Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-08-24

OATH, $1,000
do. the shadwell Mills, do. do. 10000
do. the Aibemarle Estate, do. 1880
5 Priscilla Blanks, S1125oo
This is a Lottery formed by the ternary COM
bnation Of IL numbers, producing 1l,48O tick.
cts. To dftermine the prizes, the numbers,
from / 10 AZ inclusive, will be severslly placed
in wheel on the DAY of the drawing, and nine
Of them be drawn out; and that ticket having
On it for it's combination numbers, the LIST, ID
and Sd drawn from the wheel, Will be entitled
20 the Grand, the interesting prize of the Mon
ticello Estate-ihat ticket having on it the 4th,
sth and 9th, viii be entitled to the prize Of the
Shsdwell Mills--snd that having on il the 9TH,
9th and 9th, viii be entitled to the prize Of the
Albemarle Estate.
The prizes wi be conveyed to the fortunate
holders Of tickets drawing them, subject only
to the conditions mentioned in the subjoHed
certificates Of valuation.
II is contemplated that the Lottery will be
drawn the latter end of October, and il is hoped,
that in the mean time all the tickets will be
purchased up. Richmond, Va. Juiy 8, 1876
]. B. YATES, Agents for the
A. MlNTYRE, Managers.
The agents of the managers, in Offering the
tickets of the Jefferson Lottery to the public,
feel confidence, that they will be imnediatel,
purchased up, and the only child Of the late
Mr. 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 extremely solictous, that the eptire amount
of the Scheme should be speedily raised and
paid over to the Managers, without the loss or
dimnution OF a 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 remIttances be made in
funds Bankabie at the place where the orders
for tickets are to be executed AS for credits IN
this Lottery, they will give none, and 1t 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 wiling aid in the
sale Of these tickets, and by that means, afford
convenient opportunity TO the thousands in all
their respect, their affection and gratitude to
the memory of the llustrious dead.
The prizes, ii will be perceived, have been
valued under oath by gentlemen appointed by
the Virginia Legislature. AL, then, who ven
ture tor prizes, win have the full value Of their
money mtbe 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 our Declaration of indepen
dence. 1t cannot for moment be supposed,
that any will be found so heartess as to say, that
since Mr.. Jefferson is dead, they ieelthemselVes
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, will 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 NewYork, ap.
pointed with the view of raising funds sufficient
to purchase up he 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 in part, and the
tickets must now therefore be sold, and the lot
terry drawn. 1t is said, however, that the funds
raised, and expected to be raised in the United
States, Exclusive of those for tickets will be
sufficient to purchase the Monticello Prize,
from the fortunate holder of the ticket draw.
ing it, and thus preserve that Estate FOR the
Descendants of the Author Of the Declaration
OF Independence. We cannot but hope and be.
leve, that an act SO necessary for the honor of
the country will be accomplished
Uhtil the the 1st of October, tickets in the
Jefferson Lottery will be sold by the Agents of
the Managers at the Scheme Price (Si0.l at
their Offices at
Norfolk and Richmond, Virginia.
Washington City, Disttct Of C0l,nbia
Baltimore, Maryland
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
New York, Men York
Hartford, Connecticut.
Wilmington. DeIarpare.
Raleigh, North Carolina
Charleston, South. Carolina.
j. B. YATES, Z Agents for the
A. MINTYRE. s Managers,
H'ehmond, VA J,iy 1926.
Certificates Of the voiue Of the Prize Proberty of
The Jefferson Lottery.
we, the undersigned. having examined the
property described in the within plot. in pursn.
snce OF the Act of the Assembly of Virginia.
passed February, 1926, concerning Thomas JEFF
ferson, upon our own view to ascertain the fair
equivalent for the within described propertv
lying IN the county of AIbemarle, on the wa.
tiers of the RiVanna River. known by the name
OF mONliCELLO, Containing by survey 400
acres, including the Monticello House and all
improvements upon the same do aecs.t.;n ~