On June 20, 1793, Eli Whitney, who had graduated from Yale the previous year, wrote to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, requesting a patent for his new invention, the cotton gin. The gin ...

In 1811, Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin for separating cotton fibers from seeds. This device was built in 1793 and helped cotton become a profitable export crop in the southern United States, as ...

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On June 20, 1793, Eli Whitney, who had graduated from Yale the previous year, wrote to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, requesting a patent for his new invention, the cotton gin. The gin ...