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One large document dated April 27, 1917 covered with tax stamps for the state of New York for the incorporation of the Wright Martin Company.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series V. Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company is comprised of material dating from 1910 to 1933 and is divided into three subseries: Administrative records, Legal records, and Financial records. The Administrative records subseries includes a bound volume of board meeting minutes which includes related documents such as correspondence and legal files. A few loose pieces of correspondence and assorted documents are also in the subseries. The...

Scope and Contents Envelope (labeled "34") containing a proposed financing plan for the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation, circa August 1916, signed by Glenn Curtiss. On December 6, 1915 the British Admiralty gave to the Curtiss Aeroplane Company an order for $11,013,000 for airplanes and motors, called the “Canada order”. On June 19, 1916, the Admiralty ordered the Curtiss Aeroplane Company to suspend all work then in progress on the Canada order. As Curtiss had been relying on the Admiralty for...

Scope and Contents “Deed (Warranty) Glenn H. & Lena P. Curtiss to Curtiss Motor Co., Dated December 19, 1911.” The envelope contains a printed Warranty Deed form dated December 19, 1911, from Glenn and Lena Curtiss to the Curtiss Motor Company conveying land in Hammondsport, signed by Glenn and Lena Curtiss. Mentions “same premises conveyed to Augustus M. Herring by Glenn H. Curtiss and wife by deed bearing date of March 15, 1909.” The deed was notarized in San Diego on December 19, 1911, and attached to...

Scope and Contents Deed (corporation) dated November 22, 1912, from Marvel Motorcycle Company to Lena Curtiss, granting a plot of land along the west line of what was “the Herring-Curtiss Company property.” The deed is signed by signed by Glenn Curtiss as President of the Marvel Motorcycle Company and bears the embossed seal of the company. The deed was notarized in Steuben County on November 22, 1912 and recorded December 2, 1912 in Book 326 at page 105. The deed has been stamped in the upper right corner...

Scope and Contents Deed (warranty) from Monroe and Emma G. Wheeler to the Curtis Motor Company dated December 4, 1914. The envelope contains a printed Warranty Deed form signed by both Monroe and Emma Wheeler and notarized on December 4, 1914. The deed was recorded in Steuben County on December 21, 1915 in Book 340 at page 487. The Curtiss Motor Company paid $246.35 for a parcel of land in the village of Hammondsport known as “The Old Place” formerly owned by Grattan H. Wheeler. The deed has been stamped in...

Scope and Contents Deed (full covenant) from Joseph C. Friedell and his wife Georgiana to the Curtiss Motor Company dated April 17, 1915. The envelope contains a printed deed form signed by both Joseph C. and Georgiana Friedell and notarized on May 3, 1915. The deed was recorded in Steuben County on May 13, 1915 in Book 337 at page 68. The Corporation paid $1.00 for a parcel of land in the village of Hammondsport. The Friedell’s reserved the right to “fruit from a certain apple tree now growing on said...

Scope and Contents Deed (full covenant) from Joseph C. Friedell and his wife Georgiana to the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation dated April 17, 1917. The envelope contains a printed deed form signed by both Joseph C. and Georgiana Friedell and notarized on May 5, 1917. The deed was recorded in Steuben County on May 16, 1917 in Book 337 at page 306. The Corporation paid $1.00 for a parcel of land in the village of Hammondsport. The deed has been stamped in the upper right corner “DOCUMENT FILE No.78-7.” 2...

Scope and Contents Certified copy (2 pages) made March 12, 1919 of Deed from Lena P. Curtiss to Curtiss Motor Company dated January 18, 1913. The deed covers the same property covered by a mortgage made by the Marvel Motorcycle Company to Lena P. Curtiss on March 7, 1910. The original was signed by Lena P. Curtiss and notarized in San Diego on January 27, 1913 and recorded by the Clerk of the San Diego County Court on February 11, 1913 in Book 326 at page 275. Attached is a certificate of accuracy signed by...

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Carbon copy of a letter (1 page) from George S. Lapp, Treasurer, to Cuthell, Hotchkiss, and Mills dated January 27, 1932. The letter mentions five enclosed documents (not present) “in connection with the Seely Matter.” The letter is marked in orange “Copy” and “Envelope 96.” Envelope is not marked with number but has printed return address of Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation, Buffalo, N.Y.