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Frank Preston Stearns, Cambridge Sketches, Elizur Wright (search)
his name connected with them. His son, Walter C. Wright, became actuary of the New England Life, and his daughter, Miss Jane Wright, was made actuary of the Mutual Union Company. Mr. Wright and his eldest son, John, set up a business for calculatiMr. Wright and his eldest son, John, set up a business for calculating the value of insurance policies, in which the logarithm machine helped them to obtain a large income. With his first ten thousand dollars Mr. Wright purchased a large house and a tract of land in Middlesex Fells, where his family still resides. Mr. Wright purchased a large house and a tract of land in Middlesex Fells, where his family still resides. In 1865 the office of Life Insurance Commissioner was filched from him by a trade politician who knew as much of the subject as fresh college graduates do of the practical affairs of life. Mr. Wright always regretted this, for he felt that his woMr. Wright always regretted this, for he felt that his work was not yet complete; and it is a fact that American life insurance, with its good and bad features, still remains almost exactly as he left it. It was only after Elizur Wright had ceased to be Commissioner that he discovered a serious error in
The Daily Dispatch: April 13, 1864., [Electronic resource], The Territory of Microgenia (search)
icer Davis. Both of the accused were sent on to the Hustings Court. Phœbe, slave of Johnson Eubank, was ordered to be whipped for stealing $5 in silver, $3 in greenbacks, $150, a black dress and some other things, from the house of Mrs. Jane Wright, who lives on Byrd street, near the canal. She was seen to go into Mrs. Wright's whilst the latter was at market, and the things being missed and searched for were found hidden under her bed. John Conners was committed to jail in defauMrs. Wright's whilst the latter was at market, and the things being missed and searched for were found hidden under her bed. John Conners was committed to jail in default of security to keep the peace for beating his wife. The evidence showed that Conners and his wife were both drunk, when they got into a fight, which resulted in Mrs. Conners getting badly cut and bruised about the head. Pink Mull and John Wesley Elias Harper, were sent on to the Hustings Court for stealing 16 yards of calico from Leopold Rose. The evidence showed that the prisoner and this man went into Rose's on Monday to price some calicoes. Mull slipped a roll under his coat and w
The Daily Dispatch: August 24, 1864., [Electronic resource], The late campaign on the North side of the James. (search)
Our Toss to-day was one man: private E. N. Mahoney, wounded in the arm. Several others were struck but not disabled, among whom was Corporal S--. His "suspender." was cut in two by a shell. After dark our right section returned to the "heights," we having been reinforced by the remaining companies of our battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel R. A. Hardaway commanding. August 15th."All quiet to-day save occasional picket skirmishing. August 16th.--The enemy charged on our left, in front of Wright's brigade, and for a time held possession of our works; but they were finally driven out with great slaughter, the poor deluded black being the chief sufferer. In our front the fighting amounted to nothing more than very heavy skirmishing and an extremely unpleasant shelling from land batteries, gunboats, &c. At one time during the day it became necessary to move one of our guns some distance "by hand" and in the very teeth of the enemy; This was done under a terrible musketry fire, during
The Daily Dispatch: August 24, 1864., [Electronic resource], We are (search)
or several days on account of the absence of a witness alleged to be important for the prosecution. Said witness being again absent yesterday, the Recorder declined further to continue it, and discharged the accused. A white woman, named Jane Wright, was charged with having in her possession a stone jar and five pounds of butter which was stolen from Alexander R. Holladay. Officer Jenkins executed a search warrant upon the premises of Mrs. Wright, and found the jar, about two-thirds filleMrs. Wright, and found the jar, about two-thirds filled with ashes; but the sides and rim around the top were smeared with butter, which indicated that it had been recently emptied of that article Mrs. Holladay identified the jar as one which had been stolen from her, filled with butter, some weeks since, at the time that her residence was broken into and robbed of several thousand dollars worth of groceries. Susan Wright, a daughter of the accused, claimed the jar as here, and said that sometime since she begged it from negro man for the purpose