Office of Fletcher Brothers general lottery agents Covington, Kentucky. : Dear Sir, Knowing that a good prize sent to some influential person in your part of the state ... our business and reputation as prize sellers would be greatly benefited .... Here is our offer: We will send you for $20. ... tickets in the "Royal Havana or Cuba Plan Lottery" to be drawn at Covington, Kentucky, July 30th 1864 .... and we will agree that if the certificates we send you do not draw at the very least $5000 each, we will forward you two packages in one of the extra lotteries .... To facilitate the prompt execution of our proposal use the enclosed envelope, and make your remittance to our exchange office in New York ....