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  apartment 
  was 
  assigned 
  him 
  in 
  the 
  basement 
  of 
  the 
  

   house 
  for 
  a 
  workshop. 
  

  

  Here, 
  with 
  such 
  rude 
  tools 
  and 
  materials 
  as 
  a 
  Georgia 
  

   plantation 
  then 
  afforded, 
  he 
  went 
  to 
  work, 
  and 
  near 
  the 
  

   close 
  of 
  the 
  winter 
  had 
  progressed 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  to 
  render 
  

   his 
  success 
  certain. 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  machine 
  was 
  erected, 
  Mrs. 
  Green 
  invited 
  to 
  

   her 
  house 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  planters 
  from 
  dijQferent 
  parts 
  of 
  

   the 
  State, 
  to 
  witness 
  its 
  operation 
  ; 
  " 
  and 
  they 
  saw 
  with 
  

   astonishment 
  and 
  delight 
  that 
  more 
  cotton 
  could 
  be 
  

   separated 
  from 
  the 
  seed 
  in 
  one 
  day, 
  by 
  the 
  labor 
  of 
  a 
  

   single 
  hand, 
  than 
  could 
  be 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  usual 
  manner 
  in 
  

   the 
  space 
  of 
  many 
  months."* 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  not 
  my 
  purpose 
  here 
  to 
  write 
  the 
  biography 
  of 
  

   Mr. 
  Whitney. 
  That 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  ably 
  done 
  by 
  

   Professor 
  Olmsted 
  of 
  Yale 
  College. 
  But 
  it 
  is 
  of 
  some 
  

   interest 
  to 
  preserve 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  an 
  invention 
  to 
  which 
  

   the 
  people 
  of 
  our 
  State 
  owe 
  all 
  their 
  prosperity. 
  

  

  In 
  order 
  to 
  gratify 
  the 
  curiosity 
  which 
  every 
  cotton 
  

   planter 
  must 
  naturally 
  feel 
  on 
  the 
  subject, 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  

   at 
  some 
  pains 
  to 
  inform 
  myself 
  on 
  the 
  subject, 
  and 
  have 
  

   had 
  the 
  rare 
  opportunity 
  of 
  examining 
  critically, 
  in 
  all 
  

   its 
  parts, 
  an 
  early 
  model 
  of 
  the 
  gin 
  on 
  a 
  small 
  scale 
  

   constructed 
  under 
  Mr. 
  Whitney's 
  direction, 
  and 
  which 
  

   is 
  now 
  exhibited 
  in 
  the 
  Crystal 
  Palace, 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  also 
  seen 
  a 
  working-stand 
  made 
  in 
  1807, 
  to 
  

   serve 
  as 
  a 
  model, 
  under 
  a 
  contract 
  between 
  Mr. 
  Whit- 
  

   ney 
  and 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  South 
  Carolina.^ 
  This 
  latter 
  stand 
  

   has 
  recently 
  been 
  used 
  as 
  evidence 
  in 
  a 
  suit 
  in 
  relation 
  

   to 
  infringement 
  of 
  patent 
  between 
  two 
  gin 
  builders, 
  and 
  

  

  * 
  Professor 
  Olmsted. 
  

  

  f 
  Plate 
  YII. 
  Fig. 
  3. 
  c 
  the 
  cylinder, 
  b 
  the 
  brush, 
  a 
  the 
  breastwork, 
  

   H 
  the 
  hopper, 
  and 
  G 
  G 
  the 
  grate. 
  

  

  