Scope and Content: St 1789, c 47 (Mar. 2, 1790) established a lottery to raise the sum of £10,000 for the use of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  The 1790 lottery was divided into drawings or classes, some performed monthly (with top prizes ranging from –Resolves 1789, Jan 1790 Sess, c 142 (Mar. 2, 1790) appointed Benjamin Austin, Jr., David Cobb, Samuel Cooper, George Richards Minot, and John Kneeland lottery managers.  Resolves 1790, May Sess, c 12 (June 4, 1790)  raised their commission to 3%.  Resolves 1790, Jan 1791 Sess, c 96 (Mar. 4, 1791) granted the proprietors of the Beverly Cotton Manufactory 700 tickets from the two semiannual lottery drawings and Resolves 1790, Jan 1791 Sess, c 157 (Mar. 11, 1791) directed the proceeds from the lottery to be appropriated toward paying bounties on duck and hemp.  The governor’s message of May 26, 1791 called for the discontinuation of lotteries as a money-raising vehicle, and Resolves 1792, Nov Sess, c 22 (Nov. 16, 1792), indicated that the last class of the lottery was to be settled.
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