Correspondent:

Wright, Orville 1871-1948  Search this

Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912  Search this

Addressee:

Willey, D. A. active 1903  Search this

Former owner:

Lende, H. W. Jr. DSI  Search this

Associated name:

Wright Cycle Company  Search this

Western Society of Engineers (Chicago, Ill.)  Search this

Author:

H.W. Lende, Jr. Manuscript Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this

Subject:

Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912  Search this

Wright, Orville 1871-1948  Search this

Physical description:

2 sheets (2 pages) ; 28 cm

Type:

Manuscripts

Manuscripts (documents)

Date:

1903

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.

Typed letter signed in black ink on unlined paper with the printed letterhead of the Wright Cycle Company.

The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, were two American aviators generally credited with inventing and flying the world's first successful airplane.

SCDIRB copy (barcode 39088020039533) is the gift of H.W. Lende, Jr. and has Lende accession number W-17.

SCDIRB copy has source: Sotheby's, New York, October 26, 1983.

SCDIRB copy is housed in an archival box together with other manuscripts from the H.W. Lende, Jr. Manuscript Collection, filed in Dibner accession number order.

Summary:

Letter to Mr. Willey of Baltimore, Maryland, from the Wright brothers, signed by Orville, recommending that Willey contact the Western Society of Engineers for permission to use extensive quotations from the Wright brothers' addresses to the society, and briefly discussing details and publicity of their flight at Kitty Hawk.

Topic:

Wright Flyer (Airplane)  Search this

Aeronautics--History  Search this

Call number:

MSS 002138 A

Restrictions & Rights:

Use by appointment with Dibner Library staff.

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

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