[Alexander Hamilton] Post-Revolutionary War Paterson, NJ Lottery Ticket For Sale

One small sheet, slabbed by PMG, rated 55 “About Uncirculated,” measuring 1 ¾ x 4 ¼, Paterson, New Jersey, no date (ca. 1790s). A partially-printed Paterson Lottery ticket, No. 9201, which entitles the bearer "to such Prize as may be drawn against its Number, in the Lottery of the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures, erected by Virtue of an Act of the Legislature of the State of New-Jersey—subject to a Deduction of 15 per Cent." The ticket has been signed at the bottom by

JONATHAN RHEA (1754–1815), manager of the lottery scheme.

The Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures was the brainchild of Alexander Hamilton and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Tench Coxe, and was established to promote industrial development along the Passaic River in New Jersey in an effort to gain independence from British industrial power. Paterson, New Jersey was chosen as the site of this endeavor due to its proximity to the Great Falls of Passaic, a 70-foot tall waterfall, that could help power the mills and factories outlined in the Society's plans.

Boldly signed. Lightly toned with one small piece missing on the bottom left edge, not affecting the text.

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