Subject: Lotteries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Broadside advertising the Union Canal Lottery, to be drawn on June 14, 1826. Issued by J. I. Cohen, Jr. & Brothers, a lottery and exchange office located on South Third Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The broadside lists varying amounts and notes that the office also represented the House of Rothschild in the USA.

Broadside advertising the Union Canal Lottery, to be drawn on June 14, 1826. Tickets and shares were available at Cohen & Brothers Lottery and Exchange Office, South Third Street, Philadelphia. The broadside lists varying amounts and notes an office in Baltimore. Jacob I. Cohen, Jr. & Brothers, who operated the lottery, are described as representing the House of Rothschild in the USA. The broadside shows some wear and toning. The lottery was operated by Jacob I. Cohen, Jr., who acted as principal agent for the contractors. Jacob I. Cohen, Jr. (1789-1869) was born into a Jewish family originally from Oberdorf, Bavaria, which settled in America in the latter part of the 18th century. He founded the banking house of J. I. Cohen, Jr., & Brothers and was identified with the struggle for political rights for Jews in Maryland from 1818-1826. He was involved with numerous other organizations and businesses. The broadside was sent to Samuel Hannah, Postmaster of Rough Creek Church, Virginia.

This is a rare unbound copy of the Laws of the Fourteenth General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, enacted in 1790. Printed by Thomas Bradford in Philadelphia, this folio-sized book contains 234-317 pages, plus a blank page. The laws include Pennsylvania's ratification of the Bill of Rights and an act establishing a lottery to redeem the mortgage on the Hebrew Congregation's House of Public Worship in Philadelphia. Additional statutes cover the Connecticut Claimants, retirement of colonial debt, and the incorporation of the Carpenters Company of Philadelphia. The book shows signs of wear and has some minor damage. It is not listed in the collections of the American Antiquarian Society, the Rosenbach Museum & Library, or the Singerman Library.