To the public. Mr. Cox having now completed his plan, begs leave to give notice that tickets in the museum lottery are ready at one guinea each, ...
Cox, James,jeweler.
[London,
1773]
"As Mr. Cox has every reason to expect a speedy sale of his tickets, he proposes to draw the lottery in the course of the year 1774 (or sooner, if the tickets are disposed of)".
The Act of Parliament allowing James Cox to dispose of his museum pieces by lottery was passed in 1773.
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