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Book/Printed Material United States lottery : the scheme is, that this lottery consist of four classes, of one hundred thousand tickets each. ...

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Title

  • United States lottery : the scheme is, that this lottery consist of four classes, of one hundred thousand tickets each. ...

Names

  • United States Lottery.
  • Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824.
  • Dunlap, John, 1747-1812, printer.
  • Ten Broeck, Dirck, former owner.
  • United States. Continental Congress.
  • Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : Printed by John Dunlap ..., [1778]

Headings

  • -  United States Lottery
  • -  Lotteries--United States
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Genre

  • Broadsides--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1778
  • Advertisements--United States--1778
  • Broadsheet format (Printing)--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1778

Notes

  • -  Includes two resolutions of the Continental Congress, dated Nov. 27, 1776 and May 2, 1778, and signed: Extract from the minutes, Charles Thomson, secretary.
  • -  Recorded twice by Evans, among entries for 1776 and 1778.
  • -  Evans 16149
  • -  Evans 15193
  • -  Journals of the Continental Congress, 205
  • -  LC copy has inscription at head of text: Dirck Ten Broeck.

Medium

  • 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 42 x 27 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Cont Cong no. 45

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898047

Online Format

  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Lottery, Charles Thomson, John Dunlap, Dirck Ten Broeck, United States Continental Congress, and Continental Congress Broadside Collection. United States lottery: the scheme is, that this lottery consist of four classes, of one hundred thousand tickets each. [Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap, 1778] Online Text. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/90898047/.

APA citation style:

United States Lottery, Thomson, C., Dunlap, J., Ten Broeck, D., United States Continental Congress & Continental Congress Broadside Collection. (1778) United States lottery: the scheme is, that this lottery consist of four classes, of one hundred thousand tickets each. [Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap] [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/90898047/.

MLA citation style:

United States Lottery, et al. United States lottery: the scheme is, that this lottery consist of four classes, of one hundred thousand tickets each. [Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap, 1778] Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/90898047/>.