CONTENTS. ix 



CHAPTEE VII. 



LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE, 



Transmitting a Statement respecting the Tariff Duties and Custom-house Regulations, 

 applicable to American Cotton, etc., ... ..... 249276 



CHAPTER VIII. 



HISTORY OF COTTON AND THE COTTON GIN. 



1. Brief History of Cotton. 2. Thomas Spalding on the Cotton Gin and the Introduc- 

 tion of Cotton. 8. Nathan Lyons. 4. Origin of the Cotton Gin. 5. Statistics of Cotton. 

 6. Cotton Gin and Packing Screws. 7. History of the Cotton Gin. 8. Eli Whitney. 



277-820 



