A friend, who knows of my interest in Whitney genealogy, sent me this newspaper clipping, assumingly from Hilton Head Island, SC. ******************** "The Island Packet", Thursday, May 24, 2001 http://www.islandpacket.com Group News ... BLUFFTON HISTORICAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY The Bluffton Historical Preservation Society will hold its annual meeting at 3 p.m. June 3 in the Bluffton Municipal Building auditorium. Hugh Stiles Golson of Savannah will give a talk on "Mulberry Grove" a 1700's plantation on the Savannah River. It was here that Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793 and there is a current preservation project for the site. The society's Caldwell Award for historic preservation will be presented and election of officers and trustees will be held. Following the meeting, refreshments will be served and the society's archives, located in the municipal building, will be open. Non-members are welcome. For information, call 757-6293. *************** Jeanne