- Creator
- Wood Brothers
- Call number
- MssCol 24506
- Physical description
- .83 linear feet (1 box)
- Language
- English
- Preferred Citation
- Wood Brothers letters received, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Wood Brothers was a New York City carriage manufacturing firm. It was founded in 1828 in Bridgeport, Connecticut as Tomlinson, Wood & Company. Its partner David A. Wood (1806-1874) and his brothers established the firm of Wood Brothers in New York City. The New York City firm was dissolved and succeeded by Messrs. Brown & Pray, former employees, in early 1878, and the Bridgeport firm, by then known as Wood Brothers, was succeeded by Hincks & Johnson. The collection comprises letters received from customers chiefly in the eastern United States, including prominent New Yorkers, dated 1877-1878. Letters, in chronological order, pertain to orders, repairs, and complaints regarding a variety of carriages as well as wagons. A few letters are from carriage makers or those making carriage repairs. The collection includes letters addressed to Brown & Pray.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Donated by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1899, as part of the Ford Collection.
Note
Formerly part of the Mercantile Collection.Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328