Typed Letter Signed ("Wilbur Wright"), 2 pp, 4to, Dayton, Ohio, February 20, 1904. To the editor of the New York Independent, typed on blue paper with the letterhead of the Wright Cycle Company. WITH: The article referenced above, "The Experiments of a Flying Man," published in The Independent Vol. LVI, No. 2879, February 4, 1904. Bound with all issues for volume LVI, in green cloth library binding, bearing library stamps. WRIGHT EXCORIATES THE INDEPENDENT for plagiarism and misrepresentation of facts, stating "the main body of the pretended original article to which my name was attached consisted of verbatim extracts from copy-righted addresses published by the Journal of the Western Society of Engineers...." He goes on to raise the level of his attack, saying "the bogus article contains matter which never came from me directly or indirectly, and which is entirely false." Here, Wilbur shows that he is not afraid to take on the press to defend his reputation and set the record straight.
Typed Letter Signed ("Wilbur Wright"), 2 pp, 4to, Dayton, Ohio, February 20, 1904. To the editor of the New York Independent, typed on blue paper with the letterhead of the Wright Cycle Company. WITH: The article referenced above, "The Experiments of a Flying Man," published in The Independent Vol. LVI, No. 2879, February 4, 1904. Bound with all issues for volume LVI, in green cloth library binding, bearing library stamps. WRIGHT EXCORIATES THE INDEPENDENT for plagiarism and misrepresentation of facts, stating "the main body of the pretended original article to which my name was attached consisted of verbatim extracts from copy-righted addresses published by the Journal of the Western Society of Engineers...." He goes on to raise the level of his attack, saying "the bogus article contains matter which never came from me directly or indirectly, and which is entirely false." Here, Wilbur shows that he is not afraid to take on the press to defend his reputation and set the record straight.
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