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Eli Whitney Letters and Detail Drawings Eli Whitney letters and detail drawings Descriptive Summary Repository: Georgia Historical Society Creator: Yale University. Library. Title: Eli Whitney letters and detail drawings Dates: 1792-1890 Extent: 1.0 cubic feet (2 boxes) Identification: MS 0866 Biographical/Historical Note Eli Whitney was born in Westborough, Massachusetts in 1765. Even as a child he showed an aptitude for mechanical work, repairing violins and taking on other mechanical work as it presented itself. Whitney set up shop making nails and when the demand for nails declined, he changed his business to manufacture hat pins, a commodity with increasing demand. Whitney eventually enrolled at Yale College in May 1789, and graduated three years later. He intended to further his education and become a lawyer. While studying the law, Whitney applied for a job as a tutor for Mrs. Nathanael Greene just outside of Savannah, Georgia. When he arrived at Mulberry Grove Plantation, he discovered that someone else had already been hired. Mrs. Greene asked Whitney to stay at Mulberry Grove as her guest, and in return he began repairing machinery around the property. During his stay at Mulberry Grove, Whitney learned that plantation owners were looking for some method to make the farming of short staple cotton more profitable. Whitney and Phineas Miller formed a partnership and Whitney developed the cotton gin and patented his invention on March 14, 1794. Whitney and Miller tried to build a monopoly in the cotton gin market by not selling their machines, but rather by ginning the cotton themselves. Unfortunately, several other machines very similar to Whitney's became available on the market and Whitney and Miller struggled with the battle over patent rights. While working on protecting his patent for the cotton gin, Whitney sought new avenues to make money. He received an order to manufacture ten thousand firearms for the United States military. Whitney was poised to break new ground in manufacturing. His process for the manufacture of these firearms proved to be revolutionary. His system involved using interchangeable parts for the firearms, meaning the same parts would work on different guns, a process that revolutionized modern manufacturing. Scope and Content Note This collection contains letters and drawings relating to the development, patenting, and copyright protection of Eli Whitney's cotton gin and Whitney's efforts to produce firearms for the federal government. Correspondents include Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Robert Fulton, Whitney's business partner Phineas Miller, Secretary of the Treasury Oliver Wolcott, arms inspector and Chief of the Ordnance Department Decius Wadsworth, financial backer James Hillhouse, Josiah Stebbins, superintendent of the Springfield Armory Roswell Lee, Secretary of War John C. Calhoun, Whiteny's brother Josiah Whitney, and his sister Elizabeth Blake. This collection is a photocopied portion of a larger collection: Eli Whitney Papers, Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library. The entire collection is available on microfilm (6,857 frames on 7 reels, 35mm.) from Scholarly Resources, Inc., http://drs.library.yale.edu/fedoragsearch/rest. Index Terms Calhoun, John C., (John Caldwell), 1782-1850. Cotton gins and ginning. Detail drawings (drawings) Firearms--Design and construction. Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815. Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letters (correspondence) Madison, James, 1751-1836. Miller, Phineas, d. 1803. Patent infringement. Patents. Stebbins, Josiah, 1766-1829. Whitney, Eli, 1765-1825. Wolcott, Oliver, 1760-1833. Location of Originals Original letters are located in the Eli Whitney Papers, Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library. Administrative Information Custodial History Unknown. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Eli Whitney letters and detail drawings, MS 866, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia. Acquisition Information Gift of Mills B. Lane, IV, 1968. Restrictions Access Restrictions Collection is open for research. Publication Rights Copyright has not been assigned to the Georgia Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Division of Library and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Georgia Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher. Published Descriptions Electronic finding aid is available via the Internet in the Yale University Library, http://webtext.library.yale.edu/xml2html/mssa.0554.con.html Sponsorship Encoding funded by a 2012 Documenting Democracy grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Container List Box Fldr 1 1 Whitney to his father and to Josiah Stebbins, 1792 November 1 ( 2.0 items. ) 2 Whitney to Thomas Jefferson (2); to his father; Jefferson to Whitney, 1792 June 20- November 24 ( 4.0 items. ) 3 Letters patent for the cotton gin; James Hillhouse and Oliver Wolcott introducing Whitney; passport; Whitney to his father, 1794 March 14-30 ( 5.0 items. ) 4 Whitney to his father; to his brother Josiah (2), 1795 March 22-July 1 ( 3.0 items. ) 5 Letters of attorney to Timothy Pitkin; Timothy Dwight to Sir John Sinclair, 1796 July 8, September 23 ( 2.0 items. ) 6 Phineas Miller to Eli Whitney, 1797 February 15-September 28 ( 5.0 items. ) 7 Whitney to Oliver Wolcott (4); S. Williams to Whitney; Whitney to Simon Baldwin; Tench Francis to Oliver Wolcott Samuel Hodgson to Whitney; Samuel Meredith to Whitney (2); James Hillhouse and Charles Chauncey to Whitney; Whitney to Samuel Hodgson (4); Oliver Wolcott to Whitney; Oliver Wolcott to contractors for fabricating muskets, 1798 May 1-December 27 ( 17.0 items. ) 8 Phineas Miller to Whitney (3); Oliver Wolcott to Whitney (3); Whitney to D. Wadsworth; Whitney to Wolcott (3); letters of attorney to William Wallace; endorsers on a bond; bond; Samuel Meredith to Whitney, 1799 January 19-September 18 ( 13.0 items. ) 9 U.S. Navy Dept. to Josiah Whitney and Phineas Miller, 1800 September 8 ( 1.0 items. ) 10 Whitney to Samuel Dexter; Bond of Whitney, Timothy Phelps and Peleg Sanford to deliver muskets to the United States (2); H. Dearborn to Whitney; John Newman to Whitney; Timothy Dwight to Whitney; Pierpont Edwards to James Madison; Whitney to Josiah Stebbins (2); Miller & Whitney to the Legislature of South Carolina; Whitney to his brother; incomplete letter, writer and addressee unknown; Whitney to Samuel Dexter, 1801 January 8-December 28 ( 14.0 items. ) 11 Miller & Whitney's obligations to South Carolina; H. Dearborn to Whitney (2); Whitney's memorandum with the Secretary of War (2); Thomas T. Tucker to Eli Whitney, 1802 February 16-September 20 ( 6.0 items. ) 12 Certificate of the Treasury of North Carolina; deed to a tract in Wallingford, Conn.; H. Dearborn to Whitney (2); Memorandum of Agreement, Secretary of War with Whitney (2); Whitney to H. Dearborn (2); R.O, to H. Dearborn; Whitney to Hezekiah Rogers and H. Dearborn; Thomas T. Tucker to Whitney (2); William Simmons to Whitney; P. Hagner to Whitney; Whitney to the accountant of the United States; Whitney to James Madison, 1803 January 1--November 1 ( 17.0 items. ) 13 William Simmons to Whitney (2); Whitney to William Simmons; Power of attorney, Eli Whitney and Catharine Greene Miller to Russell Goodrich; Whitney to H. Dearborn; Thomas T. Tucker to Whitney; Act of the Legislature of Tennessee to purchase Whitney's patent in that state; Whitney to Catharine Greene Miller; Nathanael Pendleton to Gen. Pinckney stating that he witnessed the first use of Whitney's gin: Whitney to his brother Josiah (2), 1804 April 12-December 26 ( 11.0 items. ) 14 Wade Hampton to Whitney; Cotton imported into London and Liverpool, 1801-1804; H. Dearborn to Whitney; William Simmons to Whitney (2); Thomas T. Tucker to Whitney (2); Charles Dennison to Whitney; Hezekiah Rogers to Whitney; Whitney's receipt for a draft on his contract with the U.S. Treasurer; Whitney to —; Whitney's remarks on the value of the invention of the gin and advantages there from to Tennessee; H. Dearborn to Whitney; Whitney to his brother Josiah, 1805 February 8-December 8 ( 14.0 items. ) 15 Whitney to H. Dearborn; Memorial of Eli Whitney to the General Assembly of Tennessee, 1806 January 4-22, August 4 ( 2.0 items. ) 16 Whitney to his brother Josiah; Whitney to H. Dearborn (2); Thomas T. Tucker to Whitney (2); William Simmons to Whitney (2); H. Dearborn to Whitney (2); Whitney to Irving; Whitney to William Linnard, 1807 January 22-December 10 ( 11.0 items. ) 17 Robert Smith to Catharine Miller; Whitney to his brother Josiah (2); H. Dearborn to Whitney (3); William Simmons to Whitney; Thomas T. Tucker to Whitney; Whitney to H. Dearborn (2); Whitney to William Simmons; Whitney to Thomas T. Tucker, 1808 April 5-December 10 ( 11.0 items. ) Box Fldr 2 18 Whitney to H. Dearborn; Whitney to brother Josiah; Mrs. E. Miller to Whitney; Wm. Simmons to Whitney; Whitney to Hezekiah Rogers (2); Hezekiah Rogers to Whitney; Whitney to Oliver Wolcott; Memorandum re Whitney's manufacture of musket barrels and bayonets, 1809 January 23-November 15 ( 9.0 items. ) 19 Charles Chauncy to Whitney; Oliver Wolcott to Whitney (3); Whitney to Wolcott (2); Whitney to John Graham; Adam Babcock to Whitney, 1810 May 4-December 29 ( 8.0 items. ) 20 Oliver Wolcott to Whitney (3); Robert Watts to Whitney, 1811 February 16, 1811 April 16, 1811 November 29 ( 4.0 items. ) 21 Callender Irvine to William Eustis enclosing account of arms delivered by sundry contractors; same to same; "Remarks relative to renewing and extending Patents & c." (one complete and one incomplete version); Contract between William Eustis, Secretary of War and Whitney; performance bond of Whitney and Oliver Wolcott to the United States; Whitney to William Eustis; Whitney to Oliver Wolcott?, 1812 January 27-October 6 ( 3.0 items. ) 22 Whitney to John Armstrong; Callender Irvine to John Armstrong (4, one enclosing copy of contract with Simeon North); William and J.
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