Purchased Lottery Tickets for Harmar and Captain Beatty; No News on Alexander MGillivray's Arrival
Document 1790Howell purchased ten lottery tickets for General Harmar and Captain Beatty, numbers 23882-23891. Drawing will be on the first Monday in August. A second lottery is proposed; the tickets to be $10 and prizes to be double. Asks Harmar to inform if he wants to purchase tickets, as there will only be half as many for the second lottery as there were for the first. Alexander McGillivray has not arrived yet.
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Howell purchased ten lottery tickets for General Harmar and Captain Beatty, numbers 23882-23891. Drawing will be on the first Monday in August. A second lottery is proposed; the tickets to be $10 and prizes to be double. Asks Harmar to inform if he wants to purchase tickets, as there will only be half as many for the second lottery as there were for the first. Alexander McGillivray has not arrived yet.
Date
07/18/1790
Author
Recipient
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New York
Collection
Document number
1790071815000
Note
Cited in Harmar to Howell, 09/02/1790.
Notable persons
Josiah Harmar
Joseph Howell
Captain Beatty
Alexander McGillivray
Joseph Howell Junior
Notable locations
New York
Notable items
lottery tickets
New York Lottery
prizes