The Olden Time Series, Vol. 1: Curiosities of the Old Lottery - Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts

Henry M. (Henry Mason) Brooks

Informations

• Publié par: acti
• Publié le: 08 décembre 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 45
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Olden Time Series, Vol. 1: Curiosities of the Old Lottery, by Henry M. Brooks This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org

Title: The Olden Time Series, Vol. 1: Curiosities of the Old Lottery  Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts Author: Henry M. Brooks Release Date: March 12, 2006 [EBook #17970] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE OLDEN TIME SERIES, VOL. ***

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Christine D. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CURIOSITIES OF THE OLD LOTTERY A LIST OF BOOKS PUBLISHED BY TICKNOR AND COMPANY

THE OLDEN-TIME SERIES.

16mo. Per vol., 50 cents.

There appears to be, from year to year, a growing popular taste for quaint and curious reminiscences of "Ye Olden Time," and to meet this, Mr. Henry M. Brooks has prepared a series of interesting handbooks. The materials have been gleaned chiefly from old newspapers of Boston and Salem, sources not easily accessible, and while not professing to be history, the volumes contain much material for history, so combined and presented as to be both amusing and instructive. The titles of some of the volumes indicate their scope and their promise of entertainment:—  C URIOSITIES   OF   THE O LD L OTTERY .  D AYS   OF   THE S PINNING -W HEEL .  S OME S TRANGE   AND C URIOUS P UNISHMENTS .  Q UAINT   AND C URIOUS A DVERTISEMENTS .  L ITERARY C URIOSITIES .  N EW -E NGLAND S UNDAY , ETC .

"It has been the good fortune of the writer to be allowed a peep at the manuscript for this series and he can assure the lovers of the historical and the quaint in literature that something both valuable and pleasant is in store for them. In the specialties treated of in these books Mr. Brooks has been for many years a careful collector and student, and it is gratifying to learn that

the material is to be committed to book form."—Salem Gazette.

For sale by all Booksellers. Sent, post-paid, upon receipt of price. Catalogues of our books mailed free. TICKNOR & CO., B OSTON .

THE OLDEN TIME SERIES

CURIOSITIES OF THE OLD LOTTERY

"There is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distil it out. " S HAKSPEARE ,King Henry V.

"The earth hath bubbles, as the water has, And these are of them."

"How widely its agencies vary,— To save, to ruin, to curse, to bless."

S HAKSPEARE ,Macbeth.

THE OLDEN TIME SERIES

T HOMAS H OOD .

GLEANINGS CHIEFLY FROM OLD NEWSPAPERS OF BOSTON AND SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS

SELECTED AND ARRANGED, WITH BRIEF COMMENTS

BY

HENRY M. BROOKS

Curiosities of the Old Lottery "Old and new make the warp and woof of every moment. There is no thread that is not a twist of these two strands. By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote."—E MERSON

BOSTON TICKNOR AND COMPANY 1886

Copyright, 1886, B Y T ICKNOR   AND C OMPANY . All rights reserved.

University Press: J OHN W ILSON   AND S ON , C AMBRIDGE .

INDEX OF NAMES.

A RNOLD , W ELCOME Atkins, William Austin, Benjamin Austin, Benjamin, Jr. B ARLOW , J OEL Barton, William Beeman, D. Beers, Elias Beers, Nathan Bemis, Mr. Blake, William P. Blodgett, Benjamin

P AGE 50 10 14 53 56,57 35 47 33 33 25 22 42

[Pg 1]

[Pg 2]

Bonaparte Bridge & Renouf Bridge, Mr. Brooks, Peter C. Brown, John Bryant, William Burr, Aaron C ABOT , A NDREW Cabot, George Carlton, W. Carter, Ephraim Clark, Mary Ann Colman, George Connor, Benjamin Cooper, Samuel Cushing & Appleton Cushing & Carlton Cushing, Caleb Cushing, Thomas Cushing, Thomas C. D ABNEY , J OHN Daggett, Henry Dana & Fenno Dutch, John E DES & G ILL Ellsler, Fanny Esty, Edward Everett, Edward F ARNHAM , D ANIEL Fisk, General Franklin, Benjamin Freeman, Jonathan G ERRISH , J OSEPH Gilbert & Dean Giles, William B. Gould & Company

62,63 39,54 36 70 50 61 62,63 59 59 53 16 62,63 44 38 53 17,42,44,46,61,63 38 10 14 8 8,53 33 65 51 15 8 35 70 10 19 43 38 10 30,48 62,63 12

Green & Russell H AMILTON , A LEXANDER Hancock, John Hardcastle, Samuel Hathorne, John Heard, Edmund Hewes, Samuel Higginson, Henry Hilldrup, Thomas Hillhouse, James Huntington, Ralph I VES , J OHN P. J ACKSON , W ILLIAM   AND J AMES Jefferson, Thomas Jenks, Daniel Jenks, John Johnson, Oliver Jones, Timothy K ELLEY , D ANIEL Kent, William A. Kent, William J. Kidder & Co. Kidder, W. & T. King George III. King James I. Kneeland, John L ARKIN , E. & S. Larkin, Ebenezer Leach & Fosdick Lewis, Ezekiel Luther, Martin Lyon, William M ACOMBER , E BENEZER Madison, James Martin, Luther Mason, John

12,15 62,63 70 61 8,53 16 14 59 33,65 62,63 28 50 12 62,63 8,53 8,38,53 35 33 35 41 38 28 30 62,63 72 36,53 47 22 25 14 35 33 22 62,63 42 50

McIntosh, William Minot, George R. N APOLEON Nauche, Dr. Newell, Timothy P AYSON , E.H. Pickering, Timothy Phillips, Margaret R ANDAL , S TEPHEN Russell, Benjamin Russell, John Russell, William S AMPSON , E ZRA Savage, Samuel Phillips Scollay, John Sewall, Samuel Sharplys, Thomas Sheldon, Pardon Sigourney, Andrew Simpson & Caldwell Smith, Robert Sprague, Joseph Stone, E.M. Storer & Son, Ebenezer T HORNDIKE , I SRAEL Thurber, Samuel, Jr. Tracy, Patrick Turpin, Benjamin W ARREN , H ENRY Washington, George Weld, Benjamin Whipple, Henry Whipple, John Williams, George

33 53 63 43 12 8,65 62,63 25 22 53 8,16,17,22,23 50 59 14 14 14 72 64 41 39 63 19 59 12 59 22,51 10 22 53 31,59,62,63 41 8,39,45 51 19

LOTTERIES MENTIONED.

[Pg 3]

A MOSKEAG Amoskeag Canal B ALTIMORE H OSPITAL Bible Supply Bunker Hill Monument C HARLESTOWN Cologne Cathedral Congregational Churches Connecticut Manufactory Continental Congress D ARTMOUTH C OLLEGE E ASTERN S TAGE R OAD English Colonies in Virginia Episcopal Churches F ANEUIL H ALL G LOUCESTER R OAD H ARVARD C OLLEGE Hatfield Bridge K ENNEBEC Kennebec Bridge L AND B ANK Leicester Academy, Lancaster M ARBLEHEAD Massachusetts State Matrimonial Milton Paper Mill N EWPORT C ONGREGATIONAL C HURCH New York New York Literature North and South Rivers, Salem North Carolina P AVEMENT   ON B OSTON N ECK Philanthropic Plymouth Beach

P AGE 16,17 68 42 61,62 7 68 72 7 32,33 18 36,37,68 65 72 7 7,13,14,15 68 7,23,38,42,44,45,46,47,51,52, 53,57,64,70 17,23,68 68 28 15,68 16 42 7,20,25,29,36,41,42,58,59,64 66,67,68 15 19 41 65 19 64 68 68 44,54,55,61,68

Providence Episcopal Church Providence Street R HODE I SLAND Rhode Island College Rhode Island Lottery for Advancement of Religion River Parker Bridge S OUTH H ADLEY C ANAL Stonington Point Meeting-House Sudbury T AUNTON G REAT R IVER U NION C ANAL W ASHINGTON M ONUMENT Williamstown Free School

47 20,21,22 64 7,49,50,51 34 7,9,10,11 48,68 65,66 61,68 12 31,40,41 39 7,20,25,42,43

[Pg 4] [Pg 5]

INTRODUCTION. While this work does not pretend to be a history, it will yet present many historical facts. Its object is to show from old newspapers, which are not accessible to all, such items and comments upon a variety of subjects as might be supposed to amuse or instruct both old and young. It is not the easy thing that many imagine to examine, read, and select from a vast number of newspapers such matter as is believed to be worth reproducing. Possibly to some it would seem to be a stupid and an uninteresting work. The Compiler, however, has found it a source of pleasure to make and arrange these selections; and the value of his work will be greatly enhanced if these volumes should prove of interest to any considerable number of persons. [Pg 6] There appears to be from year to year a growing taste among the most cultivated people for quaint and curious reminiscences of the Olden Time; and as these volumes will be of a handy size for the pocket or carpetbag, it is hoped that they will be welcomed by many who would not undertake to read a more pretentious or cumbersome work on similar topics.  S ALEM , M ASS .,        April, 1885.

CURIOSITIES OF THE OLD LOTTERY.

People of the present generation who look over files of old newspapers are filled with astonishment to see the great number of lotteries which are advertised, for many years, down to as late a period as the year 1826. The Faneuil Hall Lottery, the Harvard College Lottery, the Rhode Island College Lottery, the Massachusetts State Lottery, and lotteries for a bridge over the River Parker, for Marblehead, for the Williamstown Free-school, for Episcopal and Congregational Churches, were all advertised, with numerous other projects. A lottery was proposed for the purpose of finishing Bunker Hill Monument, although the scheme was not carried out. It is perhaps not generally remembered that this monument was at length completed by means furnished by a Ladies' Fair, in 1840, and handsome contributions by several individuals. Among other contributors was the celebrateddanseuseFanny Ellsler, who was at that time giving performances in Boston. Some of the best men in the community were interested in recommending the various schemes, and members of churches, men in high repute, bought and sold the tickets. In Salem, Mass., such well-known and esteemed citizens as John Jenks, Daniel Jenks, Thomas C. Cushing, of the "Gazette," John Dabney, the postmaster, Colonel John Russell, and the now venerable and respected Edward H. Payson—who, at the age of eighty, is still cashier of the First National (formerly the Commercial) Bank, to which office he was elected in 1826—sold tickets; so did Colonel John Hathorne. Colonel Henry Whipple, who is remembered as one of our best citizens, kept, in connection with his bookstore, a "Fortunate Lottery Office." Other names might be mentioned, but we think we have given enough to show the respectability of the calling. The better the man, the better the agent. Indeed, it was generally thought to be just as respectable to sell lottery-tickets as to sell Bibles; and we have seen them classed together in the same advertisement. Our observations have been confined chiefly to Boston and Salem prints, but we have no doubt that similar matter could be found in other papers. We propose now to give liberal extracts from some of the old advertisements of the different schemes, which will, we think, confirm what we have already said on the subject. Let us take first from the "Boston Gazette" of May 19, 1760, the lottery to raise $1,000 towards building a bridge over the River Parker, in Newbury. The managers were the first men in the place, and the tickets were sold b men of excellent standin in Boston.

[Pg 7]

[Pg 8]

[Pg 9]

           NEWBURY, May 17, 1760. SCHEME of a LOTTERY, FOR raiſing a Sum of Money for the building and maintaining a Bridge over the RiverParker,in the Town ofNewbury,at the Place called Old Town Ferry (in purſuance of an Act of the General Court, [Pg 10] paſſed inApril Wherein 1760)Daniel Farnham,   Caleb Cuſhing, Joſeph Gerriſh,   William Atkins, and Mr. Eſq.,Patrick Tracy, Merchant, (or any Three of them) are appointed Managers. The acting Managers are ſworn to the faithful Performance of their Truſt. Newbury-Lottery Number Four, conſiſts of 5000 Tickets, at Two Dollars each; 1655 of which are Benefit Tickets of the following Value. 1 of 500 Dollars, is 500 Dollars. 4 of 100 are 400 5 of 50 are 250 6 of 40 are 240 10 of 30 are 300 14 of 20 are 280 45 of 10 are 450 75 of 8 are 600 1495 of 4 are 5980 —— —— 1655 Prizes, amounting to — 9000 Dollars. 3345 Blanks. —— 5000 Tickets, at Two Dollars each 10 000 To be paid in Prizes, 9000 —— 1000 Dollars. Remains to be applied for the Purpoſe aforeſaid.