respective
Dwellings in _Taunton._

Next we will take from the "Boston Post Boy" of November, 1762, the
scheme to raise money to rebuild Faneuil Hall, after the fire of 1761.
It will be noticed how small an amount was reserved for the purpose for
which the Lottery was granted,--only $1,200. It seems as if a very small
sum subscribed by every freeholder would have produced more money. If
the population of Boston at that time was, say, twenty thousand, or
three thousand families, fifty cents for every head of a family would
have raised a larger sum than could possibly have been raised by the
expensive and questionable process resorted to. At first sight it may
seem strange to us that this was not thought of at the time; but when we
reflect that even in our enlightened times people are quite as
thoughtless about the processes of raising money for charitable or
public purposes,--witness the numerous fairs and raffles which are
constantly taking place,--we are not so much amazed at these old
financial operations, nor do we think we can boast much of our superior
morality when we look around and see how some things are managed
nowadays.

_BOSTON, November 1, 1762._

SCHEME

OF A LOTTERY,

FOR Raising a Sum of Money for Re-building FANEUIL _Hall_;
agreeable to an Act of the General Court, wherein Messieurs
_Thomas Cushing, Samuel Hewes, John Scollay, Benjamin Austin,
Samuel Sewall, Samuel Phillips Savage,_ and _Ezekiel Lewis,_
or any Three of them, are appointed Managers, who are Sworn to
the faithful Discharge of their Trust.

FANEUIL-HALL Lottery, No. One, Consists of 6000 Tickets, at
Two Dollars each, 1486 of which are Benefit Tickets of the
following Value, _viz._

Dollars.
1 Prize of 1000 Dollars, is 1000
1 of 500 is 500
2 of 200 are 400
12 of 100 are 1200
20 of 50 are 1000
20 of 20 are 400
30 of 10 are 300
200 of 6 are 1200
1200 of 4 are 4800
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1486 Prizes, 10800 Dollars.
4514 Blanks.
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