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WRIGHT, William Henry, engineer, born in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1814; died there, 29 December, 1845. He was a grandson of Judge Joshua Granger Wright (1768-1811), who served in the legislature from 1792 till 1800, and was speaker in the latter year. After graduation at William and Mary college William studied law, which he abandoned to enter the United States military academy. He was graduated there in 1834, promoted 2d lieutenant in the 1st artillery, was transferred to the engineer corps on 1 July, 1838, and became 1st lieutenant on 7 December of that year. He served as assistant engineer in the construction of Fort Warren, Boston harbor, and as superintending engineer on the sea, wall for the protection of Lovell's island in that harbor in 1844-'5. Lieutenant Wright was the author of a " Brief Practical Treatise on Mortars, with an Account of the Processes at the Public Works in Boston Harbor" (Boston, 1845).
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