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Louisiana Lottery notes and prizes of 1848
A fragmentary 1848 lottery notice lists prizes from $300,000 to $25,000 with tickets sold in fractions to buyers in New Orleans, Costa Rica, Maysville and St. James Parish. It mentions Beauregard and Early managing the lottery and notes the next drawing on Tuesday Nov 13 1848. Additional items promote Stomach Bitters, Cherokee Remedy, and Huckleberry Cordial for various ailments and a note on Plymouth colony governance.
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Louisiana
Geu'ls
G. T. Beauregard
Jubal A. Early
Jacob Shipsey
New York City
Costa Rica
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M. A. Dauphin
New Orleans
Bank of Maysville
Maysville
J. O.roman
St. James Parish
Ohio Valley
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