Chartist poet and organizer, and post office messenger. From Aberdeen. Contributed
poetry to *Northern Star*, *Chartist Circular*, and other Chartist newspapers.Biographical
information: Goodridge; H. Gustav Klaus, ”‘Moral Force’ and ‘Physical Force’ in the
Poetry of Chartism: John Mitchell and David Wright of Aberdeen,” *Philological Quarterly*,
vol. 92, no. 2, Spring 2003, pp. 147-75. (AC)