Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-08-21
1O,O7S Prizes
9,927 Blanks
100000
10000 Tickets at 10 dolls. each.
More Prizes than RlanLa

l. ~. ii,
More Prizes than Blanks.
The prize of 1000 dolls floating after The
goth, and the 1000 dolls. afterthe 30th days
dtnaawIng. All prizes subject to deduction
oils per cent.
Forty drawings Of 500 numbers each.
The hrst TWO thousand blanks will be emit.
tied to IL dollars each, and payable in cash
as soon as drawn: the next 5000 blanks TO s
dollars each, and will be made into thirty
one thousand dollar prizes, and all utinto
the wheel and floating al the same time wita
the 10000 dollar prize. Also will be put
back INTO the wheel all the numbers which
may have drawn 3 dollar prizes thus, every
holder, instead ofreceivins the cash .or these
small prizes, will be entitled TO a SECOND
cHAscE for the grand capital OF 10000 dois
lars, and the thirty OF 1000 dollars, besides
what oiber Frlzts may remain IN the wheel.
NO schene ever presented TO the public DOS.
sessed greater advantages than this, particu.
larry to early adventurerS, who, il is obyi.
Gus, may eachhave tao chances u,ith oa}y one
tchet, If they adventure before certain pe
ROD OF the drawing, when the wheels may be
richest. Furthermore, the IL, 900 dollars, &
OF 1000, 60 OF loco, 90 OF 800. 60 ofIoo. SC,
will al be FLOATING FROM THE Con.
MENCEMENT OF THE DRAINING.
The National Canal Lottery being aotbo.
rlzed by Congress, the tickets can be sold in
sver' part OF the United States. which cir.
cumstance, it is confidently believed, viii
enable the Managers, tFcm the rapid sale Of
ticHeis, 10 announce al cary day for the
drawing.
MANAGERS.
frederick May, Joseph Pearson,
William Brea;, Thomas Law.
Daniel Carroll, Moses Young,
Richard PARROT,
who have given security 10 the Treasury Of
NE united States. Tor the paymen' of tie
vrizes, IN the penal sum- OF one hundred ,hou
sand dollars
Prizes payable SO days after The drawing
is completed.
TO THE PUBLIC.
Having beenappoInled sole agent. by tha
Managers, OF the GRAND MAI iUNAL
CaNAL LOTTERY, and having opened
Lot'eTy Ofhce, two doors east OF Uayis's f!o-
lei, fennsylvanIa avenue, Washington CITY,
II may be deemed proper for me to setiorth
the claims which this lottery has 10 he pat.
Tonage OF the citizens of the United States,
Without dwelling upon the advantages len.
dered to adventures by the scheme, will,
observe, that the object to be probotsd h,,
this lottery, na.nely, the connectIon NJ ~
Anacostla and Potomac rivers by Can.Il
cannot fail TO be considered as truly nol,nnnf
by every one who Identifies The iuproyenan.
OF lne Deal OF Go'ernment, selected nv fbs
great Washington, with The honor and graft.
tude OF country enjoying all tie bIessinoe
OF freedom through his unparalleled exar
IONS and virtue who, Wilde yet the metro.
polis was IN embryo, expatiated much on The
Canal, now in part completed by MONEYS
raised from the drawing OF the two pre v;oys
classes OF this Lottery To these cons'Ga'
rations may be added the fact, that this 20.
nal, in passing through The city, apn,oacbs.
the Capitol within few yards, and ~ th,'
day, waters large portion of National R fa.'
serve in this city, enhancing their ytlne 80
consequently lessening the buitbens n ,ha
nallon; tact fully exempli6ed by the cir.
cumstance that the sales OF public propertv
IN the city amount TO more than all the nnb.
lie buildings have hitherto cost the nation
The Canal is so far completed ,bat IL.
heavy materials for building the Capilol are
now brought in boats, and landed wi,b;n .
few yards OF the Capitol, thereby say;,S
TO the nation many thousand dollar, .nI
when completed the advantages derived from
1t will be e. Incalculable, not only 10 The citi.
zens OF Washington, but to the nation as ~,
nall' nal property passes the canal toll free
the completion of the canal tluly =
national object. N'''
BENJAMIN q. TYLER
Az persons ciEs desirous Of contracting for snv
tickets will be pleased to forwas3,
heir orders to '- ''aN
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