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Ticket from the Second Series of the National Colonization Lottery

Images of the obverse and reverse of a lottery ticket printed on yellowish rectangular card stock. The obverse bears the name of the lottery, the number and cost of the ticket, and a description of the top prize. The reverse bears the list of prizes to be won and the names of two administrators.

Date: Around 1884
Source: Private collection of Dominique Beauregard

Curé Labelle’s lottery got off to a more-than-satisfactory start. Not everyone could afford the ticket price, however, so a second series was instituted in short order: this was the “petite loterie,” costing 25 cents a ticket. The total value of the 210 prizes available was $10,000. The top prize for the second series was a property worth $2,500.