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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC01412.23.02 |
From Archive Folder | Three documents related to the United States Continental Lottery |
Title | Michael Hillegas to Mr. French inquiring about the allowance available to those who sell lottery tickets for the United States |
Date | 23 February 1778 |
Author | Hillegas, Michael (1729-1804) |
Recipient | French, Mr. |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | Inquires, on behalf of a Mr. Clarkson, about the allowance available to those who sell lottery tickets for the United States lottery established to help fund the Revolutionary War. Accompanied a lottery ticket (see GLC01412.23.01). |
Subjects | Lottery Congress Continental Congress Revolutionary War Military History Finance Economics |
People | Hillegas, Michael (1729-1804) |
Place written | York, Pennsylvania |
Theme | The American Revolution |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
Related documents | Revolutionary War era United States Continental lottery ticket |