The Olden Time Series, Vol. 1: Curiosities of the Old Lottery | Page 2

John 8, 16, 17, 22, 23 Russell, William 50
SAMPSON, EZRA 59 Savage, Samuel Phillips 14 Scollay, John 14 Sewall, Samuel 14 Sharplys, Thomas 72 Sheldon, Pardon 64 Sigourney, Andrew 41 Simpson & Caldwell 39 Smith, Robert 63 Sprague, Joseph 19 Stone, E.M. 59 Storer & Son, Ebenezer 12
THORNDIKE, ISRAEL 59 Thurber, Samuel, Jr. 22, 51 Tracy, Patrick 10 Turpin, Benjamin 22
WARREN, HENRY 53 Washington, George 31, 59, 62, 63 Weld, Benjamin 41 Whipple, Henry 8, 39, 45 Whipple, John 51 Williams, George 19

LOTTERIES MENTIONED.
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AMOSKEAG 16, 17 Amoskeag Canal 68
BALTIMORE HOSPITAL 42 Bible Supply 61, 62 Bunker Hill Monument 7
CHARLESTOWN 68 Cologne Cathedral 72 Congregational Churches 7 Connecticut Manufactory 32, 33 Continental Congress 18
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE 36, 37, 68
EASTERN STAGE ROAD 65 English Colonies in Virginia 72 Episcopal Churches 7
FANEUIL HALL 7, 13, 14, 15
GLOUCESTER ROAD 68
HARVARD COLLEGE 7, 23, 38, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 51, 52, 53, 57, 64, 70 Hatfield Bridge 17, 23, 68
KENNEBEC 68 Kennebec Bridge 28
LAND BANK 15, 68 Leicester Academy, Lancaster 16
MARBLEHEAD 42 Massachusetts State 7, 20, 25, 29, 36, 41, 42, 58, 59, 64 Matrimonial 66, 67, 68 Milton Paper Mill 15
NEWPORT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH 19 New York 41 New York Literature 65 North and South Rivers, Salem 19 North Carolina 64
PAVEMENT ON BOSTON NECK 68 Philanthropic 68 Plymouth Beach 44, 54, 55, 61, 68 Providence Episcopal Church 47 Providence Street 20, 21, 22
RHODE ISLAND 64 Rhode Island College 7, 49, 50, 51 Rhode Island Lottery for Advancement of Religion 34 River Parker Bridge 7, 9, 10, 11
SOUTH HADLEY CANAL 48, 68 Stonington Point Meeting-House 65, 66 Sudbury 61, 68
TAUNTON GREAT RIVER 12
UNION CANAL 31, 40, 41
WASHINGTON MONUMENT 39 Williamstown Free School 7, 20, 25, 42, 43

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INTRODUCTION.
WHILE this work does not pretend to be a history, it will yet present many historical facts. Its object is to show from old newspapers, which are not accessible to all, such items and comments upon a variety of subjects as might be supposed to amuse or instruct both old and young.
It is not the easy thing that many imagine to examine, read, and select from a vast number of newspapers such matter as is believed to be worth reproducing. Possibly to some it would seem to be a stupid and an uninteresting work. The Compiler, however, has found it a source of pleasure to make and arrange these selections; and the value of his work will be greatly enhanced if these volumes should prove of interest to any considerable number of persons.
There appears to be from year to year a growing taste among the most cultivated people for quaint and curious reminiscences of the Olden Time; and as these volumes will be of a handy size for the pocket or carpetbag, it is hoped that they will be welcomed by many who would not undertake to read a more pretentious or cumbersome work on similar topics.
SALEM, MASS., April, 1885.
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CURIOSITIES OF THE OLD LOTTERY.
PEOPLE of the present generation who look over files of old newspapers are filled with astonishment to see the great number of lotteries which are advertised, for many years, down to as late a period as the year 1826. The Faneuil Hall Lottery, the Harvard College Lottery, the Rhode Island College Lottery, the Massachusetts State Lottery, and lotteries for a bridge over the River Parker, for Marblehead, for the Williamstown Free-school, for Episcopal and Congregational Churches, were all advertised, with numerous other projects. A lottery was proposed for the purpose of finishing Bunker Hill Monument, although the scheme was not carried out. It is perhaps not generally remembered that this monument was at length completed by means furnished by a Ladies' Fair, in 1840, and handsome contributions by several individuals. Among other contributors was the celebrated danseuse Fanny Ellsler, who was at that time giving performances in Boston. Some of the best men in the community were interested in recommending the various schemes, and members of churches, men in high repute, bought and sold the tickets. In Salem, Mass., such well-known and esteemed citizens as John Jenks, Daniel Jenks, Thomas C. Cushing, of the "Gazette," John Dabney, the postmaster, Colonel John Russell, and the now venerable and respected Edward H. Payson--who, at the age of eighty, is still cashier of the First National (formerly the Commercial) Bank, to which office he was elected in 1826--sold tickets; so did Colonel John Hathorne. Colonel Henry Whipple, who is remembered as one of our best citizens, kept, in connection with his bookstore, a "Fortunate Lottery Office." Other names might be mentioned, but we think we have given enough to show the respectability of the calling. The better the man, the better the agent. Indeed, it was generally thought to be just as respectable to sell lottery-tickets as to sell Bibles; and we have seen them classed together in the same