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"Number of Lottery Tickets given to the Childeren"+7 lottery tickets

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.03675 Author/Creator: Place Written: [New York, New York] Type: Manuscript Date: 1790/07/22 Pagination: 1p. + docket 27.2 x 20.3 cm Order a Copy

With 7 typed lottery tickets signed by Abraham Herring. The tickets state: "The Possessor of this TICKET shall be entitled to such Prize as shall be drawn to this Number in the Lottery, agreeable to an Act of the Legislature of the State of New-York, passed the 14th February, 1790, subject to a Deduction of 15 per Cent.

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