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.

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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.

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