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March 14, 1794: Eli Whitney Receives a Patent for His Invention of the Cotton Gin – Constituting America
New Madrid Chamber of Commerce - In 1794, U.S.-born inventor Eli Whitney (1765-1825) patented the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of
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