- - 7,500
325 - 15 - - 4,875
500 - 10 - - 5,000
4,400 - 8 - - 35,200
1 last drawn Blank, - - 760
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5,709 Prizes, 85,335
11,358 Blanks.
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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
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