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"The Delaware Lottery"

August 28, 1773 Colonial & Early National (1746-1820)

Advertisement for a lottery to raise funds for the College of New Jersey, printed in an Antiguan newspaper.

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Newspaper Antigua Mercury Place of Publication St. John's, Antigua
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