Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-10-01
Horace Greedy asa Lottery Editor

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Horace Greedy asa Lottery Editor.
It's noteworthy fact not generally known in tho his.
tory Of New York lotteries, that Horace Greedy,
Of the editors u the 'rrhlnc, commenced his
editor Of lottery newspaper called the constitutional
st under the auspices Of Yates Mclntyra These gem
temen initiated Tue system 81 frequent drawings IRE
yl1ny there had been but about drawing per month";
hut they had vnr iMwiug wees
Thus, lotteries legal In New York State until De-
ceinbcr, 1888, when they prohibited by law Il is
however, curious fact that the laws against counterfeit
ing lottery tickets sun remain on our statne books The
drawings continued 10 he made Jersey City Just over
the river, until aboutlsio Many of the most prominent
men in New Jersey made their fortunes in the lottery
business The Pennsylvania lotteries continued fr
time AFTER Those " New York, but they finally went
out If existence altogether The next state which TOOK a
great part in lotteries Maryland. Vermont Maine
Massachusetts and Connecticut had stopped soma time
previously Tile lottery history Of Rhode Island though
ago lotteries were instituted and how Of tho very
class Of men who now oppose them have received their
benefits.
THE LOTTERY HISTORY OF RnoDg lsL4SB.
Previous to l7G there were several colonial grants for
lotteries to aid IN building churches and schools
The lottery grants Of l7d3 begin with to "bulld
"" The lettQncrs-labez Bowen, Robert Gibbs Dar-
u Sessions, john Dcxep aud Samuel Nightmgile-ren
resent that for long season they have been without
settled Gospel mi1sttf and that GO promote their own
~ well rs the hest Interests Of te community which
they belong, they very much desire be- restored
pc order That their circumstances are such that they
cannot without aid Of the General Assembly, by granting
+ b'sttHh
. ~, !, VsSe ' " T II H. ueeSnt sup
~ - "i'iy ~ iin H., n iV I NJ, ~ th ~
boring governments IL buy their tickets, and thereby
I bring real value into the colony
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Upon the petition Of the merchants Of Providence, a
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~ 80 = '.., 800 ,,an ~ ,.,tsa citt III ~ t "
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geou ihtl'aiiea' 'a'i ua A'ee'H'a' hpbm appointed
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The Inhabitants q FrSVuence ~ august IN, petit
TONED 9r l,ssF} " n " liAs. nolse on ms town
hlu le .' nliu ~; ny. W st"n'u lihe present
Oh hcgr ,mIr ts ill., If Ia, ,b,t -
" was stated uhlrr w uat' =! Iip- 'hal grant was
made y repair tc nscpa gnu.eh ~ lroSiuehce and
buli stsrple ihs KITE ~ ~ tie wafdels OF the
petilioned tie Assembly or lottery 10 enable them to
build stgeple ana lrocnre clock, Which are much
waned and VIII prove serVlceabie anu ornamental to the
town They had leave accordingly to raise 5000 for the
purpas, .
Nicholas Goddard, samuel Lester, William Arnold and
others IN behalf ol the Bltists Of East Greenwich,
eeved lottery grant y rai'e sli11 10 build meeting
house III that town. as Tie poverty Of the members
dcrs il impr,ctlcabc to build it without assistance
Church steepe' 10 have pleased The fancy Of our
ancestors particularly when they could be built without
taxing tire neinlmis This year l71il petition was re.
cei vol rrin th pr,l ytartnn OF Sorn il,
vinnce Representing that the ste4ole Of tLer neein
honse WAS SADLY ont ii repair grant was aecaIdfn.ly
made to false e7Oo and James Greene Samuel Nirliii.
gale, r Charles keeue, Paul Allen and Nntl Metcalf
appointed directors.
II Benjamin Wlekilan, OF Newport, merchant received a
lottery Grant this year to enable lin to sell lis sery
iar,,e lysiiin,, b3nse wharf ,yareLou.r. ~ ,h.I
were under iucnmbnlnCes y ''his cstaten he re-
marks in his petition, s valuable that few people uan
IT, in consequence oi the scarcity Of Innuey
the decrease Of trade year after the General Assem-
bly, ordered the General Treasurer purchase tickets in
this lottery the Of f50, satisfy debt Wick
ham owed the colony Gas well encourage tho lottery
and thereby relieve tie said Wirkhaln
Abigail Brown, Of South kiDgstown pettioned for a lot
erv n enable him 10 tolieye lis dfstrs,es having lt
Nil 1usc i,y are Nv which le with liz wife ani f,nr
small children were reduced 10 poverty Mr. Brown
accordingly got lift Of 500.
In consequences of fire which destroyed the building.
connected with forge in Coventry, petition was recev-
cd from Jubn Greene Griffin Greene Nathaniel Greene
aud others for lottery raise s2 800 TO repair their
losses which was grained They state that nnny fam.
lilies were deprived Of their means Of dependence by thc
loss Of the forge which also furnished very material and
expensive article nor sllpWg' Fntthefin9fs, II the
forge b. moi repaired the anchor works which still re-
!nain VIII " 10 n'tIne, n1eloss w peeYe thls Il
be the celebrated pfge wc tihed out SO many cannon
aui anchors during the revolution.
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During this period several nihur lotteries, chiefly 10
public benefits Were granted Among them were The
10 rebuild the town wharf ~ warwick 10 pave Pei
ham street in Newport ~ finish tho Johnston meeting
hui'c; torrpail Nnns roads; ~ hud new hospital AT
Coasters lhrbnr, Newpor 70 build Baptist meeting
house iii Coventry stlun house IN East Greenwich;
parsonage house IN lawtNent, and to repair various
bridges and dams,
In l7Sh ON the petition IF divers inhabitants of PrOvi-
denre setting forth that i was very incommodousn to
guirun Broad street Westminster street through Union
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