Letter to Mr. L. C. Ferguson from Fitzgerald & Lee, Inc. with handwritten note

Archive

-

Antique Boat Museum

Name/Title

Letter to Mr. L. C. Ferguson from Fitzgerald & Lee, Inc. with handwritten note

Entry/Object ID

2022.16.8004

Scope and Content

Letter to Mr. L. C. Ferguson from Fitzgerald & Lee, Inc. with handwritten note Transcription: [Fitzgerald & Lee letterhead] July 17, 1937 of it arriving Tuesday Mr. L.C. Ferguson: We have your letters of July 15th and 16th and note the name you desire you to have the name "Rodana" placed on your boat. You did not state whether you wanted to have it on the bows or transom. However, we did not get it in time to have it put on at the factory so we will have it placed on after the boat arrives. Mr. Cuthbert must have misunderstood me in regard to the delivery of the boat. It will be shipped today and will arrive here no later than Wednesday and there is a possibility of it arriving Tuesday. Kindly advise me where I can get in touch with you when the boat arrives or did you want me to deliver it to your place at Oak Point, Very truly yours, Fitzgerald & Lee, Inc. By: [signature J.B. Fitzgerald] [handwritten notes] In the evening I am at Oak Point Let me know at Newell Mfg Co. during daytime when the boat arrives. Mr. Cuthbert will run me up to the boat to get it. Put name Rodana on the bows with numbers as below the name as you can. If you don't think name sill look well on boat bows of this particular style of boat put it on the rear end.

Collection

Fitzgerald & Lee Collection of the Cornwall Brothers Store Museum

Category

Correspondence

Acquisition

Accession

2022.16

Source or Donor

Cornwall Brothers Store Museum

Acquisition Method

Loan

Credit Line

Cornwall Brothers Store Museum

Source (if not Accessioned)

Cornwall Brothers Store Museum

Notes

The Fitzgerald & Lee collection is held at the Cornwall Brothers Store Museum in Alexandria Bay, NY. Due to mutual interests in the substance and context of the collection, the ABM digitized the collection to be able to use the materials for internal exhibit purposes.

Archive Details

Creator

Fitzgerald & Lee

Date(s) of Creation

Jul 17, 1937 - Nov 14, 1934

Archive Size/Extent

1 page

Restrictions

This collection is open for research use

Primary Language

English

Archive Notes

Transcribed by Mike Gimigliano on 2/21/23

Archive Items Details

Container

6-13

Location

Building

Cornwall Brothers Store Museum

Copyright

Copyright Details

The Fitzgerald & Lee, Inc. collection is the physical property of the Alexandria Township Historical Society. The ABM reserves the right to reproduce items from the Fitzgerald and Lee Collection for exhibition use. Any other use must be approved by the ATHS. Inquiries as to publication or reproduction for profit must be forwarded to the ATHS. Copyright belongs to the authors or creators or their legal representatives where applicable. For further information, consult the Alexandria Township Historical Society at 315.482.4586.