Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 2, Number 29, DeMotte, Jasper County, 9 February 1933 — Got Name by Accident [ARTICLE]

Got Name by Accident

The name of the so-called Governor Winthrop desk with the slant-top, according to the New York Sun, originated with the Charak Furniture company of Boston. This firm, desiring a trade name for their new desk, settled quite appropriately on Governor Hancock desk, but the printer labeled it Governor Winthrop by mistake, and the name stuck.