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Show PAPERMAKIN BY HAN IN AMERIC 19 é‘""dred Dollars for onel11?appearsa st of 951 prizesamounting (0310 bb"an, including "ten reams of good Writing Paperat s dollarsa ream; t s.Patd at the expiration of four months from the drawingof th roul lot equir Paper that would b cceptabl for writing purposes Qur he subsequent reference to the paper mill lottery dfd not appear un than a year later when the June 8, 1810, issue of the "Carthag 2ette? printed a list of four hundred fortunate prize winners wh frons SPtitle to recetve "two quires of papereach, payableeight month the drawin of the lottery." This istingalsofnclude one hundre Y Barticipantswho "drew one quie each, payable the irst that newspaper sy S PeXt notic of the mill fn the "Carthage Gazette appeared in th tise,ated March 8, 18 , almost two years fol lowing the initfal adver 8, advertisementi the o ), definitely stated that the Tennessee papermillwas theninoperThey, 20 the familiar solicitatfon for papermaking rags was present *Wording of this notice follows: "Paper MilL. The subscriber fnform |