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| Scott Number | 1 |
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| Date | February 10, 1849 |
| From City | Philadelphia |
| From State | PA |
| To City | Wilkes Barre |
| To State | PA |
| Addressee | H. B. Wright |
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| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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Lot 992 1847, 5¢ red brown. Ample to large margins, tied by partial blue "Philadelphia, Pa., 5, Feb 10" cds with strike alongside on fresh 1849 folded letter to Wilkesbarre, Pa., Very Fine.
Scott No. 1 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $250
Schuyler J. Rumsey Inc. sale 31
Not listed in Alexander
Hendrick Bradley Wright (April 24, 1808 – September 2, 1881) practiced law in Wilkes Barre. He was appointed district attorney for Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in 1834. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1841 to 1843 and served the last year as speaker.
United States House of Representatives: Wright was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1850. He was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854. He was again elected to the Thirty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George W. Scranton. He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth Congress and reelected as a Greenbacker to the Forty-sixth Congress. He was chairman of the United States House Committee on Manufactures during the Forty-fifth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1880 and was unsuccessful in getting the Greenback nomination for President the same year, losing to James Weaver. He died in Wilkes-Barre in 1881
Scott No. 1 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $250
Schuyler J. Rumsey Inc. sale 31
Not listed in Alexander
Hendrick Bradley Wright (April 24, 1808 – September 2, 1881) practiced law in Wilkes Barre. He was appointed district attorney for Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in 1834. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1841 to 1843 and served the last year as speaker.
United States House of Representatives: Wright was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1850. He was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854. He was again elected to the Thirty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George W. Scranton. He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth Congress and reelected as a Greenbacker to the Forty-sixth Congress. He was chairman of the United States House Committee on Manufactures during the Forty-fifth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1880 and was unsuccessful in getting the Greenback nomination for President the same year, losing to James Weaver. He died in Wilkes-Barre in 1881
