Catharine Littlefield Greene Miller
Datec. 1809
MediumOil on panel
DimensionsCanvas: 32 3/4 × 25 3/4 inches (83.2 × 65.4 cm)
Framed: 40 × 32 5/8 × 3 inches (101.6 × 82.9 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase.
Object number1947.2
CopyrightThe images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextCatharine Littlefield Greene Miller was the wife of Revolutionary General Nathanael Greene from 1774 until his death in 1786. They had 9 children together. She married their children's tutor Phineas Miller in 1796. Miller had known Eli Whitney at Yale. At summer's end in 1792, Mrs. Miller sailed with Whitney to Savannah from Newport, RI. When his South Carolina tutoring job fell through, Mrs Miller invited him to Mulberry Grove, recognized his creative talent, and encouraged him to patent his significant improvements to the cotton gin.
