United States Lottery. No. [blank] class the first : This ticket entiles [sic] the bearer to receive such prize as may be drawn against its number, according to a resolution of Congress, passed at Philadelphia, November 18, 1776.
Summary
Imprint supplied by Evans; date is Nov. 18, 1776. Cf. Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 6, p. 1126.
Evans 15194
Journals of the Continental Congress, 132
LC copy is no. 5m974 and signed: Da. Jackson. Printed initial at left bottom corner is "U."
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
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Date
01/01/1776
Contributors
United States Lottery.
Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
Source
Library of Congress
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Public Domain