Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York : Henry Holt and company · leaf 122
d more cotton planted, until soonthis became the main product of the South. Why, then,was Whitney denied any share whatever in thevast wealthhe had created ? At the outset Miller & Whitney fell into a cardinal error:they sought to own all the gins in Georgia themselves, andtake as their toll… … WhitiNEY Cotton Gin ELI WHITNEY 83 ncy at New Haven was destroyed by fire, cutting off formany months the supply of new machines. These machineswere simple enough to be easily imitated by local black-smiths and carpenters, and serviceable copies were setgoing by the hundred throughout the South.…
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