Wilbur Wright letter to the editor of the Independent, dated Wright Cycle Company, 1127 West Third Street, Dayton, Ohio, 10 February 1904.

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Wilbur Wright letter to the editor of the Independent, dated Wright Cycle Company, 1127 West Third Street, Dayton, Ohio, 10 February 1904.

Author:

Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912, author, correspondent.

Title:

Wilbur Wright letter to the editor of the Independent, dated Wright Cycle Company, 1127 West Third Street, Dayton, Ohio, 10 February 1904.

Producer:

1904 February 10.

Description:

3 sheets (3 unnumbered pages) ; 28 cm

Bio. / Hist. Note:

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

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.

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

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.

Restrictions:

Use by appointment with Dibner Library staff.

Local Note:

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.

Location:

Smithsonian Libraries, Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, National Museum of American History, Behring Center, Constitution Avenue & 12th St. NW, Washington, DC, USA 20013-7012 https://library.si.edu/libraries/dibner-library-history-science-and-technology

Subject:

Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912.

Aeronautics -- History.

Intellectual property.

Genre:

Manuscripts (documents).

Added Author:

Wright, Orville, 1871-1948, associated name.

Willey, D. A., active 1903, associated name.

Lende, H. W., Jr., donor, former owner.

Wright Cycle Company, associated name.

Western Society of Engineers (Chicago, Ill.), associated name.