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- 1 2 "Charles Henry Conrad Wright". Harvard College Class of 1891 Secretary's Report. pp. 261–262.
- 1 2 Wright Family Papers, 1826–2003, Massachusetts Historical Society
- ↑ Tilley, Arthur; Oelsner, Hermann (1913). "Review of A History of French Literature by C. H. Conrad Wright". The Modern Language Review. 8: 121–130.
