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Wright, Hendrick Bradley

lawyer, congressman, author, was born April 24, 1808, in Plymouth, Pa. He was appointed district attorney for Luzerne county in 1834; and was a member of the Pennsylvania state house of representatives in 1841-43, serving the last year as speaker. He was elected to the thirtythird, thirty-seventh, forty-fifth and fortysixth congresses as a democrat and national. He was the author of A Practical Treatise on Labor; and Historic Sketches of the Wyoming Valley. He died Sept. 2, 1881, in Wilkesbarre, Pa.

WRIGHT, HENRIETTA CHRISTIAN, author, was born in 18. She is the author of The Golden Fairy Series; Children's Stories of American Progress; Stories of the Great Inventors; Stories in American Literature; Stories in English Literature; Stories of American History; and The Princess Liliwinkins.