30,000!! Improved Havana Lottery! [By Authority of the State of Alabama] Southern Military Academy Lottery BROADSIDE

Montgomery, Alabama: Sam'l Swan, Manager, 1856. 30,000!! Improved Havana Lottery! [By Authority of the State of Alabama] Southern Military Academy Lottery

Published by Sam'l Swan, Manager, Montgomery, 1856

Approx. 11" x 5" broadside. $30,000 in total prizes. Lottery to raise money for the "Southern Military Academy." and signed in type "Sam'l Swan, Manager."

Founded in 1851, the Southern Military Academy operated in Fredonia, Chambers County, Alabama, until "closed by the civil strife of the 1860s." By special act of the Alabama legislature, a bill was passed in 1854 providing for a lottery to be held to raise funds for the school. It was a rousing success, as all of the tickets were sold and $60,000 in prize money was distributed, leaving $25,000 for the school. Item #100395

Price: $600.00