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Bibliography Eli Whitney Jr. was born in Westborough, Massachusetts to Eli Whitney and Elizabeth Fay.
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Bibliography Eli Whitney was 16 when the Revolutionary War started. He was working in workshops creating nails, fixing watches, etc...
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Eli Whitney was accepted to Yale Unviersity in 1789.
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BibliographyBibliography Eli Whitney graduated from Yale University in 1792. Soon after, he traveled to the South looking for a job with the idea of being a lawyer.
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Bibliography In 1793, after visiting the South, Eli Whitney created and built the cotton gin.
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Bibliography Soon after Eli Whitney arrived in the South, he realized that many people wanted a way to make cotton more profitable. With the idea of the cotton gin, he went and got his idea patetented on March 14th, 1794.
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BibliographyBibliography On January 23rd, 1807, Eli Whitney's patent for the cotton gin was validated.
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In 1817, Eli Whitney got married to Henrietta Frances Edwards from Bridgeport, Connecticut. Together, they had four children, three daughters and one son.
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Bibliography Eli Whitney died of prostate cancer in New Haven, Connenticut at the age of 59. He was buried at Grove Street Cemetary in New Haven.
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After Eli Whitney died, several other companies started using the idea of the cotton gin to create a businesses.
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Bibliography The cotton gin today is very different in design compared to the original on created by Eli Whitney.
