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  APPENDIX. 
  

  

  H. 
  

  

  CONYEYANCE 
  OF 
  A 
  RIGHT 
  TO 
  USE 
  A 
  WHITNEY 
  GIN. 
  

  

  State 
  of 
  Georgia: 
  

  

  To 
  all 
  to 
  whom 
  these 
  presents 
  shall 
  come, 
  Phineas 
  

   Miller, 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  aforesaid, 
  and 
  Eli 
  Whitney, 
  of 
  the 
  

   State 
  of 
  Connecticut, 
  send 
  greeting 
  : 
  

  

  Whereas, 
  The 
  said 
  Eli 
  Whitney, 
  by 
  virtue 
  of 
  a 
  

   patent 
  under 
  the 
  Great 
  Seal 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  dated 
  

   the 
  fourteenth 
  day 
  of 
  March, 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  one 
  thousand 
  

   seven 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-four, 
  became 
  entitled 
  unto 
  

   the 
  full 
  and 
  exclusive 
  right 
  and 
  liberty 
  of 
  making, 
  con- 
  

   structing, 
  using, 
  and 
  vending 
  to 
  others, 
  to 
  be 
  used, 
  a 
  

   certain 
  new 
  and 
  useful 
  improvement 
  in 
  the 
  mode 
  of 
  

   ginning 
  cotton, 
  for 
  the 
  term 
  of 
  fourteen 
  years, 
  beginning 
  

   from 
  the 
  sixth 
  of 
  November, 
  one 
  thousand 
  seven 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  and 
  ninety-three; 
  the 
  principle 
  of 
  which 
  im- 
  

   provement 
  consists 
  in 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  teeth, 
  to 
  draw 
  off 
  the 
  

   cotton, 
  which 
  passes 
  between 
  bars 
  or 
  divisions 
  of 
  a 
  breast- 
  

   work, 
  too 
  narrow 
  to 
  give 
  passage 
  to 
  the 
  seeds, 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  

   brush 
  to 
  detach 
  the 
  cotton 
  from 
  the 
  teeth. 
  

  

  And 
  whereas, 
  By 
  deed 
  of 
  transfer, 
  executed' 
  on 
  the 
  

   twenty-first 
  day 
  of 
  June, 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  one 
  thousand 
  

   seven 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-four, 
  the 
  said 
  Eli 
  Whitney 
  

   conveyed 
  to 
  the 
  said 
  Phineas 
  Miller, 
  the 
  one 
  moiety 
  or 
  

   half 
  part 
  of 
  all 
  his 
  right, 
  title, 
  claim, 
  and 
  interest 
  to 
  the 
  

   said 
  improvement 
  in 
  ginning 
  cotton. 
  

  

  And 
  whereas, 
  By 
  articles 
  of 
  copartnership, 
  made 
  and 
  

   entered 
  into 
  by 
  and 
  between 
  the 
  said 
  Eli 
  Whitney 
  and 
  

   Phineas 
  Miller, 
  on 
  the 
  twenty-first 
  day 
  of 
  June, 
  in 
  the 
  

   year 
  last 
  before 
  mentioned, 
  it 
  was 
  mutually 
  agreed 
  by 
  

   said 
  parties, 
  that 
  all 
  concerns 
  which 
  in 
  any 
  way 
  re- 
  

   spected 
  the 
  employment 
  or 
  disposed 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  invented 
  

   machine 
  or 
  improvement 
  in 
  ginning 
  cotton, 
  should 
  be 
  

   conducted 
  under 
  the 
  firm 
  of 
  Miller 
  and 
  Whitney. 
  

  

  