Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . ke the beak of a bird, had more strengthand were equally effective. So serious an objection as that broughtby the British manufacturers, namely, thatthe operation of this machine injured the
Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . ke the beak of a bird, had more strengthand were equally effective. So serious an objection as that broughtby the British manufacturers, namely, thatthe operation of this machine injured thequality of the cotton, was a most disheart-ening one to Mr. Whitney and his part-ner, Mr. Miller, for, on its truth or falsity,their fortune and fate depended. For atime, the process of patent ginning wasquite at a stand; and, indeed, little washeard of it by the originators, except thecondolence of a few real friends, who ex-pressed their regret that so promising aninvention had entirely failed. Of the in-ventors state of mind, as well as the con-dition of his purse, at this time, some ideamay be formed from a letter written byWhitney, in the autumn of 1797, in which he says: The extreme embarrassmentswhich have for a long time been accumu-lating upon me are now become so greatthat it will be impossible for me to strug-gle against them many days longer. Ithas required my utmost exertions to exist,. without making the least progress in ourbusiness. I have labored hard against thestrong cui-rent of disappointment, whichhas been threatening to carry us down thecataract; but I have labored \\ith a shat-tered oar, and struggled in vain, unlesssome speedy relief is obtained. Life isbut short, at best, and six or seven yearsout of the midst of it is, to him who makesit, an immense sacrifice. My most unre-mitted attention has been directed to ourbusiness. I have sacrificed to it otherobjects, from which, before this time, Imight certainly have gained twenty orthirty thousand dollars.
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