United States Lottery No. 16m 069 : typescript

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Title: United States Lottery No. 16m 069 : typescript
Creator: United States Lottery
Published / Created: 1776 November 18.
Publication Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Abstract: Printed United States Lottery ticket number 16m 069, signed Da. Jackson, 1776 November 18.
Description: The Continental Congress enacted a national lottery on 1776 November 18 to raise finances for the war effort.
In English.
Title from recto.
Provenance: Purchased from R. M. Smythe & Co., Inc. (Auction #253, 2005 September 27) on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2005.
Extent: 1 item
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Lottery ticket
Resource Type: text
Subject (Geographic): United States.
Philadelphia (Pa.)
United States
Subject (Name): United States. Continental Congress.
United States Lottery.
Subject (Topic): Finance, Public
Lotteries
War, Cost of.
History
Finance
Subjects: United States. Continental Congress
United States Lottery
Finance, Public > United States
Lotteries > United States
War, Cost of.
Philadelphia (Pa.)
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Finance

Access: Public
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Citation: United States Lottery No. 16m 069. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.