Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-08-31
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/ do. the bemarle Estate, do. IIEn0
8 Prizes-l1. AT Blanks, $40 FOO
This IS Lottery formed by the ternary com.
binatIon OF AZ numbers, producing ii $50 tick
cts. To determine the prizes, the numbers.
from TO a. inclusive, will be several, placed
IN wheel on the day of the drawing, and nine
OF them be drawn out; and that ticket having
on IL Tor It's combination numbers The list, I'd
and Sd drawn from the wheel, will be entitled
TO the Grand, the interesting prize OF The Mon.
'iceo Es'aie-fhot ticket having or Il tie q, h.
5th and oh. viii be entitled to the prize Of The
Shadwell Nills-~and that having on +, the 7th.
9th and OH viii be entitled 10 lhe pIize oftIc
Albemarle Estate.
The prizes will be conveyed to the fortunate
holders Ut tickets drawing them, subject only
to the conditions mentioned in the subioined
certificates Of valuation.
II As contemplated that the LOTTERY will be
drawn the latter end of October, aud il is hopeJ
| that IN The mean time al the tickets will be
purchased Up. Richmond. ". Juiy 8, 1876
], b. YATES, 1Agents for the
A. M'iSTYRE,5 Managers.
The agents of the managers, in Offering the
tickets OF the Jefferson Lottery to the public.
feel a confidence, that they will be immediatel,
purchased up, and the only child OF the late
Mr.. Jefferson and her family, be reliey ed 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 SOLICITORS, that the entire amount
OF the Scheme should be speedily raised and
paid over to the Managers, without the loss OF
diminulion of a cent, they must run no other
hazard, Than such as they choose TO do for tie
benefit OF the Jefferson Fund and they there
fore pray that applications for tickets be prompt.
ly made, and that~sl reTnittances be made in
funds BankabEe at the place where the orders
tor tickets are to be executed. AS for credits IN
this Lottery, they will give none, and it i, pre-
sumed that none will be desired. The funds
for these tickets shall be kept sacred, aud dis
tinct from all other funds, and the Managers be
advised from time to time 10 draw them is they
accumulate 10 suswer the objects of the grant
The Venders of Tickets throughout the Uni
on, it is hoped, will lend their wiling aid IN the
sale of these tickets, aud by that means afford
convenient opportunity TO the thousands in all
parts OF the country who are anxious 10 testif,
their respect. their affection ard gratitude 10
the memory Of the ilustrious dead.
The prizes, IL 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 fun vshie Il their
money nthe chance or chances which they ma,
purchase. But higher motives than the mere
value OF prizes will sctuate all who have known
or heard Of the public and private worth ofthe
man Who wrote our Declaration Of indepen
cence. 1t cannot for a moment be supposed,
that any viii be found so heartess as to say, that
since Mr.. Jefferson is dead, they RELATIONSHIPS
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.
a msgnsnlmous, grateful people, viii Supra
such sentiment as unworthy of them.
The tickets in the Jefferson Lottery had been
prepared in April last bat the offering ofthem
for sale was postponed at the request Of the
Committee of The Citizens of NewYork, sp.
pointed with the view of raising funds sufficient
TO purchase up he Lottery, burn the tickets on
the day of our Jubilee, and supeIsede 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. II is said, however, that the funds |
raised, and expected to be raised in the United |
otates, Exclusive of those for tickels.) will be
suhicient to purchase the Monticello Prize, |
from the fortunate holder Ut the ticket draw |
ing 1t, and thus preserve that Estate for the |
Descendants OF tie Anthor of the Declaration
OF Independence. We cannot but hope and be- |