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SECTION VII. HISTORY OF THE COTTON GIN. 



AN esteemed correspondent, of Pike County, Ga., writes ns 

 as follows ; and we commend his suggestions to the attention 

 of Judge Andrews and others. The true history of this im- 

 portant invention, should be preserved : 



EDITORS SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR Could you not induce 

 some one who has a taste for home antiquities, to give you 

 the history of the cotton gin 1 There are probably some liv- 

 ing in Columbia county or in that part of the State whose 

 recollection goes as far back as 1795. If so, they could shed 

 much light on the subject. I should be pleased to know when 

 Whitney's patent bears date, and whether the record of the 

 United States Court at Savannah would not afford some infor- 

 mation. Much of what is known on the subject is traditionary 

 and unless collected will very soon be lost. There is an aged 

 and an intelligent citizen of La Grange, by the name of Amos, 

 who, Judge Bull informs me, worked in the shop of his father. 

 From him and from other aged citizens much information 

 could be collected. I know of no one who has more taste and 

 capability for writing the history of the cotton gin than Judge 

 Andrews, and I presume that at your suggestion he would 

 favor the readers of the Cultivator with another communica- 

 tion on the subject. 



Respectfully yours, \v. D. A. 



