Land lottery ticket for Massachusetts, 1786.

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Land lottery ticket for Massachusetts, 1786.

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Photocopy of a printed and signed Land-Lottery" ticket issued by the state of Massachusetts. "This ticket entitles the Bearer to the Lot or Tract of Land drawn by the Number therof, pursuant to an Act of the General Court, rafled the Ninth Day of November, 1786." The item was signed by Rufus Putnam and Leon Jarvis.

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Harold B. Lee Library

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