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Lottery Tickets and Shares Sold by London Offices
Old advertisements describe Francis Wilsowr and Wigan offering lottery tickets and share options Halves Quarters Eighths Sixteenths at Charing Cross Exchange Alley and Wigans Office in Cornhill. Drawings begin November 23 1541 with prizes and blanks and payments via the Bank. offices promise schemes gratis and accurate registers.
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Francis Wilsowr
Charing-Cross
Sadler’s
P.S
Louery
Ari
Sao
N. Krail
M* Cole
Lieciery
Union Coffee-House
Exchange Alley
Wigan
Peacock
Royal Exchange
Cornhill
Great Britain
Willian Wigan
W. Wigzl
Tho. Cox
Lamb
London
Stationers Alley
Ludgate-freet
M. Tournefort
Royal Academy of Sciences
Botanis
M. Fontenelle
Academy of Sciences
Autior
Mr. Cener
R. Ware
C. Rivington
A. Ward
J. and
P. Knapton
T. Longman
R. Hert
C. Hirch
Austen
Wood
H. Pemterson
Virgil
Cambridge
Mr Cooke
James Hodges
Looking Glass
St. Magnus Church
London-Bridge
Oxford
Edinburgh
J. Cooper
Jose
Ubg Royal Exchange
Temple- Aly
Weltasingter-Hall