ORIGINAL ORVILLE WILBUR WRIGHT BROTHERS HISTORICAL SIGNED DOCUMENT

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ORIGINAL ORVILLE WILBUR WRIGHT BROTHERS HISTORICAL SIGNED DOCUMENT :
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WRIGHT BROTHERS HISTORICAL SIGNED DOCUMENT

SIGNED BY BOTH WILBUR AND ORVILLE WRIGHT

1867-1912

Contents…2 Documents

Dated 1911 & 1912

A POWER OF ATTORNEY DESIGNATING ANDREW FREEDMAN AND PLINY W. WILLIAMSOM HIS PROXY…ORVILLE WRIGHT (1871-1948)- WILBUR WRIGHT (1867-1912)

BOTH DOCUMENTS SIGNED…

THE WRIGHT BROTHERS DESIGNATE STOCK PROXIES FOR THEIR AVIATION COMPANY IN ADVANCE OF SHAREHOLDERS MEETINGS ON NOVEMBER 8 1911(for Wilbur’s proxy) and NOVEMBER 13 1912 (for Orville’s proxy).

THE WRIGHT CO. WAS INCORPORATED IN 1909, WITH WILBUR AS PRESIDENT AND ORVILLE AS VICE PRESIDENT.THE BROTHERS SOLD THEIR PATENTS TO THE CORPORATION FOR $100,000., ONE THIRD OF THE COMPANY AND A 10% ROYALTY ON EVERY AIRPLANE SOLD.THE NOVEMBER MEETING TOOK UP THE PAINFUL BUSINESS OF DISBANDING THE TEAM OF TEST PILOTS WHOSE PURPOSE HAD BEEN TO BARNSTORM AROUND THE COUNTRY IN FLYING EXIBITIONS MEANT TO STIMULATE SALES.TWO PILOTS DIED IN AIR SHOW CRASHES, AND FEW SALES RESULATED.FOLLOWING WILBUR’S DEATH FROM TYPHOID FEVER IN MAY 1912. ORVILLE EXERCISED SOLE CONTROL IN THE NOVEMBER 13TH SHARESHOLDERS MEETING.HE SOLD OUT HIS INTEREST TO A GROUP OF INVESTORS IN 1915.

OTHER SIGNATURES AS WITNESS’S

LORIN WRIGHT…BROTHER

MABEL BELL

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SIGNED BY BOTH WILBUR AND ORVILLE WRIGHT

1867-1912

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