Jun 27, 2024 - Sale 2675

Sale 2675 - Lot 259

Price Realized: $ 875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(RHODE ISLAND.) Group of tickets from early Rhode Island lotteries. 27 items, condition varies but generally strong. Various places, 1761-1889

Additional Details

18th-century tickets include:

One from the Providence Street Lottery, 1761.

3 from the Providence Meeting-House Lottery, Class I [1761], each signed by Samuel Nightingale Jr.

2 from the Providence Great-Bridge Lottery, 1790.

One from the Providence Episcopal Church Lottery, 1797.

Others include the Buck Hill Road Lottery, Burrillville, 1823; Grand State Lottery, 1823 (2); Providence & Worcester Road Lottery, Cumberland, 1825 (4); Order Sons of St. George, Pawtucket, 1889; School Fund Lottery, Providence, 1839 and 1840 (2); Scituate and Foster Academy Lottery, 1818 (3, with 2 different designs); Smithfield Baptist Church Lottery, 1828; Smithfield Meeting-House Lottery, 1807 (3); and Washington Lodge Lottery, 1826-1827 (3 designs).