Memoirs of the most eminent American mechanics : also, lives of distinguished European mechanics : together with a collection of anecdotes ... relating to the mechanic arts : illustrated by fifty engravings (1852)
Howe, Henry, 1816-1893, New York Museum of Science and Industry. Library · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 131
alth, as to be disqualified for making a reasonable pro-vision for life by the sober earnings of frugal industry. The enterprise which he selected in accordance with these viewswas the manufacture of arms for the United States. He addresseda letter to the Hon. Oliver Wolcott, secretary of the… … ELI WHITNEY. 125 contract being concluded on the 14th of January, 1798,) and theremaining six thousand within one year from that time. The site which Mr. Whitney had purchased for his works wasat the foot of the celebrated precipice called East Rock, nearthe city of New Haven. This spot (which is…
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