Author: Ainsworth Rand Spofford
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780656523528
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Excerpt from Lotteries in American History The lotteries thus sanctioned were largely subscribed to, the Grocers' Company of London and other guilds taking shares, and we even find two London churches adventuring 6 in Virginia lottery tickets. The first lottery was drawn in both June and July, 1612, and a second was drawn November 17, 1615, all moneys of the adventurers being paid in to Sir Thomas Smith, treasurer, to inable us to make good supplies to the colonie in Virginia. The drawings were often post poned to enable the numbers of the lottery to be filled up. The amount realized from them was about but upon the House of Commons protesting against the Virginia Company's lotteries as an illegal raising of money without Parliamentary sanction, they were terminated in 1621, by an order in council. The earliest notice of an American lottery I have found (although it was not the first) was in Andrew Bradford's American Weekly Mercury, Philadelphia, February 23, 1720. It advertises a new brick house, corner of Third and Arch, for which 350 tickets, at 20 shillings each, were to be drawn. John Read and Henry Frogley have given 500 bond to the mayor to see a fair drawing. Soon after, lotteries appear to have become common, and their attendant evils led to the pas sage of an act as early as 1729, by the legislature, forbidding lotteries under a penalty of 100. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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ISBN: 9781527767362
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Languages : en
Pages : 56
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Excerpt from The Lottery Ticket: An American Tale At first; emotions of gratitude to God, whose good ness had saved him from death, ocwpied his heart, and reconciled him to the disappointment of other hopes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: John Ashton
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331226478
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Excerpt from A History of English Lotteries: Now for the First Time Written I have tried, as far as in my power lay, to make this book one which will be, I hope, not only agreeable and interesting to the general reader, but one which, I also hope, will find its place in very many libraries, as a book of reference, and an authority on the subject on which I have written. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: John Townsend Trowbridge
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780260154682
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Pages : 224
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Excerpt from The Lottery Ticket This place, my indebtedness to Miss Martha Bradshaw, of Orange, n.j., for the leading incidents on which the story is founded. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Ainsworth Rand Spofford
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Author: Ainsworth Rand Spofford
Publisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781341172113
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Pages : 32
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Spofford Ainsworth Rand
Publisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781356607570
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Pages : 28
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Job R. Tyson
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ISBN: 9781331968108
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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Excerpt from A Brief Survey of the Great Extent and Evil Tendencies of the Lottery System, as Existing in the United States: Published by Order of a Meeting of Citizens of Philadelphia, Favorable to the Entire Abolition of Lotteries Gambling, by means of the lottery, is not of very modern origin. Though it has been tolerated, and even fostered by Christian communities, it dates its birth so far back as a remote period in the history of the Romans. The uses to which it was applied are faithfully delineated by Menestrier, a Jesuit father, who published the result of his researches about the close of the seventeenth century. As it is not necessary to trace its existence, or ascertain its effects, in Pagan lands, let us scan it in its consequences nearer our own day, when the meridian sun of Christianity is dispensing his genial rays for the illumination and improvement of the world. The Christian world is indebted to the republic of Genoa for suggesting the idea of resorting to the lottery as a measure of finance. Its introduction into Great Britain was early, being nurtured by the paternal hand of government as a happy expedient for raising money upon the principle of voluntary taxation. The first lottery mentioned in the English history, was established in 1567; and Maitland of Stowe, informs us that, in 1569, two years after its commencement, there were but three lottery offices in the kingdom. A few years sufficed to produce an enormous accession to the number, and divers statutes were enacted, to assuage, by restrictions and penalties, the malignity of their influence. But no emollient was equal to the emergency of its purpose; a new genius awoke into being, competent to evade, by dexterity and stratagem, the provisions of each new law. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: William Christie Macleod
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Pages : 10
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Author: Ainsworth Rand Spofford
Publisher: Nabu Press
ISBN: 9781289827250
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Pages : 32
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