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THIS DAY IN VIRGINIA HISTORY

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November 23, 1874

Broadside 1874 .B23 FF, Special Collections, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

A Fundraiser for the Montpelier Female Humane Association Was Held

The Montpelier Female Humane Association, of Orange County, planned to establish "a home for the old, infirm and destitute ladies of Virginia." This broadside advertised a lottery of one million dollars with prize distributions from $20 to $100,000. A whole lottery ticket cost $20, and there would be 22,178 chances to win. President of the association, James Barbour (1823–1895), was a Virginia politician originally from Culpeper County.