Collector proposes national lottery to save Social Security
Dear President Reagan, a national lottery is proposed to avert Social Security insolvency. The letter outlines historical precedents from the 18th century to World War II, noting states already use lotteries and citing figures from colonial times to modern examples, framing the idea as a solution in good company.
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Reagan
United States
Congress
George Washington
Columbia
Dartmouth
Harvard
Williams Colleges
Faneuil Hall
Boston
Massachusetts
Benjamin Franklin
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
America
Old England
England
British guard train in states at Fort Indiantown Gap
Staff Sgt. Colin Cunningham leads about 120 Royal Wessex Yeomanry members for a two week training exchange with Maryland National Guard at Fort Indiantown Gap Pennsylvania. The group arrived May 30, while 120 Maryland guardsmen will train in Wales. Cunningham, almost 40, is a senior weapons instructor from Gloucester and a Royal Navy veteran who remained loyal to his branch. He sees a two uniformed period as a rite of passage and recalls Gettysburg as a powerful memory of American military history.
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Fort Indiantown Gap
Colin Cunningham
Royal Wessex Yeomanry
England
America
Cunningham
National Guard
Yeomanry
Harrisburg
Maryland National Guard
Territorial Army
Maryland
Séth
Wales
Gloucester
Royal Navy
Submarine Service
Navy
Ham
Gettysburg
Lotteries, history, and old coins in a collector’s note
The reader discusses lotteries and their political pitfalls, recalling Moses and the division of lands by lot. They speculate on the Social Security surplus, then shift to numismatic questions about two coins with Louis XV imagery dated 1734 and 1756, and later about Revolutionary currency notes. An expert notes the notes are reproductions with little collector value.
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George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Moses
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Jordan
B.W.B
Chicago
Louis XV
France
Navarre
Old New York Lottery Ticket From 1833 Appeals Collectors
A historic lottery ticket issued in New York state in 1833 reflects the era when lotteries were outlawed. The prospectus notes a 15 percent commission to sellers, with proceeds funding schools hospitals canals bridges and militia costs.
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New York State
New York
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