Road, and much frequented at all Seaſons +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[Pg 21]</a></span> +by Perſons on +Foot and Horſe-Back, and by Teams and Carriages, merits +the greateſt Attention to its Improvement from Town and +Country.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>The Utility and Neceſſity of this work, ſo obvious to +every one, and the great Chance to Adventurers, there being +only <i>about Two</i> Blanks to a Prize, induce the Managers to +rely on the Patronage of the Public, for a rapid Sale of the +Tickets.</p> + +<p>5340 Tickets, at TWO DOLLARS each, are 10,680 Dollars, to be +paid in the following Prizes, ſubject to no Deduction.</p> + + + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="scheme"> +<tr><td align='right' colspan='2'></td><td align='right'><i>Dolls.</i></td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'><i>Dolls.</i></td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>1</td><td align='left'>Prize of</td><td align='right'>1000</td><td align='left'>is</td><td align='right'>1000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>1</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>300</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>300</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>1</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>200</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>200</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>4</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>100</td><td align='left'>are</td><td align='right'>400</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>10</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>50</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>500</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>20</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>30</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>600</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>40</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>20</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>800</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>50</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>10</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>500</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>100</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>6</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>600</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>1482</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>3</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>4446</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>——</td><td align='left' colspan='3'></td><td align='right'>——</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>1709</td><td align='left' colspan='3'>Prizes,</td><td align='right'>9346</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>3631</td><td align='left' colspan='3'>Blanks,</td><td align='right'>1334</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>——</td><td align='left' colspan='3'></td><td align='right'>——</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>5340</td><td align='left' colspan='3'>Tickets, at 2 Dolls. each, is</td><td align='right'>10680</td></tr> +</table></div> + + +<p>To commence drawing the 1ſt June next. +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[Pg 22]</a></span></p> + +<p>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.</p> + + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="managers"> +<tr><td align='left'>EBENEZER MACOMBER,</td><td align='left' rowspan='4'><span style='font-size: 5em'>}</span></td><td align='left' rowspan='4'>Managers.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>SAMUEL THURBER, jun.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>STEPHEN RANDAL,</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>BENJ. TURPIN,</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p>☞ TICKETS in the above Lottery, may be had of <span class="smcap">Eben. +Larkin</span>, of <span class="smcap">Wm. P. Blake</span>, and at the +Poſt-Office, Boſton, Feb. 21, 1795.</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<p>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.</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class="plainh"><i>A New Dispensary!</i></p> + +<p>NUMEROUS are the inſtances that can be cited of a leſs, +a much leſs, ſum than <i>Twenty Thouſand Dollars</i> having +reſtored to their priſtine vigor precarious +circumſtances, and of making the <i>poor become rich!</i> Let +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[Pg 23]</a></span> +ſtubborn prejudices be laid aſide, and an immediate +reſort made to that <span class="smcap">Grand Antipoverty Corrective</span>, +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 <i>Hatfield Bridge Lottery,</i> which +commences drawing the 15th of next month; this affords a +<i>potion</i> of <span class="smcap">Eight Thousand Dollars</span>; if, after a +fair trial here, the deſired effect is not produced, then +there is the <i>Harvard College Lottery,</i> which commences in +May, which has the highly <i>balſamic cordial</i> of TWENTY +THOUSAND DOLLARS, which will produce the moſt wonderful +effects, by giving a <i>ſolid tone</i> to the regions of the +pocket, and by enriching and invigorating the whole +ſyſtem, as can be ſatisfactorily teſted:—Twenty +Thouſand Dollars would</p> + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">"Cheer the heart, and make the spirits flow!"<br /></span> +</div></div> + +<p>Perſeverance is highly recommended, and if the wiſhes +are not gratified by the attainment of the deſired object, +the conſoling reflection will recur, that—"<i>there are not +quite two blanks to a prize</i>"—which is more than can be +ſaid of quackery in general. Tickets and Quarters for +ſale by</p> + +<p class="right">John Russell. +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[Pg 24]</a></span></p> + +<p>☞ To-Morrow the price of Tickets rise—purchasers can be +accommodated until 9 o'clock, this evening.</p> + +<p>☞ A handsome Premium given for Essex County Money.</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<p>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.</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p>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 +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[Pg 25]</a></span> +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.</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + + +<p>From the "Salem Gazette," May 10, 1791.</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p>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 <i>four Africans</i> +belonging to Newport.</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<p>From the "Columbian Centinel," June 5, 1790.</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p>Two apprentices belonging to Mr. <i>Bemis,</i> Paper-Maker, in +Watertown drew the 1000 dollar prize in Williamſtown +Lottery.</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<div class="blockquot"> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<a href="images/img030.jpg"> +<img src="images/img030th.jpg" width="400" height="216" alt="Advertisement" title="Advertisement" /></a> +</div> + +<p class="right"><i>Columbian Centinel,</i> April 28, 1790. +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[Pg 26]</a></span></p></div> + +<p>Lines on the prizes drawn by the poor widows of Marblehead. From the +"Columbian Centinel," April 24, 1790.</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class="plainh"><i>CASTALIAN FOUNT.</i></p> + +<p class="center"><i>FOR THE CENTINEL.</i></p> + +<p class="center">LINES,</p> + +<p><i>On the Prize of</i> FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS <i>being drawn by +the poor Widows of Marblehead, written there.</i></p> + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">WHENCE this increaſe of wealth? What bounteous hand<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Grants more than ſanguine Hope could e'en demand?<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Nor <i>Chance</i> nor <i>Fortune</i> ſhall the merit claim,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Thoſe fancied forms to <i>Folly</i> owe their name:<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Such airy phantoms ill deſerve our lays;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">A nobler object calls forth all our praiſe.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">That Pow'r Supreme, who knows no great or ſmall,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">But looks unchang'd with equal eye on all—<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Who lifts the poor from their unnoted ſtate,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And humbles at his will th' aſpiring great—<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Whoſe hand divine hath held us in its ſpan,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And fed, and cloth'd us ſince our lives began—<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Hath, ſure, this last rich gift in kindneſs ſent,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">To be improv'd, and not in riot ſpent;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">A further proof of Heav'n's indulgent care,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">In which our poorer neighbours ought to ſhare.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Accept, Great God, what thankful hearts can give,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">For life and health, and all the means to live!<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Much thou haſt added to our former ſtore;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">O keep us ſtill as humble as before!<br /></span> +<span class="i0">What thou haſt lent, direct us how to uſe,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And teach us when to give, and when refuſe.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">To others freely let our bounty flow,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">But not beyond Diſcretion's limits go.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Then let us live as uſeful as we can—<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Grateful to God—beneficent to man—<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Poſſeſs obſcure the bliſs of doing good,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Never ſo well <i>explain'd</i> as <i>underſtood.</i><br /></span> +</div></div></div> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[Pg 27]</a></span></p> +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<div class="blockquot"> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 323px;"> +<a href="images/img032.jpg"> +<img src="images/img032th.jpg" width="323" height="400" alt="Fortune" title="Fortune" /></a> +</div> + +<p class="center">20,000!! 5,000!! 1000!!! Dollars.</p> + +<p>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 +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[Pg 28]</a></span> +now selling at the above +prices, at KIDDER & CO's, <i>Lottery, Insurance on Tickets, +and Intelligence Office, No. 9, Market-square.</i></p> + +<p>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!!!</p> + +<p class="right"><i>Boston Palladium,</i> June 9, 1807.</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class="plainh">☞ <i>LUCK INDEED!!</i></p> + +<p>YESTERDAY No. 2159 in the Kennebec Bridge Lottery, came up +the valuable Prize of</p> + +<p class="center"><i>ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS!!</i></p> + +<p>and as usual was sold, at the most fortunate and truly lucky +Office of</p> + +<p class="center">RALPH HUNTINGTON,</p> + +<p>No. 14, Exchange-street, 3 doors from State-street. This is +the 5th Capital Prize in the Kennebec Lottery, sold by RALPH +HUNTINGTON.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p class="right"><i>Boston Palladium, +</i> 1819.<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[Pg 29]</a></span></p> + +<p>No. 4072, the <i>moſt fortunate</i> 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.</p> + +<p><i>Columbian Centinel,</i> April 10, 1790.</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<div class="blockquot"> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<a href="images/img034.jpg"> +<img src="images/img034th.jpg" width="400" height="339" alt="Anglers" title="Anglers" /></a> +</div> + +<p class="center"><i>FORTUNE'S ANGLERS</i>:</p> + +<p class="center">A NEW LOTTERY SONG.</p> + +<p class="center"><i>TUNE</i>—"<i>There are sweepers in high life as well as in +low.</i>"</p> + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">In the fish pond of fortune men angle always,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Some angle for titles, some angle for praise,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Some angle for favor, some angle for wives,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And some angle for nought all the days of their lives:<br /></span> +<span class="i2"><i>Ye who'd angle for</i> Wealth, <i>and would</i> Fortunes <i>obtain,</i><br /></span> +<span class="i2"><i>Get your hooks baited by</i> Kidder, Gilbert & Dean.<br /></span> +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[Pg 30]</a></span> +<span class="i0">Some angle for pleasure, some angle for pain,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Some angle for trifles, some angle for gain,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Some angle for glory, some angle for strife,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Some angle to make themselves happy for life:<br /></span> +<span class="i2"><i>Ye who'd angle, &c.</i><br /></span> +<span class="i0">Some angle for wit, and some angle for fame,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Some angle for nonsense, and some e'en for shame,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Some angle for horses, some angle for hounds,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">For angling's infinite, it never new bounds:<br /></span> +<span class="i2"><i>Ye who'd angle, &c.</i><br /></span> +</div></div> + +<p>G. & D. and W. & T.K. for the accommodation of those who +purchase Tickets of them, keep <i>Daily Lists of Prizes and +Blanks,</i> 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 <i>seven dollars,</i> state of the +lottery, &c. &c.</p> + +<p>☞ Persons at a distance may be assured, that the most +punctual and strict attention will be given their orders for +tickets, (<i>post paid</i>) enclosing cash or prize tickets, +addressed to <span class="smcap">Gilbert & Dean</span>, 79, <i>State street,</i> or +<span class="smcap">W. & T. Kidder</span>, 9, <i>Market-square,</i> and the +earliest information sent them respecting the fate of their +numbers.</p> + +<p><sup>*</sup><sub>*</sub><sup>*</sup> <i>Prize Tickets in all the Lotteries taken in pay for +other tickets.</i> March 24</p> + +<p class="right"><i>Boston Repertory,</i> March 24, 1809. +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[Pg 31]</a></span></p> +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> +<p class="plainh">☞ Washington's Birth Day.</p> + +<p>IT is a little remarkable, that the great</p> + +<p class="center"><i>UNION CANAL LOTTERY,</i></p> + +<p>commences drawing on the 22d inst. being the birthday of +<span class="smcap">Washington</span>—and the first drawn blank will be +entitled to</p> + +<p class="center"><i>FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS!</i></p> + +<p class="right"><i>Boston Palladium, 1819.</i></p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class="center"><i>PATRIOTISM OF THE LADIES.</i></p> + +<p>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 +<i>their ſex</i> ſharing the FIRST CAPITAL PRIZE.</p> + +<p class="right"><i>Columbian Centinel,</i> April 28, 1790. +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[Pg 32]</a></span></p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class="center">CONNECTICUT MANUFACTORY</p> + +<p class="plainh">LOTTERY,</p> + +<p>For raiſing the Sum of three Thouſand two Hundred +Pounds.</p> + +<p>The Managers being under oath, and having given bond for the +faithful diſcharge of their truſt, preſent the Public +with the following</p> + +<p class="plainh">SCHEME.</p> + + + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="scheme"> +<tr><td align='right'>1</td><td align='center'>Prize of</td><td align='right'>5,000</td><td align='center'>Dollars,</td><td align='center'>is</td><td align='right'>5,000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>1</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='right'>2,500</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='right'>2,500</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>1</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='right'>1,500</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='right'>1,500</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>5</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='right'>1,000</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='right'>5,000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>10</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='right'>500</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='right'>5,000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>15</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='right'>200</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='right'>3,000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>50</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='right'>100</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='right'>5,000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>100</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='right'>50</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='right'>5,000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>300</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='right'>25</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='right'>7,500</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>325</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='right'>15</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='right'>4,875</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>500</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='right'>10</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='right'>5,000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>4,400</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='right'>8</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='right'>35,200</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>1</td><td align='left' colspan='2'>laſt drawn Blank,</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='center'>-</td><td align='right'>760</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>———</td><td align='left' colspan='4'></td><td align='right'>———</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'> 5,709</td><td align='left' colspan='4'>Prizes,</td><td align='right'>85,335</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>11,358</td><td align='left' colspan='4'>Blanks.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>———</td><td align='center' colspan='4'></td><td align='right'>———</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>17,067</td><td align='center' colspan='4'>Tickets at 5 Dollars each, is</td><td align='right'>85,335</td></tr> +<tr><td align='center'></td><td align='center' colspan='6'>Not two Blanks to a Prize.</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p>Subject to a Deduction of 12 and an half <i>per Cent.</i> +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[Pg 33]</a></span></p> + + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="managers"> +<tr><td align='left'>TIMOTHY JONES,</td><td align='left' rowspan='5'><span style='font-size: 5em'>}</span></td><td align='left' rowspan='4'>Managers.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>HENRY DAGGETT,</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>ELIAS BEERS,</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>WILLIAM LYON,</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>NATHAN BEERS,</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p>New-Haven, May 16, 1794.</p> + +<p><i>Tickets to be had of the Managers,</i> <i>and of</i> Thomas +Hilldrup, <i>at the Poſt Office Hartford.</i></p> + +<p class ='right'><i>Connecticut Courant,</i> Hartford. +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[Pg 34]</a></span></p></div> + +<p>The General Assembly of Rhode Island grant a lottery for the "advancement +of religion" in 1794. Advertised in Boston.</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class='plainh'>SCHEME<i> of a</i><br /> +<i>LOTTERY</i>—</p> + +<p>Granted by the Honourable General Aſſembly of the State of +<i>Rhode-Iſland,</i> &c. at their Seſſion held in October, +1794, for the purpoſe of finiſhing a <span class="smcap">House</span> for +<span class="smcap">Public Worship</span>—Conſiſting of 3000 Tickets, at +3 dollars each, to be paid in the following Prizes, +ſubject to a Deduction of <i>Twelve and an Half per Cent.</i></p> + + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="scheme"> +<tr><td align='right'>1</td><td align='left'><i>Prize of</i></td><td align='right'>1000</td><td align='left'><i>Dollars, is</i></td><td align='right'>1000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>1</td><td align='left'></td><td align='right'>500</td><td align='left'></td><td align='right'>500</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>2</td><td align='left'><i>Prizes of</i></td><td align='right'>250</td><td align='left'></td><td align='right'>500</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>5</td><td align='left'></td><td align='right'>100</td><td align='left'></td><td align='right'>500</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>10</td><td align='left'></td><td align='right'>50</td><td align='left'></td><td align='right'>500</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>20</td><td align='left'></td><td align='right'>25</td><td align='left'></td><td align='right'>500</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>50</td><td align='left'></td><td align='right'>10</td><td align='left'></td><td align='right'>500</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>1000</td><td align='left'></td><td align='right'>5</td><td align='left'></td><td align='right'>5000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>——</td><td align='left' colspan='3'></td><td align='right'>——</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>1089</td><td align='left' colspan='3'><i>Prizes.</i></td><td align='right'>9000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>1911</td><td align='left'><i>Blanks.</i></td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>——</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>3000</td><td align='left'><i>Tickets.</i></td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p>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 +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[Pg 35]</a></span> +Scheme is advantageouſly calculated, there +being leſs than two <i>Blanks</i> to one <i>Prize</i>—and Bonds +given for the faithful performance of the truſt repoſed +in us.</p> + +<p>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 <i>Herald of the United States</i>—and paid +on demand.</p> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="managers"> +<tr><td align='left'>MARTIN LUTHER,</td><td align='left' rowspan='3'><span style='font-size: 4em'>}</span></td><td align='left' rowspan='3'>Managers.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>WILLIAM BARTON,</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>DANIEL KELLEY;</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p>Warren, Nov. 28, 1794.</p> + + +<p>☞ Tickets and Quarters of Tickets in the above Lottery, +may be had at the Poſt-Office, Boſton.</p> + +<p>Jan. 31, 1795.</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class='center'><i>GOOD FORTUNE IN THE LOTTERY<br /> +REALIZED.</i></p> + +<p class='right'><i>Boston, May</i> 12, 1791.</p> + +<p>ON Monday laſt, Meſſrs. <i>Edward Eſty</i> and <i>Oliver +Johnſon,</i> of Weſtmoreland in the State of +New-hampſhire, produced the ticket No. 6052, which drew +the higheſt prize (TEN THOUSAND +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[Pg 36]</a></span> +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.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p class='right'><i>Salem Gazette,</i> May 17, 1791.</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<p>Dartmouth College scheme, as advertised in the "Salem Gazette" in 1796.</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class='plainh'><i>Dartmouth College Lottery.</i></p> + +<p class='plainh'>CLASS SECOND.</p> + +<p>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 +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[Pg 37]</a></span> +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.</p> + +<p class='plainh'><i>SCHEME.</i></p> + + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="scheme"> +<tr><td align='center'><i>Prizes</i></td><td align='center'></td><td align='center'><i>Dolls.</i></td><td align='center'></td><td align='center'><i>Dolls.</i></td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>1</td><td align='center'>of</td><td align='right'>3000</td><td align='center'>is</td><td align='right'>3000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>1</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>1000</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>1000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>4</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>500</td><td align='center'>are</td><td align='right'>2000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>10</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>200</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>2000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>20</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>100</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>2000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>30</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>50</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>1500</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>80</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>20</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>1600</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>100</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>10</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>1000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>1650</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>6</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>9900</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>——</td><td align='right' colspan='3'></td><td align='right'>——</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>1896</td><td align='left' colspan='3'><i>Prizes.</i></td><td align='right'>24,000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>4140</td><td align='left'><i>Blanks.</i></td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'> ——</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>6000</td><td align='center' colspan='4'><i>Tickets, at 4 Dollars each, are</i> 24,000.</td></tr> +</table></div> + + +<p>Subject to a deduction of twelve and an half per cent.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>This Claſs will poſitively commence drawing at Concord, +on the 1ſt day of December next; +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[Pg 38]</a></span> +and when completed, a +liſt of Prizes will be immediately publiſhed, and the +prizes paid on demand.</p> + + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="managers"> +<tr><td align='left'>JONATHAN FREEMAN,</td><td align='left' rowspan='3'><span style='font-size: 4em'>}</span></td><td align='left' rowspan='3'>Managers.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>BENJAMIN CONNOR,</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>WILLIAM J. KENT,</td></tr> +</table></div> + + +<p>Concord, Aug. 17, 1796.</p> + +<p>TICKETS ſold by JOHN JENKS and CUSHING & CARLTON.</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<p>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."</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class='plainh'>Look on this!</p> + +<p>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 +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[Pg 39]</a></span> +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. <i>Whole and Quarter Tickets</i> for sale +at the Bookstore and Lottery Office of</p> + +<p class='center'> +HENRY WHIPPLE,<br /> +<br /> +June 7, 1811. <i>No. 6, Wakefield Place.</i><br /> +</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<p>A Boston paper of 1811 has the following:</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class='plainh'>Washington Monument Lottery</p> + +<p>WILL commence drawing in Baltimore the 4th day of September +next.</p> + + + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="scheme"> +<tr><td align='center' colspan='3'>The Capital Prizes are</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'></td><td align='right'>1 of 50,000</td><td align='left'>dollars,</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'></td><td align='right'>1 of 30,000,</td><td align='left'></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'></td><td align='right'>1 of 20,000,</td><td align='left'></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'></td><td align='right'>2 of 10,000,</td><td align='left'></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'></td><td align='right'>3 of 5,000,</td><td align='left'></td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'></td><td align='right'>20 of 100 Tickets,</td><td align='left'></td></tr> +<tr><td align='center' colspan='3'>And many of 2000, 1000, 500, &c. &c.</td></tr> +</table></div> + + +<p>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, +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[Pg 40]</a></span> +state street, Boston; and they may depend +on their orders being promptly executed.</p> + +<p>Price of Tickets 11 dollars—Quarters 2 87.</p> + +<p>Aug. 13, 1811.</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<p>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,—</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class='plainh'><i>Union Canal Lottery.</i></p> + +<p class='center'>Firſt Claſs.—Twenty-Five Thouſand Dollars.</p> + +<p>It rarely happens that the object of a Lottery is +interesting to the whole community. To save the <i>Metropolis +of New-England</i> 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 +<i>considerations</i> 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 +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[Pg 41]</a></span> +the great undertaking of +opening Inland Navigation, will receive peculiar support; +and that <i>many</i> 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 <i>its +object.</i></p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>This Class will commence drawing in Boston, on the 12th +December next.</p> + +<p>Tickets to be returned on or before the 2d December.</p> + +<p class='right'> +BENJAMIN WELD, <br /> +WILLIAM A. KENT, <br /> +ANDREW SIGOURNEY,<br /> +<br /> +<i>Boston, Nov.</i> 8, 1814. + <i>Managers.</i><br /> +</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<p>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) +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[Pg 42]</a></span> +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."</p> + +<p>Here are some curious advertisements:—</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class='center'>From the "Columbian Centinel," Boston, May 22, 1790.</p> + +<p class='center'><span class="smcap">Williamstown <i>FREE SCHOOL</i> Lottery.</span></p> + +<p>We are authorised to <i>aſſure</i> the Publick, and we do +<i>aſſure</i> them—that the 7th Claſs of this Lottery will +not only commence drawing on Monday next, but will +<i>poſitively</i> be <i>completed</i> on <i>Tueſday</i> morning—and a +liſt of Prizes will be published in the <span class="smcap">Centinel</span> +the ſame week. +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[Pg 43]</a></span></p> + +<p>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 <span class="smcap">Franklin</span> 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 <i>may</i> attend the gratification.</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class='center'>"Salem Gazette," Nov. 24, 1812.</p> + +<p class='center'>GALVANISM.</p> + +<p>It has been found by Dr. <span class="smcap">Nauche</span>, 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 +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[Pg 44]</a></span> +other with the Lottery-Office, one door west of Central Building.</p> + +<p>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.</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class='center'>"Salem Gazette."</p> + +<p class='plainh'><i>Writing</i></p> + +<p class='center'><i>Taught in One Leſſon!!</i></p> + +<p>PERSONS of any age, sex, or capacity, <i>let their Chirography +be never so bad,</i> may by <i>one</i> exercise <i>make a</i> <span class="smcap">very +good hand</span> <i>of it.</i> 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 <i>dispatchful</i> tuition will apply +(wholes $5, quarters 1.38) to <span class="smcap">Cushing & Appleton</span>, +at their Lottery Office and Bookstore, one door west of +Central Building.</p> + +<p class='right'>1811.</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class='center'>From "Salem Gazette."</p> + +<p class='center'><i>"WHO WANTS A GUINEA?"</i></p> + +<p>THIS Comedy by Coleman, has for some years past, been often +read and justly admired; the name now appears to have lost +its novelty. +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[Pg 45]</a></span></p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>Those who are disposed from motives of interest or actuated +by a wish to promote and encourage literature; will please +call for <span class="smcap">Whole</span> or <span class="smcap">Quarter Tickets</span>, at the +<i>Book-Store</i> and <i>Lottery Office</i> of</p> + +<p class='center'>HENRY WHIPPLE,<br /> +May 17, 1711. <i>No. 6, Wakefield Place.</i></p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class='center'>"Salem Gazette."</p> + +<p class='plainh'>Surprising Gain!</p> + + +<p>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</p> + +<p class='plainh'>☞ 5157 Dollars! ☜</p> + +<p>Now is the tide, which, taken at the flood, leads on to +fortune, as the immortal Shakespeare would say. +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[Pg 46]</a></span> +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.</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<p>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.</p> + +<div class="blockquot"> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<a href="images/img051.jpg"> +<img src="images/img051th.jpg" width="400" height="395" alt="Truly fortunate" title="Truly fortunate" /></a> +</div> + +<p class='plainh'><i>Real and truly Fortunate</i></p> + +<p>LOTTERY OFFICE, No. 1 Summer street, opposite the North west +corner of the <i>New State House</i>— +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[Pg 47]</a></span></p> + +<p>D. BEMAN'S list of Capital Prizes, sold by him at his <i>Real +and truly Fortunate Lottery Office</i>—as follows,</p> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="scheme"> +<tr><td align='right'>No. 9031,</td><td align='left'>a Prize of</td><td align='right'>8000</td><td align='left'>Dolls.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>14459</td><td align='left'>a Prize of</td><td align='right'>1000</td><td align='left'>do.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>8638</td><td align='left'>a Prize of</td><td align='right'>500</td><td align='left'>do.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>8950</td><td align='left'>a Prize of</td><td align='right'>500</td><td align='left'>do.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>39</td><td align='left'>a Prize of</td><td align='right'>500</td><td align='left'>do.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>3988</td><td align='left'>a Prize of</td><td align='right'>500</td><td align='left'>do.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>12722</td><td align='left'>a Prize of</td><td align='right'>200</td><td align='left'>do.</td></tr> +</table></div> + + +<p>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 <i>Real</i> and <i>Truly</i> Fortunate Lottery Office.</p> + +<p>☞ 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.</p> + +<p>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.</p> + +<p>June 3. (5<span class='smtxt'>w</span>)</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<p>The highest prize in the Providence <i>Episcopal Church</i> Lottery was +$8,000, and the drawing was to begin on Sept. 29, 1800. Tickets were sold +in Boston at E. & S. Larkin's, +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[Pg 48]</a></span> +47 Cornhill. Gilbert & Dean, 56 State +Street, Boston, make the following exhibit of the Golden Shower in 1803.</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class='center'><i>It is impoſſible to tell on whom the</i> GOLDEN SHOWER <i>will +fall!</i></p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<a href="images/img053.jpg"> +<img src="images/img053th.jpg" width="400" height="387" alt="Golden shower" title="Golden shower" /></a> +</div> + +<p>YE that have the leaſt reliſh to obtain 8000 dollars for +a trifling ſum, be "<i>up and doing!</i>" The third claſs of +Hadley Lottery, will commence drawing the 15th of June.</p> + +<p><i>Remark.</i>—The object of this Lottery is of great public +utility—that of improving <span class="smcap">South Hadley Canal</span>, 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 <i>three</i> miles! +Laudable and praiſe-worthy perſeverance!</p> + +<p>Tickets for ſale by GILBERT & DEAN, <span class="smcap">Magazine</span> and +<span class="smcap">Lottery Office</span>, No. 56, <i>State-Street,</i> where a +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[Pg 49]</a></span> +correct liſt of all the prizes and blanks will be +exhibited, during the drawing.</p> + +<p><i>May 25, 1803.</i></p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<p>In the "Salem Gazette" will be found the advertisements of two of the +College Lotteries. Rhode Island College is now Brown University.</p> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class='plainh'><i>R. Iſland College Lottery.</i></p> + +<p>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 <i>Rhode-Iſland</i> and <i>Providence Plantations</i> +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, +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[Pg 50]</a></span> +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. <span class="smcap">John Brown</span>, +Eſq. <span class="smcap">Welcome Arnold</span>, Eſq. Mr. <span class="smcap">John +Mason</span>, Col. <span class="smcap">William Russell</span>, and Mr. <span class="smcap">John +P. Ives</span>.</p> + +<p>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</p> + +<p class='plainh'><i>SCHEME.</i></p> + +<p class='center'>CLASS FIRST.</p> + + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[Pg 51]</a></span></p> +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="scheme"> +<tr><td align='center' colspan='2'></td><td align='center'>dols.</td><td align='center'></td><td align='left'>dols.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>1</td><td align='center'>Prize of</td><td align='right'>4000</td><td align='center'>is</td><td align='right'>4000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>1</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>2000</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>2000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>2</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>1000</td><td align='center'>are</td><td align='right'>2000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>4</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>500</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>2000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>20</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>100</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>2000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>40</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>50</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>2000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>60</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>30</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>1800</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>100</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>20</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>2000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>1000</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>12</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>12000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>3000</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>9</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>27000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>——</td><td align='right' colspan='3'></td><td align='right'>——</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>3328</td><td align='left' colspan='3'>Prizes, amounting to</td><td align='right'>46000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'></td><td align='right' colspan='2'>Drawback,</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>8000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right' colspan='4'></td><td align='right'>——</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>9000</td><td align='right' colspan='3'>Tickets, at 6 dollars each, are</td><td align='right'>54000</td></tr> +</table></div> + + +<p>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.</p> + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i6">JOHN WHIPPLE,<br /></span> +<span class="i6">SAMUEL THURBER, jun.<br /></span> +</div></div> + +<p><i>Providence, November 17, 1797.</i></p> + +<p>☞ <i>TICKETS in the above Lottery to be ſold at this +Office, and at</i> <span class="smcap">John Dutch's Auction Room</span>, +<i>Eſſex-Street.</i></p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class='plainh'><i>Harvard College Lottery.</i></p> + +<p class='center'>CLASS FIRST,</p> + +<p class='center'>Not two Blanks to a Prize.</p> + +<p>TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND TICKETS, at 5 Dollars each, are 125,000 +Dollars, to be paid in the following Prizes, ſubject to a +Deduction, of <i>twelve and an half per Cent.</i> for the +purpoſes of the Lottery. +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[Pg 52]</a></span></p> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="scheme"> +<tr><td align='center'><i>Prizes</i></td><td align='center'></td><td align='center'><i>Dols.</i></td><td align='center'></td><td align='center'><i>Dols.</i></td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>1</td><td align='center'>of</td><td align='right'>10,000</td><td align='center'>is</td><td align='right'>10,000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>2</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>5,000</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>10,000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>3</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>2,000</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>6,000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>6</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>1,000</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>6,000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>10</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>500</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>5,000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>20</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>200</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>4,000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>60</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>100</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>6,000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>90</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>50</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>4,500</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>100</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>40</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>4,000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>120</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>30</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>3,600</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>161</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>20</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>3,220</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>200</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>10</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>2,000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>7,585</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>8</td><td align='right'></td><td align='right'>60,680</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>———</td><td align='right' colspan='3'></td><td align='right'>———</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>8,358</td><td align='left' colspan='3'><i>Prizes,</i></td><td align='right'>125,000</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>16,642</td><td align='left'><i>Blanks.</i></td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>———</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>25,000</td></tr> +</table></div> + + +<p>☞ THE above Claſs will <i>poſitively</i> commence drawing +in the <span class="smcap">Representatives' Chamber</span>, in +<span class="smcap">Boston</span>, on THURSDAY, 13th November next, and will +continue from day to day, and be <i>completed</i> with all +<i>poſſible diſpatch.</i> A liſt of Prizes will be +<i>immediately</i> publiſhed, and the Prizes paid <i>on demand.</i></p> + +<p>The Managers believe it enough, to induce the Public to +become Adventurers, to inform them, that the object of this +<i>Lottery</i> is to erect a new Building, at the +<span class="smcap">University</span> in Cambridge, for the further +accommodation of the Students. The Friends of literature +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[Pg 53]</a></span> +are to be found every where, and when its cauſe can be +ſerved, and a <i>good chance</i> for perſonal emolument at +the ſame time preſents itſelf; this double inducement, +it is conceived, <i>muſt</i> operate in favor of the Lottery.</p> + +<p>The Managers of this Lottery, had the conducting of the late +State Lottery—the Public will do them the juſtice to +ſay, that the <i>ſtricteſt punctuality</i> as to the time +fixed for Drawing, and in the payment of Prizes, was +obſerved by them in that Lottery—they pledge themſelves +for the ſame punctuality in this.</p> + + + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary=""> +<tr><td align='left'>BENJAMIN AUSTIN, jun.</td><td align='left' rowspan='5'><span style='font-size: 5em'>}</span></td><td align='left' rowspan='5'>Managers.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>GEORGE R. MINOT,</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>SAMUEL COOPER,</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>HENRY WARREN,</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>JOHN KNEELAND,</td></tr> +</table></div> + + +<p><i>Boſton, July 14, 1794.</i></p> + +<hr style='width: 15%;' /> + +<p>☞ TICKETS are ſold by J. JENKS, D. JENKS, J. HATHORNE, +J. DABNEY, and W. CARLTON, Salem.</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<p>Major Benjamin Russell, in the "Boston Columbian Centinel," March 26, +1791, says:</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p>The <i>National</i> and <i>State Legiſlatures</i> being in receſs, +there is a "plentiful ſcarcity" of domeſtick +occurrences, at this time.—This is locally remedied by the +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[Pg 54]</a></span> +Lottery, which ſeems to arreſt the attention of all +ranks of citizens.—To deſcribe the ſymptoms of the +<i>diſeaſe</i> is impoſſible—all are faſcinated—all +expect to be the favoured children of Fortune.—The rich +court her ſmiles, as eagerly as the poor—and whilſt, O! +fickle Goddeſs, the <i>Young</i> pour forth their +ſupplications for thy favours,</p> + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">"<i>With falt'ring pace, and feeble knee,</i><br /></span> +<span class="i2"><i>See</i> Age <i>advance, in ſhameleſs haſte;</i><br /></span> +<span class="i0"><i>The palſied hand is ſtretch'd to thee,</i><br /></span> +<span class="i2"><i>For</i> Wealth, <i>it wants the pow'r to taſte.</i>"<br /></span> +</div></div> + +<p>The deluſion is general—and general muſt the +mortification be. But as attention muſt be paid to the +infatuation—we have endeavoured, by a regular publication +of the fortunate numbers, to alleviate its frenzy.</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<p>On March 29, 1814, Messrs. Bridge and Renouf, the well-known brokers, of +79 State Street, Boston, gave notice that a prize of $500—No. +3,394—"had" been "drawn in the Plymouth Beach Lottery." This number had +been "sold by them to several young Gentlemen who purchased 30 Tickets;" +and they also announced that the drawing was "suspended until the next +Tuesday, when the +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_55" id="Page_55">[Pg 55]</a></span> +first drawn ticket will be the highest prize, <i>Twenty +thousand Dollars;</i>" and besides this, that "there are remaining to be +drawn four prizes of $1,000 each, and four prizes of $500 each."</p> + +<p>It should be noticed that there was, even in its most flourishing days, a +difference of opinion among individuals in regard to the morality of the +lottery, as men must differ on all subjects; so that it is perhaps only +fair to cite a specimen or two of the communications which appeared in +the papers in reference thereto. A writer in the "Salem Gazette," June +29, 1790, says:—</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class='center'><i>OF LOTTERIES.</i></p> + +<p>Lotteries have of late been a very productive ſource of +revenue in this State.—The moral tendency of them has been +ſuppoſed by ſome to be injurious to ſociety; and +government have been careful to grant them for ſuch +purpoſes only, as that the probable benefit ſhould +outweigh the evil. By this means we have ſeen the +intereſts of literature ſupported—the arts +encouraged—the waſtes of war repaired—inundations +prevented—the burthen of taxes leſſened, &c. Manufactures +might alſo in this way be eſtabliſhed. Thoſe which +will not ſupport +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[Pg 56]</a></span> +themſelves, it is true, will not +benefit the community; but there are very important ones, +which in their infancy require the nurſing hand of +government—to ſuch the produce of lotteries might be +beneficially applied. There exiſts a ſpirit of adventure +in all ſocieties, which will lead a number to throw +themſelves into the hands of Chance in one way or another, +& which, under the direction of a wiſe Legiſlature, may +be made to ſubſerve their beſt intereſts. The monies +raiſed by lotteries cannot impoveriſh the community—as +they are not ſent abroad, but only taken out of one pocket +and put into another.</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<p>There is also in the same paper, of Feb. 25, 1794, another communication, +in which the writer apparently takes an entirely opposite view, and +quotes a letter of Joel Barlow to the National Convention of France, in +which will be found some rather strong language. When one considers the +place where these views appear to have been adopted, and recollects the +horrible scenes of the French Revolution, which were even then being +enacted, one wonders whether the French authorities valued human life as +much as they did property. +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_57" id="Page_57">[Pg 57]</a></span></p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class='center'>ON PUBLIC LOTTERIES.</p> + +<p class='smtxt'>MR. CUSHING,</p> + +<p>AS our Legislature have lately had under consideration a +bill, for granting a Lottery to Harvard College, I beg you +will publish what our countryman, Mr. <span class="smcap">Barlow</span>, said +on the subject of Public Lotteries, in his Letter to the +National Convention of France. It is as follows:</p> + +<p>"SINCE I am treating of morals, the great object of all +political inſtructions, I cannot avoid beſtowing ſome +remarks on the ſubject of <span class="smcap">Public Lotteries</span>. It is +a ſhocking diſgrace of modern governments, that they are +driven to this pitiful piece of knavery, to draw money from +the people. But no circumſtance of this kind is ſo +extraordinary as that this policy ſhould be continued in +France, ſince the revolution; and that a ſtate lottery +ſhould ſtill be reckoned among the permanent ſources +of revenue. It has its origin in deception; and depends for +its ſupport, on <i>raiſing and diſappointing the hopes +of individuals</i>—on perpetually agitating the mind with +<i>unreaſonable deſires of gain</i>—on clouding the +underſtanding with ſuperſtitious ideas of <i>chance,</i> +<i>deſtiny</i> and <i>fate</i>—on diverting the attention from +regular induſtry, and promoting a <i>univerſal ſpirit of +gambling,</i> which carries all ſorts of vices into all +claſſes of people. Whatever way we look into human +affairs, we ſhall ever find that the bad organization of +ſociety is the cauſe of more diſorders than could +poſſibly ariſe from the natural temper of the heart. And +what ſhall we ſay of a government +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_58" id="Page_58">[Pg 58]</a></span> +that avowedly ſteps +forward, with the inſolence of an open enemy, and creates +a new vice, for the ſake of loading it with a tax? What +right has ſuch a government to puniſh our follies? And +who can look without diſguſt on the impious figure it +makes, in holding the ſcourge in one hand, and the +temptation in the other? You cannot heſitate to declare, +in your conſtitution, <span class='smtxt'>THAT ALL LOTTERIES SHALL BE FOREVER +ABOLISHED</span>."</p> + +<p>In November last, the Convention, in conformity with the +foregoing sentiments, passed the following decree:</p> + +<p>"Lotteries, of whatever nature they may be, or under +whatever denomination they may exiſt, are ſuppreſſed."</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<p>In 1791 the Massachusetts Legislature granted to the proprietors of the +Cotton Manufactory in Beverly four hundred tickets in the lottery about +to be drawn, and three hundred in the next Semi-annual State Lottery. +"Some people, out-doors," says the "Salem Gazette," March 8, 1791, +"murmur at this as an ill-judged act of liberality; but perhaps they are +not acquainted with the arguments which induced the grant. The +disposition of Government to foster our infant +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59">[Pg 59]</a></span> +manufactures is certainly +laudable." This is unquestionably good reasoning; for, granted the +premises that lotteries are ever beneficial, then there was no reason why +aid should not in this way be extended to business enterprises which were +to give employment to the people, as well as to schools and colleges. +Employment must be provided as well as education. The Beverly Cotton +Manufactory, Stone, in his History of Beverly, claims to be the first +manufactory of its kind established in America, that at Pawtucket having +been the second; and he also states that it was visited by General +Washington on his tour through the country in 1789. The leading +proprietors in this enterprise were George and Andrew Cabot, Israel +Thorndike and Henry Higginson, men of the highest reputation in New +England for integrity and honor.</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p>From the "Salem Gazette," Dec. 25, 1812:</p> + +<p class='center'><i>The Hiſtorical Dictionary,</i></p> + +<p>By <span class="smcap">Ezra Sampson</span>, author of the Beauties of the +Bible, is one of the moſt uſeful little works of this +nature which we have ſeen. It contains <i>much in a ſmall +compaſs.</i> Its ſubjects are Natural and Civil +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_60" id="Page_60">[Pg 60]</a></span> +Hiſtory, +Geography, Zoology, Botany and Mineralogy, arranged in +alphabetical order, and explained in ſuch a neat and +intelligible manner, as to render it worthy of being +(according to its deſign) a <i>Companion for Youth.</i> We +ſelect the following article as a ſpecimen of the work.</p> + + +<p class='center'>LOTTERY,</p> + +<p class='smtxt'>A kind of public game at hazard, in order to raise money for +the service of the state. A lottery consists of several +numbers of blanks and prizes, which are drawn out of wheels, +one of which contains the numbers of the tickets, and the +other the corresponding blanks and prizes. Besides the +consideration that this, as well as all other kinds of +gambling for money, tends to corrupt the public morals, it +is also to be considered that the purchasers of the tickets +are never permitted to play the game on fair and equal +ground. The world neither ever saw, nor ever will see, a +perfectly fair lottery; or one in which the whole gain +compensated the whole loss; because the undertaker could +make nothing by it. In lotteries the tickets are really not +worth the price which is paid by the original purchasers, +and yet they often sell in the market at a considerable +advance: the vain hope of gaining some of the great prizes +is the cause of this demand. In order to have a better +chance for some of the large prizes, some people purchase +several tickets, and others small shares in a still greater +number. There is not, however, a more certain proposition in +mathematics, than that the more tickets you adventure upon, +the more likely you are to be a loser. Adventure upon all +the tickets in the lottery and you lose for certain; and the +greater the number of your tickets, the nearer you approach +to this certainty.</p> + +<p>The above is ſurely a juſt account of the nature and +principles of a Lottery; yet it does not deſtroy the +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_61" id="Page_61">[Pg 61]</a></span> +fact, that, diſtributed as the tickets always are among +thouſands, there muſt be ſome gainers, and that, in +ſpite of mathematics, there is a lucky number, which +muſt draw the capital prize in the Plymouth Beach Lottery +(without any deduction) of 12000 dollars. Both the +<i>Hiſtorical Dictionary</i> and Lottery <i>Tickets</i> may be had +at Cuſhing & Appleton's old ſtand, one door weſt of +Central Building;—where BANK BILLS are exchanged.</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<p>Lottery at the celebrated "Wayside Inn" at Sudbury in 1760.</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p>THE Managers of <i>Sudbury</i> Lottery, No. Two, hereby notify +the Public, That they ſhall commence Drawing ſaid +Lottery, on Friday the Thirtieth Day of May Inſtant, at +the Houſe of Mr. <i>William Bryant</i> Inholder in ſaid +<i>Sudbury.</i> ☞ A few Tickets are yet to be had of +the Managers, and <i>Samuel Hardcaſtle</i> and the Printers +hereof.</p> + +<p class='right'><i>Boston Gazette,</i> May, 1760.</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<p>Some remarks in reference to supplying Bibles in the eastern part of +Massachusetts by means of a lottery. +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_62" id="Page_62">[Pg 62]</a></span></p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class='smtxt'>MR. RUSSELL,</p> + +<p>A FRIEND to religion, and one who wiſhes the memorial of a +certain reſpectable ſociety may have a happy effect, but +a zealous enemy to lotteries, aſked a member of an +important body, the other day, whether he thought the +General Court would grant a Lottery for the purpoſe of +ſupplying every perſon in the eaſtern part of the +Commonwealth with a bible, who is unable to purchaſe one, +and for the pay of a miſſionary.—Let not the ſerious +reader frown, as that member did; for if there is nothing +contained in that ſacred book which can be thought +oppoſed to this method of gambling, neither the one nor +the other can give a ſubſtantial reaſon why, in the +preſent rage for lotteries, the people ſhould not be +indulged in raiſing money in the way moſt agreeable to +their humour.</p> + +<p class='right'>PERSOLUS.</p> + +<p class='right'><i>Columbian Centinel,</i> Feb. 26, 1791.</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class='center'><i>MRS. CLARK AFLOAT.</i></p> + +<p>In the Ship Ann Maria arrived at New-Haven the following wax +paſſengers, viz. King George III, <i>Bonaparte,</i> +Waſhington, <i>Jefferſon,</i> Hamilton, <i>Burr,</i> Hillhouſe, +<i>Madiſon,</i> Pickering, <i>Giles</i> and <i>Mrs. Mary Ann Clark.</i> +The Cuſtom-Houſe officers made priſoners of all +theſe paſſengers for violating the +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_63" id="Page_63">[Pg 63]</a></span> +Non-Importation Act, +but being proved that they were of Eaſt-Haven manufacture +and unconſcious of crime, we are happy to hear they have +been all liberated. King George III. was taken in ſuch bad +company as is a ſufficient proof that he is <i>crazy.</i> +Napoleon undoubtedly rejoiced when he beheld the faithful +execution in our waters, of his continental ſyſtem. +Waſhington and Hamilton were glad that they were in their +graves, before their country had been plunged ſo deeply in +diſgrace. Had not Pickering and Hillhouſe been indeed +made of <i>wax,</i> they would have thrown Bonaparte and +Jefferſon overboard and given them the freedom of the +Seas. If the cuſtom-house officers had kept poſſeſſion +of Poor Madiſon, they could never have obtained much money +for him, as he now is a ſorry <i>figure,</i> ſince he has +been ſcalped and tomahawked by Smith. Burr, the democratic +vice-preſident and traitor, who has now gone home to +France, ought to be exhibited for the inſtruction of the +People, in every village. Giles muſt have been liable to +have been York-<i>ſheared</i> by Mrs. Clark, who, on a July +day, when the weather was at blood heat, muſt have been in +a <i>melting</i> mood and ſuſceptible of impreſſions. But +he is an advocate of Non-Intercourſe. The officers of the +Revenue, notwithſtanding they were in ſuch a <i>taking</i> +fit, and had conceived ſuch vain & high blown hope of the +immenſe wealth they ſhould receive as the ranſom of +their Captives, have not half ſo good a chance of a +<i>prize</i> as thoſe adventurers who will call at Cuſhing +and Appleton's, +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_64" id="Page_64">[Pg 64]</a></span> +one door weſt of central Building, and +purchaſe a Ticket or quarter in Harvard College Lottery +now drawing.</p> + +<p class='right'><i>Salem Gazette,</i> July 12, 1811.</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<div class="blockquot"><p>Mr. Pardon Sheldon, a respectable citizen of Providence, was +the fortunate holder of the $20,000 prize in the North +Carolina Lottery which was drawn some days since.</p> + +<p class='right'><i>Salem Observer,</i> Dec. 17, 1825.</p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class='plainh'>A Speedy Cure for a Broken Fortune.</p> + +<p>TO all those who bitterly complain of the great dearth of +"the root of all evil," and a want of confidence in these +speculating times, and who, tremblingly anticipate a long +and doubtful conflict, in money operations the coming +season, the following beautiful and brilliant schemes offer +the means of a sure and an immediate relief.</p> + +<p>The Grand State Lottery, Fourth Class Extra, with a capital +prize of $10,000, a prize of 500, and 5 prizes of 1000, will +draw THIS DAY. Tickets $3 & parts in proportion.</p> + +<p>The Rhode-Island Lottery, First Class, New Series, highest +prize 10,000, five prizes of 1,000, and a variety of smaller +prizes, will draw on the 24th +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_65" id="Page_65">[Pg 65]</a></span> +inst. Tickets $3 and parts in +proportion. And last, though not least,</p> + +<p>The New-York Literature Lottery, Class No. 3, for 1825, with +the truly splendid prizes of 100,000, 50,000, and 10,500 and +smaller prizes to the amount of more than half a MILLION of +DOLLARS, will draw on the 4th of January next. Tickets $50, +and parts in proportion.</p> + +<p>For <span class="smcap">Prizes</span> in the above Lotteries apply to</p> + +<p class='right'> +E.H. PAYSON, <br /> +At Dana & Fenno's Office, Central street.<br /> +</p> + +<p>Official Lists of the two first Lotteries will be received +by E.H.P. on the evenings of the days of the drawings. + tf Dec 10.</p> + +<p class='right'><i>Salem Observer,</i> 1825.</p> +</div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class='plainh'>Fortune's Favourite Sons,</p> + +<p>ARE informed that <i>Stonington Point Meeting-Houſe Lottery</i> +will poſitively commence drawing the 19th of May—viz. +this day four weeks. In this Lottery of only 6000 Tickets, +are one of 3000 dollars—one of 1000—five of 500—two of +400—three of 300—ten of 200—twenty of 100, &c. Tickets +for 3 Dollars, for ſale, and prizes in the <i>Eaſtern +Stage Road Lottery,</i> taken in pay.—Alſo Caſh paid for +thoſe ſold by <span class="smcap">Thomas Hildrup</span>. +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_66" id="Page_66">[Pg 66]</a></span></p> + +<p>N.B. Adventurers may know their fate from his Liſt of +Prizes.</p> + +<p class='right'>Hartford, April 21, 1794.</p> + +<p class='right'><i>Connecticut Courant.</i></p></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<p>To show how largely men's minds—and perhaps women's too—were filled +with the lottery mania, if we may so call it, in the days of which we are +writing, we will introduce a Southern scheme from the "Petersburg +Intelligencer" of 1816, copied in the "Salem Register," September 11 of +that year. Some of our readers may think that it is not a bad idea.</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p class='right'><i>From the Peterſburg Intelligencer.</i></p> + +<p class='center'>MATRIMONIAL LOTTERY.</p> + +<p>On the 21ſt day of December laſt, I was paſſing +through the ſtate of South Carolina, and in the evening +arrived in the ſuburbs of the town of ——, where I had an +acquaintance, on whom I called. I was quickly informed that +the family was invited to a wedding at a neighboring +houſe, and on being requeſted, I changed my clothes and +went with them. As ſoon as the young couple were married, +the company was ſeated, and a profound ſilence +enſued—(the man of the houſe was religious.) A young +Lawyer +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_67" id="Page_67">[Pg 67]</a></span> +then aroſe, and addreſſed the company very +handſomely, and in finiſhing his diſcourſe begged +leave to offer a new ſcheme of matrimony, which he +believed and hoped would be beneficial. And obtaining leave +he propoſed:</p> + +<p>That one man in the company ſhould be ſelected as +preſident; that this preſident ſhould be duly ſworn +to keep entirely ſecret all the communications that +ſhould be forwarded to him in his official department that +night: and each unmarried gentleman and lady ſhould write +his or her name on a piece of paper, and under it place the +perſon's name whom they wiſhed to marry; then hand it to +the preſident for inſpection, and if any gentleman and +lady had reciprocally choſen each other, the preſident +was to inform each of the reſult; and thoſe who had not +been reciprocal in their choices, ſhould have their choice +kept entirely ſecret.</p> + +<p>After the appointment of the preſident, the communications +were accordingly handed up to the chair, and it was found +that twelve young gentlemen and ladies had made reciprocal +choices; but whom they had choſen remained a ſecret to +all but themſelves and the preſident.—The +converſation changed and the company reſpectively +retired.</p> + +<p>Now hear the concluſion. I was paſſing through the ſame +place on the 14th of March following, and was informed that +eleven of the twelve matches had been ſolemnized, and that +the young gentlemen of eight couples of the eleven had +declared that their diffidence was ſo great that they +certainly ſhould not +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_68" id="Page_68">[Pg 68]</a></span> +have addreſſed their reſpective +wives, if the above ſcheme had not been introduced.—☞ +Gentlemen under 20 and ladies under 15 were excluded as +unmarriageable.</p> + +<p>You will be pleaſed to let the public hear of this +ſcheme, and I hope it will be productive of much good, by +being practiſed in Virginia.</p> + +<p class='right'><i>A Married Man without Children.</i></p></div> + +<p>The weak spot in this plan, we imagine, would be the difficulty in +keeping the <i>blanks</i> entirely secret.</p> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<p>We have not undertaken to give an account of all the lotteries of which +we have seen advertisements, as our limits would not admit of it, even if +it could be made interesting to those who like to read about such +matters; New England alone would fill a large volume. We will name only a +few of the more prominent lotteries,—the Land Bank, in 1759; the +Pavement on Boston Neck, the same year. Then there was the Charlestown +lottery, the Hatfield Bridge, Sudbury, the Amoskeag Canal, the South +Hadley Canal, the Philanthropic, the Kennebec, the Dartmouth College, the +Gloucester Road, the Plymouth Beach, etc. +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_69" id="Page_69">[Pg 69]</a></span> +All these, of course, were +public lotteries, and were managed by the first men in the community. In +relation to private lotteries it would now be difficult to ascertain the +facts. There must have been a great number of these; probably they were +not always honestly conducted. We have heard that there were shops where +the inexperienced were supplied with bogus tickets,—blanks of some drawn +lottery. Bad men, unfortunately, are to be found in all kinds of +business; but we know that in Salem all the men whose names we have +mentioned were among the very best in the community.</p> + +<p>Although laws are now in force in Massachusetts and some other States +against lotteries, there appears to be no essential difference, as far as +the morality of the thing is concerned, between the old lottery and the +modern raffle,—and indeed a certain species of stock gambling, it seems +to us, is worse than either in its moral effects. After the year 1826, or +thereabout, lotteries appear to have become unpopular, and laws were +passed prohibiting them. Their unprofitableness, moreover, seems then to +have been more clearly seen. As we have already said, there had always +been some +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_70" id="Page_70">[Pg 70]</a></span> +who saw the evils which must result from such schemes. Notably +among prominent men who in Massachusetts used their influence against +them were John Hancock,<a name="FNanchor_1_1" id="FNanchor_1_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a> of Revolutionary fame, and afterwards governor +of the Commonwealth, and Peter C. Brooks, a distinguished merchant of +Boston, father-in-law of Edward Everett. The "Salem Gazette" of Sept. 16, +1794, says: "Considering the acknowledged immoral tendency of +<i>Lotteries,</i> it is astonishing how much is said in the Boston papers in +favor of that which our Legislature has lately instituted for Harvard +College. Our late worthy Governor Hancock, in a public address to the +General Court, gave his testimony against this species of gambling, so +calculated to ensnare and injure those classes of worthy citizens who are +guiltless of that vice in its common form."</p> + +<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_1_1" id="Footnote_1_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_1_1"><span class="label">[1]</span></a> Although we have seen lottery tickets signed by Hancock +earlier in life.</p></div> + +<p>In some foreign countries and in a few of the States of our Union +lotteries are still lawful; yet we believe there is a growing feeling +against them. But if stock gambling is destined to take the place of the +lottery, we do +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_71" id="Page_71">[Pg 71]</a></span> +not think much will be gained by the change. The losses +by lotteries were generally in small sums, and could be better borne by +the adventurers than the entire loss of property, health, and reputation +which is now too apt to follow a large proportion of the speculative +stock operations. In the lottery, too, the risks were generally so small +that the ticket-buyer alone suffered; whereas now, whole families are +often involved in financial ruin, if not in disgrace, by the operations +of a father, brother, or near relative. But we will say no more on this +point, as it is a consideration foreign to the object of this book.</p> + +<p>Thus far we have written mainly of American lotteries; as it is not our +intention to take an exhaustive view of the subject, we will merely say, +in reference to foreign countries, that lotteries were instituted in +England in 1567, and abolished by Act of Parliament in 1823, although +allowed until 1826, when the last drawing of a legal lottery took place. +During this period they were patronized by all classes,—royalty, the +nobility, gentry, and commoners. The first lottery was for the repairs of +harbors and fortifications. The +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_72" id="Page_72">[Pg 72]</a></span> +drawing took place at the "west door of +St. Paul's Church." In 1612 King James I. granted a lottery for the +"English Colonies in Virginia, ... to be held at the <i>west end of St. +Paul's,</i>" and "one Thomas Sharplys, a tailor, drew the chief Prize, which +was 4000 crowns in fair plate."</p> + +<p>To this day the lottery flourishes in most of the chief cities in Europe, +and lottery tickets are vended in many shops as well as in regular +offices. The Cologne Cathedral, as is well known, was only recently +finished by the aid of a lottery. Lotteries are upheld, we believe, by +the Roman Catholic Church in Europe, and many of the priests aid in +disposing of the tickets,—at least so we have been told.</p> + +<p>The sum of the whole matter as regards this country is that a good work +was undoubtedly accomplished through the agency of the lottery in the +early days of our national history. By its aid schools, colleges, and +charities were founded, bridges, roads, and canals were constructed. In +our time public opinion is, of course, as it ought to be, against +gambling in any form; but although our ways are almost always thought to +be more honest, it is a +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_73" id="Page_73">[Pg 73]</a></span> +question, after all, whether we are really more +upright than our fathers, who sometimes engaged in transactions that are +condemned by modern society, but who, on the other hand, knew nothing of +"defaulted" railroad bonds, of "wild cat" oil companies, or of "watered" +mining stocks. It is easy enough to</p> + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">"Compound for sins [we] are inclined to,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">By damning those [we] have no mind to."<br /></span> +</div></div> + +<div class="padding"> +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 150px;"> +<img src="images/img078th.jpg" width="150" height="78" alt="Decoration" title="Decoration" /> +</div></div> + +<hr style='width: 25%;' /> + +<p class="center">University Press: John Wilson & Son, Cambridge.</p> + + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Ads_1" id="Ads_1">[Pg 1]</a></span></p> +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<p class='center'><span class="smcap">Benjamin H. Ticknor. +Thomas B. Ticknor. +George F. Godfrey.</span></p> + +<div class="figcenter" style="width: 400px;"> +<a href="images/img080.jpg"> +<img src="images/img080th.jpg" width="400" height="151" alt="Ticknor and Co" title="Ticknor and Co" /></a> +</div> + +<h3><a name="A_LIST_OF_BOOKS" id="A_LIST_OF_BOOKS"></a>A LIST OF BOOKS</h3> + +<h5>PUBLISHED BY</h5> + +<h2>TICKNOR AND COMPANY</h2> + +<h3>BOSTON.</h3> + +<hr style='width: 45%;' /> + +<p><i>AMERICAN-ACTOR SERIES</i> (<span class="smcap">The</span>). Edited by <span class="smcap">Laurence +Hutton</span>. A series of 12mo. volumes by the best writers, embracing the +lives of the most famous and popular American Actors. Illustrated. Six +volumes in three. Sold only in sets. Per set, $5.00.</p> + +<div class="blockquot"><p>Vol. I. Edwin Forrest. By Lawrence Barrett. The Jeffersons. By +William Winter.</p> + +<p>Vol. II. The Elder and the Younger Booth. By Mrs. Asia Booth Clarke. +Charlotte Cushman. By Clara Erskine Clement.</p> + +<p>Vol. III. Mrs. Duff. By Joseph N. 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Each, $1.25.</p> + + + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="list_of_autobioraphies"> +<tr><td align='right'>I., II.</td><td align='left'>Memoirs of Frederica Sophia Wilhelmina, Margravine of Baireuth.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>III.</td><td align='left'>Lord Herbert of Cherbury, and Thomas Ellwood.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>IV.</td><td align='left'>Vittorio Alfieri.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>V.</td><td align='left'>Carlo Goldoni.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>VI.</td><td align='left'>Edward Gibbon.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>VII., VIII.</td><td align='left'>François Marmontel.</td></tr> +</table></div> + + +<p><i>HUBBARD'S</i> (<span class="smcap">Lucius L.</span>) Woods and Lakes of Maine. A Trip from +Moosehead Lake to New Brunswick in a Birch Bark Canoe. With Indian +place-names and their meanings. 1 vol. 8vo. With Illustrations, and a +large map. $3.00. Half-calf, $5.50. Tree-calf, or antique morocco, $8.00.</p> + +<p><i>HUNNEWELL'S</i> (<span class="smcap">James F.</span>) The Historical Monuments of France. 1 +vol. 8vo. Illustrated. $3.50.</p> + +<p>—— Bibliography of Charlestown, Mass., and Bunker Hill. 1 vol. 8vo. +Illustrated. $2.00.</p> + +<p><i>HUTCHINSON'S</i> (<span class="smcap">Ellen M.</span>) Songs and Lyrics. 16mo. With +Frontispiece. $1.25.</p> + +<p><i>HUTTON'S</i> (<span class="smcap">Laurence</span>) Literary Landmarks of London. 1 vol. 12mo. +$1.50.</p> + +<p><i>IRVING</i> (<span class="smcap">Henry</span>). See <span class="smcap"><a href="#HATTON">Hatton</a></span>.</p> + +<p><i>JAMES</i> (<span class="smcap">Henry, Sr.</span>), The Literary Remains of. Edited by +<span class="smcap">William James</span>. 1 vol. 12mo. With Portrait. $2.00.</p> + +<p><i>JAMES'S</i> (<span class="smcap">Henry</span>) The Author of Beltraffio; Pandora; Georgina's +Reasons; The Path of Duty; Four Meetings. 12mo. $1.50.</p> + +<p>—— The Siege of London; The Pension Beaurepas; and The Point of View. +12mo. $1.50.</p> + +<p>—— Tales of Three Cities (The Impressions of a Cousin; Lady Barberina; +A New-England Winter). 12mo. $1.50.</p> + +<p>—— A Little Tour in France. 12mo. $1.50.</p> + +<p>—— Portraits of Places. 12mo. $1.50.</p> + +<p>—— Daisy Miller: A Comedy. 12mo. $1.50.</p> + +<p><i>JOHNSON'S</i> (<span class="smcap">Rossiter</span>) Idler and Poet. 16mo. $1.25.</p> + +<p><i>JOHNSTON'S</i> (<span class="smcap">Elizabeth Bryant</span>) Original Portraits of +Washington. Sixty Portraits, from paintings, sculptures, etc. With +descriptive text. 1 vol. 4to. $15.00. 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A Novel. 1 vol. +16mo. $1.25.</p> + +<p><i>LEONE.</i> Vol. XII. of the Round-Robin Series of novels. 16mo. $1.00. In +paper covers, 50 cents.</p> + +<p><i>LEOPARDI'S</i> (G.) Essays and Dialogues. 8vo. $3.00.</p> + +<p><i>LESSON IN LOVE</i> (A). Vol. II. of the Round-Robin Series of novels. 16mo. +$1.00. In paper covers, 50 cents.</p> + +<p><i>LIEBER,</i> The Life and Letters of Francis. Edited by Thomas Sergeant +Perry. 8vo. With Portrait. $3.00. Half-calf, $5.50.</p> + +<p><i>LIGHT ON THE HIDDEN WAY.</i> With Introduction by <span class="smcap">James Freeman +Clarke</span>. 1 vol. 16mo. $1.00.</p> + +<p><i>LINCOLN'S</i> (<span class="smcap">Mrs. Jeanie Gould</span>) Her Washington Season. A Novel. +12mo. $1.50.</p> + +<p><i>LOWELL'S</i> (<span class="smcap">Percival</span>) Chosön: The Land of the Morning Calm. A +Sketch of Korea. 1 vol. 8vo. Illustrated. $5.00.</p> + +<p><i>MACHIAVELLI</i> (<span class="smcap">Niccolo</span>), The Historical, Political, and +Diplomatic Works of. Translated by Christian E. Detmold. 4 vols. 8vo, +with Steel Frontispieces, in a box. $15. Half-calf, $30.</p> + +<p><i>MADAME LUCAS.</i> Vol. VIII. of the Round-Robin Series of novels. 16mo. +$1.00. In paper covers, 50 cents.</p> + +<p><i>MADDEN'S</i> (F.W.) The Coins of the Jews. 4to. $12.00.</p> + +<p><i>MEREDITH'S</i> (<span class="smcap">Owen</span>) Lucile, Illustrated. Holiday Edition. With +160 new Illustrations. Elegantly bound, with full gilt edges, in box, +$6.00. Tree-calf or antique morocco, $10.00. Calf or morocco, inlaid +mosaic, $12.50. Crushed levant, silk linings, $25.00.</p> + +<p>—— Lucile. Tremont Edition. 1 vol. 16mo. Beautifully illustrated. With +red lines and gilt edges, $2.50. Half-calf, $4.00. Antique morocco, +tree-calf, flexible calf or seal, $6.00.</p> + +<p>—— Lucile. Pocket Edition. 1 vol. Little-Classic size. Thirty +Illustrations. Elegantly bound, $1.00. Half-calf, $2.25. Antique morocco, +flexible calf or seal, $3.00. 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Also, new popular +edition, in paper covers, each, 50 cents.</p> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" summary="Titles_in_series"> +<tr><td align='left'>A Nameless Nobleman.</td><td align='left'>A Tallahassee Girl.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>A Lesson in Love.</td><td align='left'>Dorothea.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>The Georgians.</td><td align='left'>The Desmond Hundred.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Patty's Perversities.</td><td align='left'>Leone.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Homoselle.</td><td align='left'>Doctor Ben.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Damen's Ghost.</td><td align='left'>Rachel's Share of the Road.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Rosemary and Rue.</td><td align='left'>Fanchette.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='left'>Madame Lucas.</td><td align='left'>His Second Campaign.</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p><i>SADI'S GULISTAN.</i> See <span class="smcap"><a href="#EASTWICK">Eastwick</a></span>.</p> + +<p><i>SANBORN'S</i> (<span class="smcap">Kate</span>) A Year of Sunshine. Comprising cheerful +selections for every day in the year. 1 vol. 16mo. $1.00.</p> + +<p>—— Grandma's Garden. Leaflets, with illuminated covers. $1.25.</p> + +<p>—— Purple and Gold. Choice Poems. Leaflets, with illuminated covers by +<span class="smcap">Rosina Emmet</span>. $1.25.</p> + +<p>—— Round-Table Series of Literature Lessons. Printed separately on +sheets. Twenty-five authors. Price for each author, enclosed in envelope, +25 cents. +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Ads_12" id="Ads_12">[Pg 12]</a></span></p> + +<p><i>SANGSTER'S</i> (<span class="smcap">Margaret E.</span>) Poems of the Household. 1 vol. 16mo. +$1.50.</p> + +<p><i>SCHIEFNER'S</i> (<span class="smcap">Professor</span>) Tibetan Tales. Translated by +<span class="smcap">W.R.S. Ralston</span>, M.A. $5.00.</p> + +<p><i>SCHOPENHAUER'S</i> (<span class="smcap">Arthur</span>) The World as Will and Idea. Translated +from the German by <span class="smcap">R.B. Haldane</span>, M.A., and <span class="smcap">John Kemp</span>, +M.A. 3 vols. 8vo. Vol. I. $5.00.</p> + +<p><i><a name="SCOTT" id="SCOTT"></a>SCOTT'S</i> (<span class="smcap">Sir Walter</span>) Marmion. Holiday Edition. Over 100 new +Illustrations by famous artists. Elegantly bound. Full gilt edges. In +box, $6.00. Tree-calf, or antique morocco, $10.00. Crushed levant, with +silk linings, $25.00.</p> + +<p>—— Marmion. Tremont Edition. 1 vol. 16mo. Beautifully illustrated. With +red lines, bevelled boards, and gilt edges, $2.50. Half-calf, $4.00. +Antique morocco, flexible calf, flexible seal or tree-calf, $6.00.</p> + +<p>—— Marmion. Pocket Edition, 1 vol. Little-Classic size. With thirty +Illustrations. Elegantly bound, $1.00. Half-calf, $2.25. Antique morocco, +or flexible calf or seal, $3.00. Tree-calf, $3.50.</p> + +<p>—— Marmion. Students' Edition. Edited, with Notes and Introduction, by +<span class="smcap">W.J. Rolfe.</span> 12mo. Illustrated. 75 cents.</p> + +<p>—— The Lady of the Lake. Holiday Edition. 1 vol. 8vo. In box. 120 +Illustrations. $6.00. Tree-calf or antique morocco, $10.00. Calf or +morocco, inlaid mosaic, $12.50. Crushed levant, with silk linings, +$25.00.</p> + +<p>—— The Lady of the Lake. Tremont Edition. 16mo. Beautifully +illustrated. Red lines. $2.50. Half-calf, $4.00. Tree-calf, antique +morocco, flexible calf or seal, $6.00.</p> + +<p>—— The Lady of the Lake. Pocket Edition. 1 vol. Little-Classic size. 30 +Illustrations. $1.00. Half-calf, $2.25. Antique morocco, flexible calf, +or seal, $3.00. Tree-calf, $3.50.</p> + +<p>—— The Lady of the Lake. Students' Edition. Edited, with Notes and +Introduction, by <span class="smcap">W.J. Rolfe</span>. 1 vol. 12mo. Beautifully +illustrated. 75 cents.</p> + +<p><i>SENSIER'S</i> (<span class="smcap">Alfred</span>) Jean-François Millet: Peasant and Painter. +Translated by <span class="smcap">Helena de Kay</span>. With Illustrations. $3.00.</p> + +<p><i>SHALER'S</i> (<span class="smcap">Professor N.S.</span>) and <i>DAVIS'S</i> (<span class="smcap">William M.</span>) +Illustrations of the Earth's Surface. Part I. Glaciers. Copiously +illustrated. Large folio. $10.00.</p> + +<p><i>SHEDD'S</i> (<span class="smcap">Mrs. Julia A.</span>) Famous Painters and Paintings. Revised +edition. With 13 Heliotypes. 1 vol. 12mo. $3.00. Half-calf, $5.00. +Tree-calf, $7.00.</p> + +<p>—— Famous Sculptors and Sculpture. With thirteen Heliotype Engravings. +12mo. $3.00. Half-calf, $5.00. Tree-calf, $7.00.</p> + +<p>—— Raphael: His Madonnas and Holy Families. Illustrated with 22 +full-page Heliotypes. 1 vol. 4to. Full gilt. $7.50.</p> + +<p><i>SHERIDAN'S</i> (<span class="smcap">Richard Brinsley</span>) Comedies: The Rivals, and the +School for Scandal. Edited, with Biography and Notes and Introduction, by +<span class="smcap">Brander Matthews</span>. Illustrated. 1 vol. 8vo. $3.00. +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Ads_13" id="Ads_13">[Pg 13]</a></span></p> + +<p><i>SHERRATT'S</i> (R.J.) The Elements of Hand-Railing. 38 Plates. Small folio. +$2.00.</p> + +<p><i>SIKES'S</i> (<span class="smcap">Wirt</span>) British Goblins. Welsh Folk-Lore, Fairy +Mythology, and Traditions. Illustrated. 8vo. Gilt top. $4.00.</p> + +<p><i>SNIDER'S </i> (<span class="smcap">Denton J.</span>) Agamemnon's Daughter. A poem. 1 vol. +Square 16mo. Fine laid paper. $1.50.</p> + +<p>—— A Walk in Hellas. 1 vol. 8vo. $2.50.</p> + +<p><i>SPOONER'S</i> (<span class="smcap">Samuel</span>) and <i>CLEMENT'S</i> (<span class="smcap">Mrs. Clara E.</span>) A +Biographical History of the Fine Arts. <i>In preparation.</i></p> + +<p><i>STANWOOD'S</i> (<span class="smcap">Edward</span>) A History of Presidential Elections. 1 +vol. 12mo. $1.50.</p> + +<p><i>STERNBERG'S</i> (<span class="smcap">George M., M.D.</span>) Photo-Micrographs, and How to +Make them. Illustrated by 47 Photographs of Microscopic Objects, +reproduced by the Heliotype process. 1 vol. 8vo. $3.00.</p> + +<p><i>STEVENSON'S</i> (<span class="smcap">Alexander F.</span>) The Battle of Stone River, near +Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 30, 1862, to January 3, 1863. 1 vol. 8vo. +With Maps. $3.00.</p> + +<p><i>STILLMAN'S </i>(<span class="smcap">Dr. J.D.B.</span>) The Horse in Motion, as Shown in a +Series of Views by Instantaneous Photography, and Anatomical +Illustrations in Chromo, after Drawings by William Hahn. With a Preface +by Leland Stanford. 1 vol. Royal quarto. Fully illustrated. $10.00.</p> + +<p><i>STIRLING'S</i> (A.) At Daybreak. A Novel. 16mo. $1.25.</p> + +<p><i>STODDARD'S</i> (<span class="smcap">John L.</span>) Red-Letter Days Abroad. 8vo. With 130 +fine Illustrations. Richly bound, full gilt edges, in box. $5.00. In +tree-calf or antique morocco, $10.00. In mosaic inlaid, calf, $12.50.</p> + +<p><i>STONE'S</i> (<span class="smcap">Charles J.</span>, F.R.S.L., F.R.Hist.C.) Christianity +before Christ; or, Prototypes of our Faith and Culture. Crown 8vo. $3.</p> + +<p><i>SWEETSER'S</i> (M.F.) Artist-Biographies. With twelve Heliotypes in each +volume. 5 vols. 16mo. Cloth. Each, $1.50.</p> + +<div class='center'> +<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="Artist_Biographies"> +<tr><td align='right'>Vol. I.</td><td align='left'>Raphael, Leonardo, Angelo.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>Vol. II.</td><td align='left'>Titian, Guido, Claude.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>Vol. III.</td><td align='left'>Reynolds, Turner, Landseer.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>Vol. IV.</td><td align='left'>Dürer, Rembrandt, Van Dyck.</td></tr> +<tr><td align='right'>Vol. V.</td><td align='left'>Angelico, Murillo, Allston.</td></tr> +</table></div> + +<p>The set, in box, 5 vols. $7.50. Half-calf, $15.00. 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Brooks + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Olden Time Series, Vol. 1: Curiosities of the Old Lottery + Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts + +Author: Henry M. Brooks + +Release Date: March 12, 2006 [EBook #17970] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE OLDEN TIME SERIES, VOL. *** + + + + +Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Christine D. and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + + + + +_THE OLDEN-TIME SERIES._ + +16mo. Per vol., 50 cents. + +There appears to be, from year to year, a growing popular taste for +quaint and curious reminiscences of "Ye Olden Time," and to meet this, +Mr. Henry M. Brooks has prepared a series of interesting handbooks. The +materials have been gleaned chiefly from old newspapers of Boston and +Salem, sources not easily accessible, and while not professing to be +history, the volumes contain much material for history, so combined and +presented as to be both amusing and instructive. The titles of some of +the volumes indicate their scope and their promise of entertainment:-- + + CURIOSITIES OF THE OLD LOTTERY. + DAYS OF THE SPINNING-WHEEL. + SOME STRANGE AND CURIOUS PUNISHMENTS. + QUAINT AND CURIOUS ADVERTISEMENTS. + LITERARY CURIOSITIES. + NEW-ENGLAND SUNDAY, ETC. + +"It has been the good fortune of the writer to be allowed a peep at the +manuscript for this series and he can assure the lovers of the +historical and the quaint in literature that something both valuable and +pleasant is in store for them. In the specialties treated of in these +books Mr. Brooks has been for many years a careful collector and +student, and it is gratifying to learn that the material is to be +committed to book form."--_Salem Gazette._ + +_For sale by all Booksellers. Sent, post-paid, upon receipt of price. +Catalogues of our books mailed free._ + +TICKNOR & CO., BOSTON. + + + + +THE OLDEN TIME SERIES + +CURIOSITIES OF THE OLD LOTTERY + + + + + _"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 + + +[Illustration: Crest] + +BOSTON + +TICKNOR AND COMPANY + +1886 + + + + +_Copyright, 1885,_ + +BY TICKNOR AND COMPANY. + + +_All rights reserved._ + +University Press: + +JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE. + + + + +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 + + + + +[Illustration] + + + + +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._ + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + + + + +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. + + + [Illustration] + + 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. + + * * * * * + +[Illustration] + + _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._ + + * * * * * + + [Illustration] + + 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. + + * * * * * + + [Illustration] + + _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 (L3,000) 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. + + [Illustration] + + _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!_ + + [Illustration] + + 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. + + TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND TICKETS, at 5 Dollars each, are 125,000 + Dollars, to be paid in the following Prizes, subject to a + Deduction, of _twelve and an half per Cent._ for the purposes + of the Lottery. + + _Prizes_ _Dols._ _Dols._ + + 1 of 10,000 is 10,000 + 2 5,000 10,000 + 3 2,000 6,000 + 6 1,000 6,000 + 10 500 5,000 + 20 200 4,000 + 60 100 6,000 + 90 50 4,500 + 100 40 4,000 + 120 30 3,600 + 161 20 3,220 + 200 10 2,000 + 7,585 8 60,680 + ------ ------ + 8,358 _Prizes,_ 125,000 + 16,642 _Blanks._ + ------ + 25,000 + + --> THE above Class will _positively_ commence drawing in the + REPRESENTATIVES' CHAMBER, in BOSTON, on THURSDAY, 13th + November next, and will continue from day to day, and be + _completed_ with all _possible dispatch._ A list of Prizes + will be _immediately_ published, and the Prizes paid _on + demand._ + + The Managers believe it enough, to induce the Public to + become Adventurers, to inform them, that the object of this + _Lottery_ is to erect a new Building, at the UNIVERSITY in + Cambridge, for the further accommodation of the Students. The + Friends of literature are to be found every where, and when + its cause can be served, and a _good chance_ for personal + emolument at the same time presents itself; this double + inducement, it is conceived, _must_ operate in favor of the + Lottery. + + The Managers of this Lottery, had the conducting of the late + State Lottery--the Public will do them the justice to say, + that the _strictest punctuality_ as to the time fixed for + Drawing, and in the payment of Prizes, was observed by them + in that Lottery--they pledge themselves for the same + punctuality in this. + + BENJAMIN AUSTIN, jun. } + GEORGE R. MINOT, } + SAMUEL COOPER, } Managers. + HENRY WARREN, } + JOHN KNEELAND, } + + _Boston, July 14, 1794._ + + * * * * * + + --> TICKETS are sold by J. JENKS, D. JENKS, J. HATHORNE, J. + DABNEY, and W. CARLTON, Salem. + + * * * * * + +Major Benjamin Russell, in the "Boston Columbian Centinel," March 26, +1791, says: + + The _National_ and _State Legislatures_ being in recess, + there is a "plentiful scarcity" of domestick occurrences, at + this time.--This is locally remedied by the Lottery, which + seems to arrest the attention of all ranks of citizens.--To + describe the symptoms of the _disease_ is impossible--all are + fascinated--all expect to be the favoured children of + Fortune.--The rich court her smiles, as eagerly as the + poor--and whilst, O! fickle Goddess, the _Young_ pour forth + their supplications for thy favours, + + "_With falt'ring pace, and feeble knee, + See_ Age _advance, in shameless haste; + The palsied hand is stretch'd to thee, + For_ Wealth, _it wants the pow'r to taste._" + + The delusion is general--and general must the mortification + be. But as attention must be paid to the infatuation--we have + endeavoured, by a regular publication of the fortunate + numbers, to alleviate its frenzy. + + * * * * * + +On March 29, 1814, Messrs. Bridge and Renouf, the well-known brokers, of +79 State Street, Boston, gave notice that a prize of $500--No. +3,394--"had" been "drawn in the Plymouth Beach Lottery." This number had +been "sold by them to several young Gentlemen who purchased 30 Tickets;" +and they also announced that the drawing was "suspended until the next +Tuesday, when the first drawn ticket will be the highest prize, _Twenty +thousand Dollars;_" and besides this, that "there are remaining to be +drawn four prizes of $1,000 each, and four prizes of $500 each." + +It should be noticed that there was, even in its most flourishing days, +a difference of opinion among individuals in regard to the morality of +the lottery, as men must differ on all subjects; so that it is perhaps +only fair to cite a specimen or two of the communications which appeared +in the papers in reference thereto. A writer in the "Salem Gazette," +June 29, 1790, says:-- + + _OF LOTTERIES._ + + Lotteries have of late been a very productive source of + revenue in this State.--The moral tendency of them has been + supposed by some to be injurious to society; and government + have been careful to grant them for such purposes only, as + that the probable benefit should outweigh the evil. By this + means we have seen the interests of literature supported--the + arts encouraged--the wastes of war repaired--inundations + prevented--the burthen of taxes lessened, &c. Manufactures + might also in this way be established. Those which will not + support themselves, it is true, will not benefit the + community; but there are very important ones, which in their + infancy require the nursing hand of government--to such the + produce of lotteries might be beneficially applied. There + exists a spirit of adventure in all societies, which will + lead a number to throw themselves into the hands of Chance in + one way or another, & which, under the direction of a wise + Legislature, may be made to subserve their best interests. + The monies raised by lotteries cannot impoverish the + community--as they are not sent abroad, but only taken out of + one pocket and put into another. + + * * * * * + +There is also in the same paper, of Feb. 25, 1794, another communication, +in which the writer apparently takes an entirely opposite view, and +quotes a letter of Joel Barlow to the National Convention of France, in +which will be found some rather strong language. When one considers the +place where these views appear to have been adopted, and recollects the +horrible scenes of the French Revolution, which were even then being +enacted, one wonders whether the French authorities valued human life as +much as they did property. + + ON PUBLIC LOTTERIES. + + MR. CUSHING, + + AS our Legislature have lately had under consideration a + bill, for granting a Lottery to Harvard College, I beg you + will publish what our countryman, Mr. BARLOW, said on the + subject of Public Lotteries, in his Letter to the National + Convention of France. It is as follows: + + "SINCE I am treating of morals, the great object of all + political instructions, I cannot avoid bestowing some remarks + on the subject of PUBLIC LOTTERIES. It is a shocking disgrace + of modern governments, that they are driven to this pitiful + piece of knavery, to draw money from the people. But no + circumstance of this kind is so extraordinary as that this + policy should be continued in France, since the revolution; + and that a state lottery should still be reckoned among the + permanent sources of revenue. It has its origin in deception; + and depends for its support, on _raising and disappointing + the hopes of individuals_--on perpetually agitating the mind + with _unreasonable desires of gain_--on clouding the + understanding with superstitious ideas of _chance,_ _destiny_ + and _fate_--on diverting the attention from regular industry, + and promoting a _universal spirit of gambling,_ which carries + all sorts of vices into all classes of people. Whatever way + we look into human affairs, we shall ever find that the bad + organization of society is the cause of more disorders than + could possibly arise from the natural temper of the heart. + And what shall we say of a government that avowedly steps + forward, with the insolence of an open enemy, and creates a + new vice, for the sake of loading it with a tax? What right + has such a government to punish our follies? And who can look + without disgust on the impious figure it makes, in holding + the scourge in one hand, and the temptation in the other? You + cannot hesitate to declare, in your constitution, THAT ALL + LOTTERIES SHALL BE FOREVER ABOLISHED." + + In November last, the Convention, in conformity with the + foregoing sentiments, passed the following decree: + + "Lotteries, of whatever nature they may be, or under whatever + denomination they may exist, are suppressed." + + * * * * * + +In 1791 the Massachusetts Legislature granted to the proprietors of the +Cotton Manufactory in Beverly four hundred tickets in the lottery about +to be drawn, and three hundred in the next Semi-annual State Lottery. +"Some people, out-doors," says the "Salem Gazette," March 8, 1791, +"murmur at this as an ill-judged act of liberality; but perhaps they are +not acquainted with the arguments which induced the grant. The +disposition of Government to foster our infant manufactures is +certainly laudable." This is unquestionably good reasoning; for, granted +the premises that lotteries are ever beneficial, then there was no +reason why aid should not in this way be extended to business +enterprises which were to give employment to the people, as well as to +schools and colleges. Employment must be provided as well as education. +The Beverly Cotton Manufactory, Stone, in his History of Beverly, claims +to be the first manufactory of its kind established in America, that at +Pawtucket having been the second; and he also states that it was visited +by General Washington on his tour through the country in 1789. The +leading proprietors in this enterprise were George and Andrew Cabot, +Israel Thorndike and Henry Higginson, men of the highest reputation in +New England for integrity and honor. + + From the "Salem Gazette," Dec. 25, 1812: + + _The Historical Dictionary,_ + + By EZRA SAMPSON, author of the Beauties of the Bible, is one + of the most useful little works of this nature which we have + seen. It contains _much in a small compass._ Its subjects are + Natural and Civil History, Geography, Zoology, Botany and + Mineralogy, arranged in alphabetical order, and explained in + such a neat and intelligible manner, as to render it worthy + of being (according to its design) a _Companion for Youth._ + We select the following article as a specimen of the work. + + + LOTTERY, + + A kind of public game at hazard, in order to raise money for + the service of the state. A lottery consists of several + numbers of blanks and prizes, which are drawn out of wheels, + one of which contains the numbers of the tickets, and the + other the corresponding blanks and prizes. Besides the + consideration that this, as well as all other kinds of + gambling for money, tends to corrupt the public morals, it is + also to be considered that the purchasers of the tickets are + never permitted to play the game on fair and equal ground. + The world neither ever saw, nor ever will see, a perfectly + fair lottery; or one in which the whole gain compensated the + whole loss; because the undertaker could make nothing by it. + In lotteries the tickets are really not worth the price which + is paid by the original purchasers, and yet they often sell + in the market at a considerable advance: the vain hope of + gaining some of the great prizes is the cause of this demand. + In order to have a better chance for some of the large + prizes, some people purchase several tickets, and others + small shares in a still greater number. There is not, + however, a more certain proposition in mathematics, than that + the more tickets you adventure upon, the more likely you are + to be a loser. Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery + and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your + tickets, the nearer you approach to this certainty. + + The above is surely a just account of the nature and + principles of a Lottery; yet it does not destroy the fact, + that, distributed as the tickets always are among thousands, + there must be some gainers, and that, in spite of + mathematics, there is a lucky number, which must draw the + capital prize in the Plymouth Beach Lottery (without any + deduction) of 12000 dollars. Both the _Historical Dictionary_ + and Lottery _Tickets_ may be had at Cushing & Appleton's old + stand, one door west of Central Building;--where BANK BILLS + are exchanged. + + * * * * * + +Lottery at the celebrated "Wayside Inn" at Sudbury in 1760. + + THE Managers of _Sudbury_ Lottery, No. Two, hereby notify the + Public, That they shall commence Drawing said Lottery, on + Friday the Thirtieth Day of May Instant, at the House of Mr. + _William Bryant_ Inholder in said _Sudbury._ --> A few Tickets + are yet to be had of the Managers, and _Samuel Hardcastle_ and + the Printers hereof. + + _Boston Gazette,_ May, 1760. + + * * * * * + +Some remarks in reference to supplying Bibles in the eastern part of +Massachusetts by means of a lottery. + + MR. RUSSELL, + + A FRIEND to religion, and one who wishes the memorial of a + certain respectable society may have a happy effect, but a + zealous enemy to lotteries, asked a member of an important + body, the other day, whether he thought the General Court + would grant a Lottery for the purpose of supplying every + person in the eastern part of the Commonwealth with a bible, + who is unable to purchase one, and for the pay of a + missionary.--Let not the serious reader frown, as that member + did; for if there is nothing contained in that sacred book + which can be thought opposed to this method of gambling, + neither the one nor the other can give a substantial reason + why, in the present rage for lotteries, the people should not + be indulged in raising money in the way most agreeable to + their humour. + + PERSOLUS. + + _Columbian Centinel,_ Feb. 26, 1791. + + * * * * * + + _MRS. CLARK AFLOAT._ + + In the Ship Ann Maria arrived at New-Haven the following wax + passengers, viz. King George III, _Bonaparte,_ Washington, + _Jefferson,_ Hamilton, _Burr,_ Hillhouse, _Madison,_ + Pickering, _Giles_ and _Mrs. Mary Ann Clark._ The + Custom-House officers made prisoners of all these passengers + for violating the Non-Importation Act, but being proved that + they were of East-Haven manufacture and unconscious of crime, + we are happy to hear they have been all liberated. King + George III. was taken in such bad company as is a sufficient + proof that he is _crazy._ Napoleon undoubtedly rejoiced when + he beheld the faithful execution in our waters, of his + continental system. Washington and Hamilton were glad that + they were in their graves, before their country had been + plunged so deeply in disgrace. Had not Pickering and + Hillhouse been indeed made of _wax,_ they would have thrown + Bonaparte and Jefferson overboard and given them the freedom + of the Seas. If the custom-house officers had kept possession + of Poor Madison, they could never have obtained much money + for him, as he now is a sorry _figure,_ since he has been + scalped and tomahawked by Smith. Burr, the democratic + vice-president and traitor, who has now gone home to France, + ought to be exhibited for the instruction of the People, in + every village. Giles must have been liable to have been + York-_sheared_ by Mrs. Clark, who, on a July day, when the + weather was at blood heat, must have been in a _melting_ mood + and susceptible of impressions. But he is an advocate of + Non-Intercourse. The officers of the Revenue, notwithstanding + they were in such a _taking_ fit, and had conceived such vain + & high blown hope of the immense wealth they should receive + as the ransom of their Captives, have not half so good a + chance of a _prize_ as those adventurers who will call at + Cushing and Appleton's, one door west of central Building, + and purchase a Ticket or quarter in Harvard College Lottery + now drawing. + + _Salem Gazette,_ July 12, 1811. + + * * * * * + + Mr. Pardon Sheldon, a respectable citizen of Providence, was + the fortunate holder of the $20,000 prize in the North + Carolina Lottery which was drawn some days since. + + _Salem Observer,_ Dec. 17, 1825. + + * * * * * + + A Speedy Cure for a Broken Fortune. + + TO all those who bitterly complain of the great dearth of + "the root of all evil," and a want of confidence in these + speculating times, and who, tremblingly anticipate a long and + doubtful conflict, in money operations the coming season, the + following beautiful and brilliant schemes offer the means of + a sure and an immediate relief. + + The Grand State Lottery, Fourth Class Extra, with a capital + prize of $10,000, a prize of 500, and 5 prizes of 1000, will + draw THIS DAY. Tickets $3 & parts in proportion. + + The Rhode-Island Lottery, First Class, New Series, highest + prize 10,000, five prizes of 1,000, and a variety of smaller + prizes, will draw on the 24th inst. Tickets $3 and parts in + proportion. And last, though not least, + + The New-York Literature Lottery, Class No. 3, for 1825, with + the truly splendid prizes of 100,000, 50,000, and 10,500 and + smaller prizes to the amount of more than half a MILLION of + DOLLARS, will draw on the 4th of January next. Tickets $50, + and parts in proportion. + + For PRIZES in the above Lotteries apply to + + E.H. PAYSON, + + At Dana & Fenno's Office, Central street. + + Official Lists of the two first Lotteries will be received by + E.H.P. on the evenings of the days of the drawings. + tf Dec 10. + + _Salem Observer,_ 1825. + + + * * * * * + + Fortune's Favourite Sons, + + ARE informed that _Stonington Point Meeting-House Lottery_ + will positively commence drawing the 19th of May--viz. this + day four weeks. In this Lottery of only 6000 Tickets, are one + of 3000 dollars--one of 1000--five of 500--two of 400--three + of 300--ten of 200--twenty of 100, &c. Tickets for 3 Dollars, + for sale, and prizes in the _Eastern Stage Road Lottery,_ + taken in pay.--Also Cash paid for those sold by THOMAS + HILDRUP. + + N.B. Adventurers may know their fate from his List of Prizes. + + Hartford, April 21, 1794. + + _Connecticut Courant._ + + * * * * * + +To show how largely men's minds--and perhaps women's too--were filled +with the lottery mania, if we may so call it, in the days of which we +are writing, we will introduce a Southern scheme from the "Petersburg +Intelligencer" of 1816, copied in the "Salem Register," September 11 of +that year. Some of our readers may think that it is not a bad idea. + + _From the Petersburg Intelligencer._ + + MATRIMONIAL LOTTERY. + + On the 21st day of December last, I was passing through the + state of South Carolina, and in the evening arrived in the + suburbs of the town of ----, where I had an acquaintance, on + whom I called. I was quickly informed that the family was + invited to a wedding at a neighboring house, and on being + requested, I changed my clothes and went with them. As soon + as the young couple were married, the company was seated, and + a profound silence ensued--(the man of the house was + religious.) A young Lawyer then arose, and addressed the + company very handsomely, and in finishing his discourse + begged leave to offer a new scheme of matrimony, which he + believed and hoped would be beneficial. And obtaining leave + he proposed: + + That one man in the company should be selected as president; + that this president should be duly sworn to keep entirely + secret all the communications that should be forwarded to him + in his official department that night: and each unmarried + gentleman and lady should write his or her name on a piece of + paper, and under it place the person's name whom they wished + to marry; then hand it to the president for inspection, and + if any gentleman and lady had reciprocally chosen each other, + the president was to inform each of the result; and those who + had not been reciprocal in their choices, should have their + choice kept entirely secret. + + After the appointment of the president, the communications + were accordingly handed up to the chair, and it was found + that twelve young gentlemen and ladies had made reciprocal + choices; but whom they had chosen remained a secret to all + but themselves and the president.--The conversation changed + and the company respectively retired. + + Now hear the conclusion. I was passing through the same place + on the 14th of March following, and was informed that eleven + of the twelve matches had been solemnized, and that the young + gentlemen of eight couples of the eleven had declared that + their diffidence was so great that they certainly should not + have addressed their respective wives, if the above scheme + had not been introduced.----> Gentlemen under 20 and ladies + under 15 were excluded as unmarriageable. + + You will be pleased to let the public hear of this scheme, + and I hope it will be productive of much good, by being + practised in Virginia. + + _A Married Man without Children._ + +The weak spot in this plan, we imagine, would be the difficulty in +keeping the _blanks_ entirely secret. + + * * * * * + +We have not undertaken to give an account of all the lotteries of which +we have seen advertisements, as our limits would not admit of it, even +if it could be made interesting to those who like to read about such +matters; New England alone would fill a large volume. We will name only +a few of the more prominent lotteries,--the Land Bank, in 1759; the +Pavement on Boston Neck, the same year. Then there was the Charlestown +lottery, the Hatfield Bridge, Sudbury, the Amoskeag Canal, the South +Hadley Canal, the Philanthropic, the Kennebec, the Dartmouth College, +the Gloucester Road, the Plymouth Beach, etc. All these, of course, +were public lotteries, and were managed by the first men in the +community. In relation to private lotteries it would now be difficult to +ascertain the facts. There must have been a great number of these; +probably they were not always honestly conducted. We have heard that +there were shops where the inexperienced were supplied with bogus +tickets,--blanks of some drawn lottery. Bad men, unfortunately, are to +be found in all kinds of business; but we know that in Salem all the men +whose names we have mentioned were among the very best in the community. + +Although laws are now in force in Massachusetts and some other States +against lotteries, there appears to be no essential difference, as far +as the morality of the thing is concerned, between the old lottery and +the modern raffle,--and indeed a certain species of stock gambling, it +seems to us, is worse than either in its moral effects. After the year +1826, or thereabout, lotteries appear to have become unpopular, and laws +were passed prohibiting them. Their unprofitableness, moreover, seems +then to have been more clearly seen. As we have already said, there had +always been some who saw the evils which must result from such schemes. +Notably among prominent men who in Massachusetts used their influence +against them were John Hancock,[1] of Revolutionary fame, and afterwards +governor of the Commonwealth, and Peter C. Brooks, a distinguished +merchant of Boston, father-in-law of Edward Everett. The "Salem Gazette" +of Sept. 16, 1794, says: "Considering the acknowledged immoral tendency +of _Lotteries,_ it is astonishing how much is said in the Boston papers +in favor of that which our Legislature has lately instituted for Harvard +College. Our late worthy Governor Hancock, in a public address to the +General Court, gave his testimony against this species of gambling, so +calculated to ensnare and injure those classes of worthy citizens who +are guiltless of that vice in its common form." + +[Footnote 1: Although we have seen lottery tickets signed by Hancock +earlier in life.] + +In some foreign countries and in a few of the States of our Union +lotteries are still lawful; yet we believe there is a growing feeling +against them. But if stock gambling is destined to take the place of the +lottery, we do not think much will be gained by the change. The losses +by lotteries were generally in small sums, and could be better borne by +the adventurers than the entire loss of property, health, and reputation +which is now too apt to follow a large proportion of the speculative +stock operations. In the lottery, too, the risks were generally so small +that the ticket-buyer alone suffered; whereas now, whole families are +often involved in financial ruin, if not in disgrace, by the operations +of a father, brother, or near relative. But we will say no more on this +point, as it is a consideration foreign to the object of this book. + +Thus far we have written mainly of American lotteries; as it is not our +intention to take an exhaustive view of the subject, we will merely say, +in reference to foreign countries, that lotteries were instituted in +England in 1567, and abolished by Act of Parliament in 1823, although +allowed until 1826, when the last drawing of a legal lottery took place. +During this period they were patronized by all classes,--royalty, the +nobility, gentry, and commoners. The first lottery was for the repairs +of harbors and fortifications. The drawing took place at the "west door +of St. Paul's Church." In 1612 King James I. granted a lottery for the +"English Colonies in Virginia, ... to be held at the _west end of St. +Paul's,_" and "one Thomas Sharplys, a tailor, drew the chief Prize, +which was 4000 crowns in fair plate." + +To this day the lottery flourishes in most of the chief cities in +Europe, and lottery tickets are vended in many shops as well as in +regular offices. The Cologne Cathedral, as is well known, was only +recently finished by the aid of a lottery. Lotteries are upheld, we +believe, by the Roman Catholic Church in Europe, and many of the priests +aid in disposing of the tickets,--at least so we have been told. + +The sum of the whole matter as regards this country is that a good work +was undoubtedly accomplished through the agency of the lottery in the +early days of our national history. By its aid schools, colleges, and +charities were founded, bridges, roads, and canals were constructed. 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