1 - Key Bank Data (1863-1935, all charters 1-14348)
- Organization date if available
- Charter date
- Opening date (1901-1909)
- Closing date with fate if before 1936
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Mrs. Oliver Harriman's Bet on the Lottery
Mrs. Oliver Harriman’s Bet on the Lottery

Introduction
WHILE LOTTERIES SERVED important financial purposes in the early United States, by the second half of the 19th century their operation was increasingly restricted or suppressed by the American states.