Document for Today, October 28th:
Eli Whitney's Patent for the Cotton Gin, March 14, 1794

Eli Whitney's Patent for the Cotton Gin, March 14, 1794; Records of the Patent and Trademark Office; Record Group 241, National Archives

Designed to separate cotton fiber from seed, Whitney's cotton gin, for which he applied for a patent on October 28, 1793, and received a patent on March 14, 1794, introduced a new, profitable technology to agricultural production in America.
Read more at Our Documents...
Share, comment and suggest new documents at the Today's Document Tumblr Blog

Yesterday's document: October 27th
Col. Theodore Roosevelt, 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry

Tomorrow's document: October 29th
"The White Angel Bread Line"

PDF files require the free Adobe Reader.
More information on Adobe Acrobat PDF files is available on our Accessibility page.