The Olden Time Series, Vol. 1: Curiosities of the Old Lottery - Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts by Henry M. (Henry Mason) Brooks
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page 19 of 124 (15%)
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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 |
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