Abstract:
In the 1820s, Archibald D. Murphey fostered legislation to instate a lottery in North Carolina that would raise funds for the completion of a project five to six volume work called A HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA. The project, however, was never to be. Though the legislation passed, the lottery failed after two attempts. Murphey relinquished the idea stating, “...The truth is, the habits and pursuits of the people of North Carolina will not afford encouragement to lotteries.â€