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African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas in the City of Philadelphia, 1805 Lottery Ticket.

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Black Americana Start Price:420.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 900.00 USD
African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas in the City of Philadelphia, 1805 Lottery Ticket.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. March 1, 1805. Issued lottery ticket #254, Black on light off white bond type of paper mounted on lower border to white thin card that could possibly be removed, Excellent and almost uncirculated condition. The African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas was founded in 1792. The original African Church was an outgrowth of the Free African Society -a mutual aid organization established in 1787 by Absalom Jones, Richard Allen and others -to assist the Black population in Philadelphia. Rare and early African American Lottery ticket. (Stacks Philadelphia Americana Sale, September 2010, Lot #801)