Sale 2502 - Autographs, March 21, 2019

173 (Actual Size) LOTTERY TICKET 173 c   WASHINGTON, GEORGE. Partly-printed Document Signed, “G:Washington,” a lottery ticket, number 262, for the Mountain Road Lottery. 1 1 / 4 x4 3 / 4 inches; complete separations at folds repaired with tissue verso, faint marginal discoloration from prior matting affecting “g” of signature, remnants of prior mounting at sides verso. [Virginia], 1768 [5,000/7,500] Washington operated a lottery to help fund the building of the Mountain Road in Virginia. The lottery likely did not take place, and while the road was eventually built, it was funded by the Virginia legislature, not the lottery. 174 c   WILSON, WOODROW. Letter Signed, as President, to President of the Republic of Cuba Mario García Menocal, reporting that the letters of recall for U.S. ambassador to Cuba William E. Gonzales are in the hands of his successor, and expressing the hope that Gonzales has maintained Menocal’s esteem. Additionally signed by Secretary of State Robert Lansing. 1 1 / 4 pages, tall 4to, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet; laminated on recto and verso, faint scattered dampstaining, faint scattered foxing, faint bleed-through from signatures on verso, remnants of prior mounting along left edge. Washington, 2 January 1920 [500/750] 174