^Lot 25 1751: Dublin Joint Hospital Scheme lottery tickets

7.5 by 6.5 in.




Three extremely scarce one tenth tickets for the 18th Century, Dublin Joint Hospital Scheme lottery run by Bartholomew Mosse, founder of the Rotunda Hospital. This lottery was organised by Mosse in June 1751 for the benefit of Mercer's Hospital, the Hospital for Incurables and the Lying-in Hospital. Tickets were priced at half a guinea each and raised a little over £1,000 in profit for each hospital.