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Wright, Henry Clarke

reformer, lecturer, author, was born Aug. 29, 1797, in Sharon, Conn. He was an antislavery reformer and lecturer of prominence in his day. He was the author of Man-Killing by Individuals and Nations a Wrong; A Kiss for a Blow; Defensive War a Denial of Christianity; Human Life Illustrated; Marriage and Parentage; and The Living Present and the Dead Past. He died Aug. 16, 1870, in Pawtucket, R. I.

WRIGHT, HORATIO GOVERNEUR, soldier, was born March 6, 1820, in Clinton, Conn. He served through the civil war; attaining the rank of major-general of United States army for gallant and meritorious services.