Eli Whitney person
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“most prestigious family in American history. And nobody talks about them. I have no idea how they've been able to stay under the radar. One of the most famous Whitney's, of course, is Eli Whitney, who invented the cotton gin, which is what …”
▶ Secret Societies Skull and Bones @ 22:13
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We've got Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Betty Davis and Catherine Hepburn, Henry and Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas, the actor, the Beach Boys, or some of them, Eli Whitney, of course, from the Whitney family, Norman Rockwell, an…
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So this is important. But it was a debate society. They would debate topics like astronomy, mathematics, literature, and the ethics of slavery. Some famous alumni, because we like doing that. Eli Whitney of our favorite Whitney family. Jame…
▶ 22:13
most prestigious family in American history. And nobody talks about them. I have no idea how they've been able to stay under the radar. One of the most famous Whitney's, of course, is Eli Whitney, who invented the cotton gin, which is what …
▶ 30:17
Don't think Vanderbilt was happy about that. Dimock would go on to become the director of the Yale Corporation. Oh, my gosh. I wish I could stop there. Okay, let's talk about the other Whitney's in Skull and Bones. They are all over the rol…
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Don't think Vanderbilt was happy about that. Dimock would go on to become the director of the Yale Corporation. Oh, my gosh. I wish I could stop there. Okay, let's talk about the other Whitney's in Skull and Bones. They are all over the rol…
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Obviously, they're going to have their hands, you know, this is a college secret society. They're going to have their hands all over academia. So you've got professors, you know, from Latin to physics to chemistry all over Yale. Let's see i…
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One of the most famous Whitney's, of course, is Eli Whitney, who invented the cotton gin, which is what you alluded to with the Civil War. When the cotton gin was invented, it made it so they could pick cotton about 50 times or process cott…
▶ 30:24
And they actually fought it. They actually went to court over that. And I think the captain of the DMACC got off, wasn't held accountable. I don't think Vanderbilt was happy about that. DMACC would go on to become the director of the Yale C…
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More money launderers. Kirsten Gillibrand comes from this firm. Jerome Powell, current chairman of the Federal Reserve, comes from this firm. The head of the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation. Former Secretary of the Treasury, Ogden Liv…
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Yeah, that's definitely more than a handful. Yeah, those are just the ones that I could find. You know, the Whitney family is not really a household name. You know, we know Mount Whitney. And if you're into the arts, you know about the Whit…
▶ 7:14
So this is important. But it was a debate society. They would debate topics like astronomy, mathematics, literature, and the ethics of slavery. Some famous alumni, because we like doing that. Eli Whitney, of our favorite Whitney family. Jam…
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you think we still have that um yes it's still there big example of that things that really changed in america was eli whitney's cotton gym uh we talked earlier about mccormick's reaper uh edison's electricity carnegie's steel production wa…