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Autograph letter signed

to William Whipple

March 15, 1777

Bartlett, Josiah, 1729-1795

Written by Bartlett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, as a colonel in New Hampshire militia to Whipple, also a signer of the Declaration of Independence, as a Continental Congressman from New Hampshire. Congress, and therefore Whipple...

GLC00369
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Letter signed

to unknown

30 June 1803

Thomas, Ab., fl. 1803

Thomas, possibly from the United States Department of the Navy, discusses a lottery with the unknown recipient. Transmits a lottery item, possibly a ticket (not included) and asks whether it has drawn a prize. Relates plans to travel to Baltimore...

GLC03481.01
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Newspaper

The Boston news-letter. [No. 2036 (September 6, 1759)]

6 September 1759

Draper, John, 1702-1762

Prints a proclamation from the Governor of Massachusetts Bay. Articles detail news from London, New York, Philadelphia, and the St. Lawrence River, Quebec area. Also includes information on arrivals and departures of privateer ships, military...

GLC01450.452.03
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Newspaper

Independent chronicle and the universal advertiser. [Vol. X, no. 483 (November 21, 1777)]

21 November 1777

Powars & Willis (Boston, Mass.), 1776-1801

Prints the transcript of part of a court case involving a Mr. Horne and Lord Mansfield. Includes a long poem, news from Philadelphia, Fishkill, New Haven, and Boston. Also includes public notices and information on the lottery.

GLC01450.452.04
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Document signed

to Joseph Bullock

18 July 1780

Levy, Levy Andrew, fl. 1745-1784

Sending Bullock all the second class lottery tickets he has sold. Includes the numbers of these tickets. In regard to a dispute over lottery tickets & prizes.

GLC01450.508
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Document signed

[Lottery ticket for the benefit of the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures]

circa 1797

Ticket for a lottery to be held in Paterson, New Jersey, to benefit the "Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures, erected by Virtue of an Act of the Legislature of the State of New-Jersey. -- Subject to a Deduction of 15 per Cent." Printed by...

GLC08524
Collection Item
Newspaper

Boston gazette and country journal. [No. 1262 (November 2, 1778)]

2 November 1778

Edes, Benjamin, 1732-1803

Discusses a book on government, liberty, and tyranny by pastor Isaac Backus. Contains Articles of Capitulation concerning Francois Claude Amour (the Marquis de Bouille). Mentions General Horatio Gates's arrival in Hartford, Connecticut. Refers to...

GLC08790
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Autograph letter signed

to Owen and all [incomplete]

1909/01/09

Horsfall, Charles G., fl. 1900-1910

Owen's Aunts met him after his trip on the S.S. Republic. He asks about family and the property. He will write to Nancy soon. Dancing, musical entertainment, skating rinks, horse races, and trotting on the ice have become popular. The big Alaska...

GLC05245.43
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Mr. French

Febraury 23, 1778

Hillegas, Michael, 1729-1804

Hillegas inquires, on behalf of a Mr. Clarkson, about the allowance available to those who sell lottery tickets for the United States lottery established to help fund the Revolutionary War. Accompanied a lottery ticket (see GLC01412.23.01).

GLC01412.23.02

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