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- - 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
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