Whitney, Miller, and Greene did not intend to sell the gin, instead planning a model where they would own all the machines and take a percentage of the clean cotton as a fee. Cotton as a service ...

As cotton harvest starts to wrap up, it’s full steam ahead for our area gins. KCBD stopped by two cotton gins to get an ...

click image for close-up In October of 1793, Eli Whitney sent a drawing of his new invention, the cotton gin, to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson in application for a patent. Jefferson replied ...

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 ...

The invention of the cotton engine (also known as the cotton gin) by Eli Whitney is perhaps one of the most tangible outcomes of the American industrialization spirit of the 18th century 1.

The Territory’s new cotton gin has had an immediate impact on a key regional economy ... “I’m proud to say we did what we ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - A cotton gin in Dawson County marked a major milestone ... and it was right there on the first page.