Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-08-17
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THIS is a Lottery Formed by the terhAFy Coio- |
bination OF % numbers, producing 1l,4SO TICK |
els. To determine the prizes, the numbers,
from l 10 - inclusive, will be severally placed |
in wheel on the day of the drawing, and nine |
az them be drawn out; and that ticket having |
on il for its combination numbers. the list, "a |
and 3D. drawn from the wheel, viii be entitled |
10 the Grand, the interesting prize ct the Mon
ticelo Estate--lhat ticket having on II the 4th,
sth and 9th, will be entitled TO the prize OF the
Shadwen Mills--aud tbst having on 1t the 7th,
8 h and 9Th, will be entitled TO the prize the
Abemarle Estate.
The prizes viii be conveyed to the fortunate
holders of tickets drawing them, subject only
to the conditions mentioned in the subJoined
certificates Of valuation,
It's contemplated that the Lottery will be
drawn the latter end of October and 1t is hoped,
that in the mean time all the tickets will be
purchased up. Richmond, Va. July 8, 1896.
l. B. YATES, Agents for the
A. APlNTYRE,5 Managers.
The !: MS of the managers, in offering the
tickets q tue Jefferson Lottery 10 the public,
feel confidence, that they will be immediately
purchased up, and the only child of the late
MIR Jefferson and her family, be relieved from
the painful consequences which must inevitably
and speedily follow, if the debts are not dis
charged. The agents having engaged to pre-
pare the tickets, and to conduct the jefferson
Lottery throughout, without compensation for
services or expenses, and being at the same
time extrt mey socitous, thatthe entire amount
of the Scheme should be speedily raised and
paid Owe TO the Managers, without the loss or
dminution OF cent, they must run no other
hazard, than such as they choose to do for the
benefit of the Jefferson Fund; and they there
fore pray that applications for tickets be prompt
ly made, and that all remttances be made in
funds Banka5ie at the place where the orders
for tickets are to be executed As for credits IN
this Lottery, they will give none, and it is pre-
sumed that none will be desired. The funds
for these tickets shall be kept sacred, and dis
tinct from all other funds, and the Managers be
advised from time to time TO draw them as they
accumulate to answer the objects of the grant
The Vendors of Tickets throughout the Uni
on, it is hoped, will lend their willing aid in the
sale Of these tickets, and by that means. afford
convenient opportunity to the thousands in all
parts of the county who are anxious to testify
their respect. their affection and gratitude TO
the memory of the illustrious dead.
The prizes, it will be perceived, have been
valued under oath by gentlemen appointed by
the Virginia Legislature AL, then, who ven.
ture for prizes, will have the full va!ue Of their
money inthe chance or chances which they may
purchase. But higher motives than the mere
value OF prizes will actuate all who have known
or heard of the public and private worth ofthe
man who wrote cur Declaration of indepen.
dence. 1t cannot for q moment be supposed,
that any will be found so heartess as to saw that
Since Mr.. Jefferson is dead, they feelthemselves
under no obligations to his descendants, and
that although they would have been willing to
relieve him, whilst living, they care not what
may become of his offspring No. it cannot.
magnanimous. grateful people, viii spurn
such sentiment as unworthy of them.
The tickets in the Jefferson Lottery bad been
prepared in April last; but the offering ofthem
for sale was postponed at the request of the
Committee of the Citizens of New-York, ap.
pointed with the view of raising funds sufficient
to purchase up The Lottery, burn the tickets on
the day of our Jubilee, and supersede the
drawing Of the Lottery altogether That noble
and heart. cheering plan failed iii part, and the
tickets must now therefore be sold, and the lot
terry drawn. It is said, however, that the funds
raised, and expected to be raised in the United
States, (exciusve of those for tiokets.) will be
sufficient to purchase the Monticello Prize,
from the fortunate holder of the ticket draw
ing il. and thus preserve that Estate for the
Descendants of the Author of the Declaration
lieVe, that an act so necessary for the honor of
the country will be accomplished.
Until the the 1st of October, tickets in the
Jefferson Lottery will be sold by the Agents of
the Managers at the Scheme Price (Si0,) at
their Offices at
Norfolk and Richmond, Virginia.
Washington City, District Of Columbia
Baltimore, .nargtand.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
New.York, Ne1o York.
Hartford, Connecticut.
Wilmington, Deia7eare.
Raleigh, North Carolina.
Charleston, So,ah. Carolina.
J. b. YATES, J Agents for the
A. MINTYRE, Managers.
Richmond, ( "a J July, 1926
Certificates Of the 0oiue Of the Prise Property Of
The Jefferson LottetHsgs
We, the undersigned. having examined the
property described in the within plot. in pursu-
ance of the Act of the Assembly Of Virginia.
passed February, 1896, concerning Thomas JEFF.
ferson, upon our own view TO ascertain the fair
equivalent for The within described property.
lying IN the county of Albemarle, on the wa.
tefs OF the Rivanna River known by the name
OF MON CELLO, Containing by survey AGO
acres, including the Monticello House and all
improvements upon the same, do ascertain the
reVerslon Possession to be given two years af-
ter the death OF the aforesaid Thomas Ieffer.
SOM to be Seuenty. one Thousand Dollars
Gwen under our hands and seals. this 9lst
day OF March, 1896.
NiMROD BROMHAM,
tArTNg