Harvard College appears to have seen the "misery of adventurers drawing blanks which were worth nothing," and remedied the matter in 1811, according to the following advertisement from the "Salem Gazette."
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THE serious evil which has fallen upon a great many adventurers, by purchasing Tickets in former lotteries, and drawing blanks which were worth nothing; appears now to be remedied.—The managers of the Fifth Class of Harvard College Lottery, have in their wisdom taken the misery of this evil into consideration and have given us a scheme preferable to any former one; by which it seems that from 20,000 to 50,000 dollars will be distributed among persons whose tickets are drawn blanks in this lottery, which commences drawing in a few days; and the greater part of the Tickets are now sold. Whole and Quarter Tickets for sale at the Bookstore and Lottery Office of
HENRY WHIPPLE,
June 7, 1811. No. 6, Wakefield Place.
A Boston paper of 1811 has the following:
Washington Monument Lottery
WILL commence drawing in Baltimore the 4th day of September next.
| The Capital Prizes are | ||
| 1 of 50,000 | dollars, | |
| 1 of 30,000, | ||
| 1 of 20,000, | ||
| 2 of 10,000, | ||
| 3 of 5,000, | ||
| 20 of 100 Tickets, | ||
| And many of 2000, 1000, 500, &c. &c. | ||
Tickets and Quarters for Sale by Simpson and Caldwell, of Baltimore, who request all persons who wish to purchase Tickets and Quarters in the above Lottery, to forward their orders, post paid, enclosing cash, to Messrs. BRIDGE & RENOUF, No. 79, state street, Boston; and they may depend on their orders being promptly executed.