When did Eli Whitney graduate from Yale University? Whitney studied at Yale College and graduated in 1792. He was born in Westboro, Massachusetts. The cotton seed cleaning machine with which he became ...

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 ...

Engineer Eli Whitney died 35 years before the Civil War, but his most famous invention, the cotton gin, set the economic stage for war. Whitney's gin made cotton production far more efficient ...

In a Facebook post, Eli's on Whitney said its flagship location at 2392 Whitney Ave. will temporarily close for renovations starting March 9. The restaurant said it plans to reopen March 14 ...

The film discusses the historical context of slavery in Mississippi, beginning with the introduction of Eli Whitney's cotton gin in 1795, which revolutionized cotton production and increased the ...