Hancock, John, Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Massachusetts

Printed document signed, accomplished by a clerk, on a coupon slip 1 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.; 43 x 83 mm) cut from a larger sheet, Boston, June 1765, being a ticket for "Faneuil-Hall Lottery. No. Five," text set within typographic border; some tiny chips at margins, laid down on a larger sheet. Half blue morocco folding case gilt, chemise.

This Faneuil-Hall lottery ticket, numbered 4056, entitled its possessor "to any Prize drawn against said Number in a Lottery granted by an Act of the General Court of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay for Rebuilding Faneuil Hall; subject to no Deduction."