Lottery & Gift Concert Collection, 1753-1879 (inclusive) | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Vol. 1 (1811-1860) contains 74 pages on which are pasted between 2 and 8 lottery scheme circulars for school fund, state and local lotteries in Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Germany. The earliest items are two from England: an 1811 and an 1826 prospectus for lotteries. Much of the album is devoted to the results of Rhode Island lotteries, with the circulars signed in ink by the secretary of state, Henry Bowen (1785-1867). There are a number of pieces issued by the firm of F.E. Fuld & Co., of London and Frankfurt am Main, having to do with Austrian lotteries. The volume includes a single issue of the Benefactor (vol. 11, no. 21, January 1858, published in Jersey City, NJ), which is inscribed by an A. Cummings, with a request for descriptions and prices of magic lanterns, apparently sent to the McAllister firm. A number of the circulars are for lotteries to support the Patapsco Female Institute (operating 1837-1891), a boarding school in Ellicott City, Maryland. There are also advertisements for lottery brokers Taylor & Co. (New York), Cohen's Lottery Exchange (Baltimore), Peter Schneider (Frankfurt), T. Bish and J. & J. Sivewright (both in London) and George Taylor Jr. and the Temple of Fortune, both in Philadelphia