Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-08-03
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This is a Lottery formed BY the ternary com.
binstion Of ~ numbers, producing II, as0 tick.
cts. To determine the prises. the numbers,
from TO - inclusive, will be severely placed
in a wheel on the Jay OF the drawing. and nin,.
Of them be drawn out; and that ticket having
ON it for its combination numbers. the ist. ed
and Sd drawn from the wheel, will be entitled
to the Grand, the interesting prize Of the Mon.
ticello Estate-,hat ticket having on Il the 4,h,
Sth and 9th. viii be eutitled to the prize OF the
Shadwell Mills--and that having on IL the 9Th,
Sth and 9Th, viii be entitled to the prize Of the
Aoemarle Estate.
The prizes will be conveyed to the fortunate
holders of tickets drawing them. subject only
to the conditions mentioned IN the subioined
certificates Of valuation.
1t 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. Ia. July s, 1896.
]. II. YATES, Agents for the
A. MiNTYRE,S Managers.
The agents Of the managers, in Offering the
tickets OF the jefferson Lottery to the public.
feel a confidence, that they will be Immediately
purchased up, and the only child OF the late
MIR. Jefferson and her family, besreieved 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 soliciious, thatthc entire amount
OF the Scheme should be speedily raised and
paid over 10 the Managers. without the loss or
dnminuiion ut cent, they must run no other
hazard, than such as they choose to do for the
he nj he Iat1 nd al 1,
fore pray that applications for tickets be prompt
~ made and thar all remi,tanees be made in
funds BansGbie at the place where The orders
tor tickets are TO be executed As tor credits m
this Lottery, they will give none, and it is pre-
sumed that none will be desired. The funds
tor these tickets shall be kept sacred. and dis
tinct from all other funds, aud the Managers be
ADVISED from tine to time 10 draw them as they
accumulate TO answer the objects of the grant.
The Vcndersof Tickets throughout the Uni
OH, it is hoped, will lend their wiling aid in the
sale OF these tickets, and by that means, afford
convenient opportunity 10 the thousands in all
parts of the country who are anxious to testify
their respect, their affection and grsttude 10
the memory Of the liustrious dead.
The prizes, IT will be perceived, have been
valued under oath by gentlemen appointed by
the Virginia Legislature. All, then. who ven-
ture tor prizes, viii have the full value Of their
money inttle chance or chances which they may
purchase Bat higher motives than the mere
value Of prizes will actuate all who have known
or heard Of the public and private worth ofthe
msn who wrote our Declaration Of indepes-
dence. 1t cannot for moment be supposed
thai any will be found so heartess 70 say, that
since Mr.. Jefferson is dead, they feeithemselves
under no obligations to bis 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.
A magnanimous, grateful people, viii spnrn
such sentiment as unworthy OF them.
The tickets in the Jefferson Lottery bad been
prepared in April last; hut the offering ofthem
fer sale was postponed at the request OF the
Committee of the Citizens Of New-fork, 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.cheerng plan failed in part, and the
tickets must now therefore be sold, and the lot.
terry drawn. II is said, however, thar the funds
raised, and expected to be raised in the United
States, (excluslve of those for tckets,) viii be
sufficient to purchase the Monticello Prize,
from the fortunate holder Of the ticket draw.
ing it, and thus preserve that Estate for the
I'SstchuaNts Oh tic auttOf VI dic DcI'aIato"
OF Independence. We cannot but hope and be.
leve, that an act so necessary tor the honor oil
| the country will be accomplished.
Until the the 1st Of October tickets in the
Jefferson Lottery will be sold b, the Agents Of
the Managers at the Scheme Price (Slo,) at
their Offices at
Norfolk and Richmond. Ffrginia.
Washington City, Disnief Of Columbia.
Baltimore, Maryland
Philadelphia, Pennspfpania.
New York, .Nt1s York.
Hartford, Corineeficm.
Wilmington. Beka1pare
Rsieigh, North Carolina.
Charleston, Senth. Carolina.
J. H. YATES, Agents for the
A M'iNTYRE. Managers.
Rehmond, Va. Jpiy, 1896.
Certificates IF The voiue Of he Prize Property 2,
he Jefferson Leftery,
We, the undersigned. having exsSined the
property described in the within plot. in pursu
ance Of the Act of the Asse nbly of Virginia
passed February, 1896, concerning ThomasJef
fersen, upon our own view to ascertain the fsir
equivalent for The within described property
lying in the county of Albemarle. on the wa
ters Of the Rivanna River. known by the name