WHITNEY ELI Autograph Letter Signed to John

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INVENTOR OF THE COTTON GIN RECOMMENDS A NEW PERIODICAL WHITNEY, ELI. Autograph Letter Signed, to John Adam, recommending that he read a new periodical, The Emporium of Arts. 1 page, folded 4to sheet with integral address leaf; toned, minor marginal tears, folds, staining from seal on terminal page. New Haven, 22 September 1813

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"There is now publishing in Philadelphia a periodical work entitled The Emporium of Arts edited by Thos. Cooper which treats largely on the subject of Iron & Steel and which you will find interesting and instructive--two numbers only have yet come out--I would send you a set if I was sure you had not already got it. It may be had of Howe & De Forrest of this place."
The firm of Forbes & Adam had been supplying Whitney and his enterprises with iron since at least 1799.