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GEORGE WASHINGTON

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GEORGE WASHINGTON

<b>360. GEORGE WASHINGTON</b>
<hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>washington sponsors virginia expansion</h3>(1732-1799). Revered first President of the United States (1789-97); commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Partly printed DS “<i>G: Washington</i>”, 1p, 4"x1¼", 1768, ticket #252 issued in the “Mountain Road Lottery.” Boldly penned beneath text. Occasional unobtrusive nicks and partial separations repaired with archival tape on verso, one touching “<i>G</i>”, also last letter “<i>n</i>”; o/w VG. Washington operated this lottery to finance construction of the Mountain Road, which opened westward expansion from Virginia. An effective source of public and private financing, lotteries were used by other Founding Fathers and were also used to raise money for the Colonial army.

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