Solomon Brown, First African American
Employee at the Smithsonian
Mary Henry
Diaries,
Eyewitness to the Civil War
William H. Dall, Alaskan Explorer
The Wright Brothers,
Pioneers in Aviation
Robert H.
Goddard,
American Rocket Pioneer
James Smithson, Founder of the Smithsonian
James Renwick, Jr., Architect of
the Smithsonian
Building
William
Temple Hornaday
Saving America's Bison
Wilson
A. Bentley
Pioneering
Photographer
of Snowflakes
Primary Source Document
Exercise
Institutional
History Division
Pioneers in Aviation
Letter Dated April 17, 1903
~ Return to Wright Brothers Home~
Wright Cycle Company
1127 West Third St.,
Dayton,
Ohio. April 17, 1903
The Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C.
Answering the letter of Mr. Hodge dated April 11, will say that I have no objection to the republication of the address entitled "Some aeronautical experiments", and I presume the society in whose journal it was first printed would likewise consent.
The plates used in illustrating it are the property of the Western Society of Engineers and it is entirely probable that their loan could be obtained by writing the secretary, Mr. J. H. Warden, Monadnock Building, Chicago. The Scientific American of New York also has a few plates some of which are rather better than those used in the Journal. I enclosed a set of prints form which new plates may be made if deemed advisable. Within a few days, I will send two copies of the address as you requested, with any notes or corrections that our later experience may suggest.
Yours truly,
/s/ Wilbur Wright