Correspondent:

Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912  Search this

Associated name:

Wright, Orville 1871-1948  Search this

Willey, D. A. active 1903  Search this

Wright Cycle Company  Search this

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

Former owner:

Lende, H. W. Jr. DSI  Search this

Author:

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

Subject:

Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912  Search this

Physical description:

3 sheets (3 unnumbered pages) ; 28 cm

Type:

Manuscripts

Manuscripts (documents)

Date:

1904

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 39088020039400) is the gift of H.W. Lende, Jr. and has Lende accession number W-18.

SCDIRB copy has source: Sotheby's, New York, Sale 5021, Lot 254, April 6, 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 the editor disputing an article published in the Independent under Wilbur Wright's name, apparently consisting of material from an address to the Western Society of Engineers obtained by D.A. Willey, who had sought permission from the Wright brothers to "use the information contained" in the speech.

Topic:

Aeronautics--History  Search this

Intellectual property  Search this

Call number:

MSS 002139 A

Restrictions & Rights:

Use by appointment with Dibner Library staff.

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

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