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J. H. Miller & Co. lottery and exchange brokers and dealers in foreign gold, bank notes, bullion, &C

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Description: Image of a folded leaflet describing the lottery schemes for drawings organized by J.H. Miller & Co. taking place in Baltimore, Maryland throughout the month of June in 1856. Information on recto and verso list prize amounts and dates of the lotteries. Towards the bottom of recto, printed sideways in landscape orientation is information about the grand consolidated lottery of Maryland with 32,396 prizes amounting to $1,202,000. Multiple fonts are used throughout the print, and reward amounts are bolded. Images of hand symbols are used to point out specific rules of the drawings and amounts of winnings.
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Date: 1856
Call number: priJLC_SPO_003564
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J. H. Miller & Co. lottery and exchange brokers and dealers in foreign gold, bank notes, bullion, &C

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Company: J.H. Miller & Co., Baltimore (Md.).

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The great European & American consolidated lottery

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Image of a broadside describing prizes offered in a lottery drawing that took place in Paris, France on February 15th, 1866. Tickets were sold for one dollar, and orders were to be addressed to "Jules Mackron, Hughesville, Penn." Print describes the method of drawing, lists the prize money amounts, and includes background on the history of the drawing. Multiple typography fonts are used throughout the print.

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Irwin & Co., lottery and exchange brokers, no. 8 Basement Barnum's City Hotel, Baltimore

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Image of a broadside listing information about lottery prizes, rewards, and ticketing pricing for a drawing organized by Irwin & Co. taking place at Barnum's City Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland on Wednesday, July 19th, 1854. Prize rewards range from $20,000 to $60,000. Five columns separate the different schemes and earnings of the drawings. Towards the top left corner is an image from an engraving of a view of Barnum's City Hotel in Maryland. The advertisement for the event is printed twice on one page.

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France, Broadbents & Co.'s Delaware lotteries

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Image of a broadside listing information about lottery prizes for a drawing taking place on Tuesday, August 28th, 1860 in Wilmington, Delaware. The scheme on the print lists totals of "32.396 prizes, ... amounting to $281.860." The rewards and pricing information are printed in bold. Towards the bottom of the print is an image of two hands shown pointing at text listing the rules of the lottery.

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Every ticket a prize! No blank tickets! ... : lottery for the benefit of the state of Delaware, class 252 for 1861

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Image of a broadside listing information about lottery prizes for a drawing taking place on Saturday, April 27th, 1861 in Wilmington, Delaware. The scheme on the print lists totals of "76,076 prizes, amounting to $578,557," and the print advertises tickets selling for $10. The venders of the lottery drawing are Bowers Wilkins & Co., and Wood, Eddy & Co. are the managers. The broadside is surrounded by a decorative border with intricate scrollwork.

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Managers' office of the Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri and Georgia state lotteries. Wilmington, Delaware; Augusta, Georgia; Atlanta, Georgia, May 1st, 1860

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Image of a leaflet created by Wood, Eddy, & Co. to advertise the sale of lottery tickets for a drawing taking place on May 26th, 1860 in Wilmington, Delaware, and Augusta, Georgia. Print was folded, with four printed pages total, two on verso and two on recto. Recto includes information about ticket prices and the May 26th drawing’s gifts and prizes, as well as information about the May 19th drawing. Verso includes information about gifts and prizes drawn at additional lotteries in May. Also included are columns of text describing the difference between single number lotteries and three number lotteries. A brief note from the company is included describing how the company became successors to the previous lottery firm Gregory & Maury. Numerous font styles and sizes are used on titles throughout the leaflet, and images of hands are shown pointing at total grand capital prizes of various drawings.

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