Lottery tickets, [ca. 1769]-1815.

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Lottery tickets, [ca. 1769]-1815.

Printed tickets from a variety of lotteries in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Among the signatures of lottery officials and ticket holders are those of William Alexander, the Revolutionary general who claimed the title of Earl of Stirling; Jacob Broom, signer of the Federal Constitution from Delaware; Continental Congressmen Daniel Carroll and Timothy Matlack; and Pennsylvania justice Jasper Yeates.

18 items ; 6 x 20 cm. or smaller.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6807354

Rosenbach Museum & Library

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Matlack, Timothy, 1736-1829

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Timothy Matlack (March 28, 1736 – April 14, 1829) was a brewer and beer bottler who emerged as a popular and powerful leader in the American Revolutionary War, Secretary of Pennsylvania during the war, and a delegate to the Second Continental Congress in 1780. He became one of Pennsylvania's most provocative and influential political figures, but he was removed from office by his political enemies at the end of the war; however, he returned to power in the Jeffersonian era. Matlack was known for...

Broom, Jacob, 1752-1810

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Jacob Broom was a merchant, manufacturer, statesman in Wilmington, Del. He was a delegate to the convention of 1787 pursuant to a resolution of Congress to adopt a federal constitution. From the description of [Letter] 1807 Aug. 6, Wilmington, [to] James M. Broom, Baltimore / Jaco: Broom. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 174549632 ...

Delaware Lottery

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New-Ark Land and Cash Lottery

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Yeates, Jasper, 1745-1817

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Yeates was a lawyer from Lancaster, Pa. He served as a delegate to the Pennsylvania Ratification Convention in 1787 and was a judge of the Pennyslvania Supreme Court, 1791-1817. From the description of [Letter] 1801 Mar. 22, Philada. [to] Sally / J. Yeates. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 501843254 Pennsylvania jurist. From the description of ALS : Lancaster, Pa., to Robert Aitken, 1772 June 4. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122347819 ...

Massachusetts State Lottery (1790)

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Schuylkill and Susquehanna Navigation

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Amoskeag Canal Lottery

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Carroll, Daniel, 1764-1849

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Landowner and businessman of Washington, D.C. Known as Daniel Carroll of Duddington. From the description of Daniel Carroll papers, 1662-1920 (bulk 1791-1868). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981111 Landowner and businessman, of Washington, D.C. From the description of Letter, 1843. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70942066 ...

Paterson Lottery

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Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Company

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Lehigh Navigation Lottery

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St. Thomas's Church (Alexandria, Va.)

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