Papers of the New Haven Colony Historical Society . Z M W-% \ -A. SKETC3I ),/,. OF THE LIFE OF ELI AVHITXEY, THE INVENTOR OF THE COTTON GIN. By William P. Blake, ^ [Abstract of a imjitT read November 28th, 1887.]* The City of Xcw Haven, and the whole eountrv, are moreindebted to Kli AVhitney than to any other man for their mar-vellon.^ growth in the manufacturing industries, fur it wasAVhitncy wlio after giving the precious boon of the CottonGin to the cotton-prodneing States, at the connnencement ofthis century, returned to 2sew Haven to introduce here novelsystems and methods of manufact
Papers of the New Haven Colony Historical Society . Z M W-% \ -A. SKETC3I ),/,. OF THE LIFE OF ELI AVHITXEY, THE INVENTOR OF THE COTTON GIN. By William P. Blake, ^ [Abstract of a imjitT read November 28th, 1887.]* The City of Xcw Haven, and the whole eountrv, are moreindebted to Kli AVhitney than to any other man for their mar-vellon.^ growth in the manufacturing industries, fur it wasAVhitncy wlio after giving the precious boon of the CottonGin to the cotton-prodneing States, at the connnencement ofthis century, returned to 2sew Haven to introduce here novelsystems and methods of manufacturing, and to found an indus-trial establishment which besides its local importance becamea model and a schtxI fr tlie mechanics of the nation. * Note:—Professor Denisou Olmsted prepared a Memoir of the Lifeof Eli IVliitneij. Esq., in lN:n, and it was published in the A}ncric(.niJournal of Science and Arts, vo\. xxi. No. .?. Art. I, January, is:]2,pages , and is accompanied by a steel-enirraved portrait. Professor Benjamin Silliman contribute
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