Isaac Wright was an American Quaker investor who established the first scheduled trans-Atlantic shipping service between New York and England, and was a president of City National Bank from 1827 to 1832.Wright was born in East Norwich, Long Island on March 2, 1760 to John Wright, a blacksmith, and Phebe Seaman, the daughter of Thomas Seaman. (An article in Harper's incorrectly identified him as English.)In 1817 Isaac and his son William founded the Black Ball Line along with merchants Francis Thompson (who married Isaac's daughter Mary) and Benjamin Marshall. The line, which had ships sailing once a month between New York City and Liverpool, was the first regularly scheduled shipping route in the United States. Wikipedia
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