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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

3 sheets (3 unnumbered pages) ; 28 cm · 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 · 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

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