[028693] (Americana - 20th Century - Inventors - Sperry Gyroscope
Company). 1919 Typed Letter Signed By
G. Charny, Secretary to Elmer A. Sperry on the Letterhead of The Sperry
Gyroscope Company Manhattan Bridge Plaza Brooklyn, N.Y. Written to Robert S.
Pelletreau Patchogue, N.Y. Brooklyn, New York: The Sperry Gyroscope
Company, 1919. Typed single page, on the company letterhead; dated November 20,
1919 and addressed to Robert S. Pelletreau; the secretary acknowledging his
letter and letting him know that Sperry is traveling and will see the letter
upon return. Elmer Ambrose Sperry (1860 - 1930) American engineer, inventor,
and entrepreneur, "...the recipient of more than 400 patents and numerous
international honors..." (Brett D. Steele in the ANB) The letter is typed
on good quality bond paper, with a watermark illustration of the famous
gyroscope in a standing housing. Approx. 8 1/2" x 11"; old fold
lines; in very good condition.