Purchased Lottery Tickets for Harmar and Captain Beatty; No News on Alexander MGillivray's Arrival
Item
Type
Typed Document
Title
Purchased Lottery Tickets for Harmar and Captain Beatty; No News on Alexander MGillivray's Arrival
Description
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.
short description
Purchased lottery tickets for Harmar and Captain Beatty; and no news on Alexander MGillivray's arrival
year created
1790
month created
07
day created
18
author
sent from location
New York
recipient
in collection
note
Cited in Harmar to Howell, 09/02/1790.
cited note
Cited document sent from the War Office
notable person/group
Josiah Harmar
Joseph Howell
Captain Beatty
Alexander McGillivray
Joseph Howell Junior
notable location
New York
notable item/thing
lottery tickets
New York Lottery
prizes
notable idea/issue
Treaty of New York
document number
1790071815000
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: The Josiah Harmar Transcripts | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Joseph Howell | New York | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Josiah Harmar | [unknown] | [n/a] |