Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-08-26
1905 Prizes
1897 Blanks
100000
10000 Tickets at 10 dolls. each.
More Prizes than Blanks.


The prize of 90, 900 dolls. floating after ,ha
goth, and the DC, 900 dolls. afterthe 3Olb davjs
drawing. All prize, subject to deduction
oils per cent.
Forty drawings of 500 numbers each.
The first two thousand blanks will be est;s
tied to ! 9 dollars each, and PAYABLE in rash
assoon a. drawn the next 5000 blanks IN r
dollars each, and will be made into tbi,t~
one thousand dollar prizes, and all put ints
the wheel and floating al the same time viii
the 10000 dollar prize. Also will he n,,t
back into the wheel all the numbers which
may have drawn dollar prizes; thus. eyerv
holder, instead of receiving the cash Tor tb4ss
small prizes, will be entitled to sgcnEt,
CHANCE Tor the grand capital OF 4o,ooo del.
lars, and the thirty OF louo dollars besidss
what Other prizes may remain in the wheel,
NO scheme ever presented TO the public pcs.
sessed greater advantages than this, parfic,,
larry to early od0enturers. who. il is ohyi.
Gus, may each have tae chances u2tk caIy oas
ticket, ii they adventure before a certain nas
rion OF Inc drawing, when the wheels MAYBE
richest. Furthermore, the Io.o 600 dolIs,s. 2
OF 5000, 60 of loco. 20 Of 500. SO ofIoo &n,
will all be FLOATING FROM THE C0Ms
MENCEhlENT OF The DRAINING
The National Canal Lottery being ant,.s.
rized By Congress, the tickets can be sold y,
every part of the United States. sbicb cir.
cumstance, it is confidently believed. will
enable the Managers, from the rapid sale nf
drawing.
frederick May, Joseph Pearson,
William Brent, Thomas Las,
Daniel Carroll, Moses Young,
Richard PARROT.
Hho have given security to the Treasury NJ
ne United States. for the payment Of lie
2rIzes, IN the penal sum Of one hundred thou
Prizes payable Go day, after the drawing
is completed. ."
TO THE PUBLIC
Having been appointed sole agent bv tho
Managers, OF the GRAND NATIONAL
CANAL LOTTERY. and having onsned
Lottery Office, two doors east Of Davis. HoA
tel, pennsylvania avenue, Washington city,
it may be deemed proper for me to sat ,nrjbb
the claims which this lottery has 70 The nv
ronage OF the citizens of the United States.
"ithout dwelling upon the advantage. Ten.
dered to adventures by the scheme, | will
~ - ~, ,' 'ao ocJcct W ue promoted by
this lottery, namely, the connection of The
Anacostla and Potomac rivers by Canal.
cannot IAN 10 DE considered as ira y natioau.
hy every one who identifies the improvement,
OF me oeat OF Government, selected by the
great washington, with the honor and graft.
tqde OF country enjoying all The blessings
of freedom through hi. Unparalleled sxa1
tlons and virtue; who, while yet the metro.
Polls was IN embryo, expatiated much on the
Cana,' now IN part completed by money,
ralsed from the drawing OF the two previous
classes OF th's Lottery. TO these coDs,de.
nsi' 10 passing throug b the city, approache.
lhe Capitol within few yards. and, at tbrs
aay' waters large portion OF National Re.
serve IN Tins city, enhancing their value. and
consequently iessen'ng the burthens of the
nal'on; tact fully exemplifed by the cir.
cumstance that the sales of public properly
lie buildings have hitherto cost the nat;n r'
The Canal is so far completed that ,ba
heavy materials for building the Cani,ol are
now brought in boats, and landed Win
lew yards OF the Capitol, thereby saving
10 the nation many thousand doUor, up
when completed the advantage. derived frnn,
It will be incalculable, not only 10 The c;,;
sens OF Washington, but to the nation as ~,
,atl' ma property passes the canal toll free
making the completion of the canal tIyJIv =
rational object.
BENJAMIN O. TYLER.
All persons DESTROYS of CONTRACTING for.nr
tickets will be pleased to iorwar
heir orders to
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