E. J. Valdez & Co. Suggesting fraud in a "dictated" form letter, on "The Little Lottery de la Beneficencia Publica" stationery, dated 5 July 1894. Accompanied by the letter's original mailing envelope and an example of a lottery ticket.

New Orleans, LA: E. J. Valdez & Co., 1894. Ephemera. 4to. One-page reproduced typescript, approximately 250 words, advising the recipient, J.D. Hanks of Bristol, Virginia, that the Valdez Company would give him a $1000 winning ticket if he could sell $75 worth of tickets to help the company get a foothold in a new community. "All we ask of you is to keep the contents of this letter confidential … we lose money the first month but the large amount of tickets we will be able to sell afterwards will pay us to send you the prize." Very good. Folded for mailing. (#5559). Item #58930

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