Lottery Records

Box one contains twentieth-century articles about the lotteries, as well as materials from a 1954 University Library exhibit on the lotteries. Boxes two and three contain eighteenth-century lottery documents about the following five lotteries: the Philadelphia Lottery (1749-1750), the Connecticut Lottery (1753-1754), the New Jersey College Lottery (1761), the New Jersey College Lottery (1763-1764), and the Delaware Lottery (1772-1774). All drawings were held in the locations specified except the New Jersey College Lottery of 1761, which was held in Philadelphia. Lottery materials include account information, broadside lottery announcements, lists of winning tickets and prizes, and actual lottery tickets.

Twentieth-century materials are housed in box one. Boxes two and three contain eighteenth- century lottery documents, organized by lottery and then alphabetically.

A small number of original and microfilmed documents relating to the lotteries (especially the Delaware Lottery) can be found at either the Rare Books Division or the Microform Service Center, both at Firestone Library. Search the online catalog by keywords "Princeton and Lottery," by a specific lottery name, or by using any of the subject lines below to yield descriptions, call numbers, and locations.

The collection was compiled of documents from a 1954 University Library exhibit and gifts from various donors. Accession records exist at Firestone Library for items within folders labeled with an AM accession number.

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Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Lottery Records; Box and Folder Number; Princeton University Archives; Special Collections; Princeton University Library.

Publisher

University Archives

Date

2005

Creator

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections

Subject

Educational fund raising -- New Jersey -- 18th century

Lotteries -- Connecticut

LOTTERIES–DELAWARE LOTTERIES–NEW JERSEY–18TH CENTURY

Lotteries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Lotteries -- Tickets -- United States

Presbyterian Church -- Finance

People

Livingston, Peter Van Brugh (1710-1792)

Ogden, Robert

Shippen, William (1712-1801)

Smith, William Peartree–Contributions in Educational Fund Raising

Organization

COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY (PRINCETON, N.J.)–ENDOWMENTS

COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY (PRINCETON, N.J.)–HISTORY

Language

English

Form

Advertisements -- Lotteries

Broadsides -- 18th century