Washington Canal Lottery
[Tickets from the Washington
City Canal Lottery], 1798
Rare Book & Special
Collections Division (134.3a-g)
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In November 1795, the Maryland legislature authorized landholder
Notley Young and Daniel Carroll of Duddington,
among others, to hold two annual lotteries to raise the $52,550
required to cut a canal through Washington, D.C. As seen in the
sampling above, numerous tickets were issued but, for the most
part, on credit. The legislature demanded an accounting of the
proceeds from the lottery managers but were told no money had been
made.
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