Eli Whitney and his business partner, Phineas Miller, after problems with Georgia farmers making their own versions of the cotton gin, they sold their patent rights to the state of South Carolina in 1802. They also offered the patent rights to North Carolina and Tennessee, but South Carolina was the only state to pay Eli Whitney for the rights. Even then, South Carolina delayed paying the fee.
Eli Whitney married in 1817 to Henrietta Edwards (;
north
He expected to study law but finding himself short on funds, he accepted an offer to go to South Carolina as a private tutor
1812
Eli Whitney and his business partner, Phineas Miller, after problems with Georgia farmers making their own versions of the cotton gin, they sold their patent rights to the state of South Carolina in 1802. They also offered the patent rights to North Carolina and Tennessee, but South Carolina was the only state to pay Eli Whitney for the rights. Even then, South Carolina delayed paying the fee.
Eli Whitney was born in December 1765.
No, he was American. He was born in the south
Eli Whitney married in 1817 to Henrietta Edwards (;
north
The inventor of the cotton gin was Eli Whitney
In 1793, Eli Whitney came out with his invention, the cotton gin. This revolutionized the way the South was able to function as an agricultural region.
Eli Whitney built the prototype gun locks in 1801
He expected to study law but finding himself short on funds, he accepted an offer to go to South Carolina as a private tutor
1812
=Eli Whitney married Brittney Spears.=
Eli had none as he was long gone and buried.