Eli Whitney Memorial
Dublin Core
Title
Eli Whitney Memorial
Subject
Whitney, Eli (1765-1825); Westboro (Westborough) (Mass.); Inventors; Cotton Gin; Manufacturing.
Description
Postcard commemorating Westborough native Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin and mass production. Whitney was the son of Betsey Fay and descendent of John Fay, one of the town's earliest settlers. George Washington signed Eli Whitney's first patent.
Publisher
C/WMARS http://www.cwmars.org/
Relation
In the collection of the Westborough Public Library Westborough Room, Westborough, Massachusetts. http://www.westboroughlib.org
Format
image/jpg
Language
en-us
Type
Image
Identifier
Files
Collection
Citation
“Eli Whitney Memorial,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 20, 2013, http://digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/1474.
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