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Wilbur and Orville Wright letter to Carl Dienstbach, dated Wright Cycle Company, 1127 West Third Street, Dayton, Ohio, 17 November 1905

Catalog Data

Correspondent:
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912  Search this
Wright, Orville 1871-1948  Search this
Addressee:
Dienstbach, Carl active 1903  Search this
Former owner:
Lende, H. W. Jr. DSI  Search this
Associated name:
Wright Cycle Company  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:
1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 28 cm + 1 envelope
Type:
Manuscripts
Manuscripts (documents)
Date:
1905
Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Typed letter signed in black ink on unlined paper with the printed letterhead of the Wright Cycle Company. Accompanied by envelope with a 2-cent Washington stamp, cancellations and postmarks (the postmark on the verso of the envelope reads: New York, N.Y. Sta. I, Nov. 25, 5 PM, 1905").
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 39088020039525) is the gift of H.W. Lende, Jr. and has Lende accession number W-21.
SCDIRB copy has source: Christie's, New York, Sale 7378, Lot 140, December 5, 1991.
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 Dienstbach discussing details of flight tests made at Huffman Prairie, Ohio, in the fall of 1905, and noting the Wright brothers' decision to discontinue tests in order to maintain secrecy regarding their flyer's construction.
Topic:
Aeronautics--History  Search this
Intellectual property  Search this
Call number:
MSS 002142 A
Restrictions & Rights:
Use by appointment with Dibner Library staff.
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1102918