Box, Lottery
- Object Name:
- Box, Lottery
- Object ID:
- 1945.014
- Place of Origin:
- Cornish, NH/Lebanon, NH
- Date:
- 1863-1864
- Description:
- Lottery Box. Walnut box, suspended on its long axis by a walnut platform. At one end of axle is a handle to turn the box. One side of box slides out (for filling) and there is a smaller door on this side which permits a "secret" drawing. Used by Chester Pike, United States Provost Marshal, Third New Hampshire District, West Lebanon, NH, for the lottery draft drawings during the Civil War.
- Material:
- Wood
Walnut
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-11.5 W-25 L-8.75 inches
- Provenance:
- This box was used during the Civil War to mix slips of paper bearing the names of those subject to the draft. It belonged to Chester Pike of Cornish, NH, who was appointed Provost Marshall in 1863, and whose headquarters were at West Lebanon, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Edwin A. Battison
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