LOTTERY ADVERTISEMENT, 1810.

LITERARY ADVANCEMENT.

SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS!

May be gained for the small sum of

FOUR DOLLARS!
In the
NEWTON ACADEMY LOTTERY.

* * * The above Lottery is authorized by an act of the Legislature of North Carolina, for the purpose of enabling the Trustees of the Newton Academy near the town of Asheville, to compleat the necessary buildings belonging to the same—And also to establish a Female Academy in the town of Asheville.    *    *    *             
David Vance,
Geo. Swaine,
John Patton,
Geo. Newton,
Andeew Ebwtn,
Managers.

Asheville, January 26, 1810.
—Raleigh Register, February 22,1810.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)