Eli Whitney Papers, MfP.35

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Eli Whitney Papers, MfP.35

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Title
Eli Whitney Papers
Call Number
MfP.35
Creator
Unknown
Date
1802
Repository
State Archives of North Carolina

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    Collection Overview

    Letter, petition, and draft bill (ultimately enacted) concerning Whitney's efforts to have the state purchase the right of "making, using, and vending" his "saw gin" in North Carolina. Originals are in the Legislative Papers, N.C. State Archives.

    Contents of the Collection

    Subject Headings

  1. Eli Whitney
  2. Inventors
  3. Cotton Gin
  4. Inventions
  5. Budget--North Carolina
  6. Purchasing
  7. Businesspeople
  8. Sales
  9. Manufactures