Wright, Nathaniel, 1789-1875
Variant namesLawyer of Cincinnati, Ohio.
From the description of Papers, 1817-1855 / Nathaniel Wright. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 19795638
Lawyer, of New Hampshire and Ohio.
From the description of Nathaniel Wright family papers, 1787-1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82194903
Biographical Note
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1789, Jan. 28:
Born, Hanover Parish, N.H. -
1806 -1807 :Taught school in New Hampshire while in college -
1811:
Graduated, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. -
1811 -1815 :Principal of academy in Portland, Maine; read for law career in local lawyer’s office -
1815 -1816 :Left New England to become tutor in Virginia Continued legal studies and passed bar -
1817:
Emigrated to the West, admitted to bar and opened law office in Cincinnati, Ohio -
1820:
Married Caroline Augusta Thew President, director and legal counsel to several railroads and improvement projects -
1842:
Retired because of deafness but remained active in church and civic affairs and in promoting internal improvements, especially Lane Theological Seminary and medical and law schools in Cincinnati, Ohio, and in the work of his minister-son -
1875:
Died, Cincinnati, Ohio
From the guide to the Nathaniel Wright Family Papers, 1787-1917, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Dewey, N. Wright. Letter : Canton, Ill., to Nath[anie]l Wright, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1838 June 13. | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | |
| creatorOf | Storer, Bellamy, 1798-1875. Bellamy Storer papers, 1816-1871. | Cincinnati History Library, Cincinnati Museum Center | |
| creatorOf | Wright, Nathaniel, 1789-1875. Papers, 1817-1855 / Nathaniel Wright. | Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library | |
| creatorOf | Wright, Nathaniel, 1789-1875. Papers, 1811-1895. | New Hampshire Newspaper Project | |
| creatorOf | Wright, Nathaniel Woody. Interviews, 1983. | Utah Division of State History, Utah Historical Society | |
| creatorOf | Nathaniel Wright Family Papers, 1787-1917 | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division |
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Death 1875
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