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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Clews, Henry, manufacturer, banker, finanauthor, was born on Aug. 14, 1840, in

cier,

Staffordshire,

England. He was partially educated for the ministry; but left school at the age of fifteen years to enter mercan-

life in New York City, whither his father had taken him on a business trip, his father being an extensive manufacturer of goods for the American market. He at once took a position in a large importing house of New York City. In 1857 he became a member of a banking firm of Stout, Clews and Mason, which later became Livermore, Clews and companj-. At the outbreak of the civil war he was invited by the secretary of the treasury to become an agent to sell government bonds. In 1877 the firm of Henry Clews and company was organized, which has since become one of the best known financial institutions in America. For many years he was treasurer of the American geographical society; treasurer of the society for the prevention of cnielty to animals; and is connected with many city institutions and financial corporations. He was one of the founders and governors of the Union league; and is a member of various other clubs and societies. He is the author of Thirty-Eight Years in Wall Street; Fifty Years in Wall Street; The Wall Street Point of View; and other works and contributions to current literature. Clifford, Branch Greenleaf, educator, clergyman, college president, was bom Dec. 1, 1843, in Haverhill, N.H. He has attained note as a clergyman of the presbyterian church; and is the president and proprietor of the Clifford seminary of Union, S.C. tile

Harry Ellsworth, educator, scienwas born April 31, 1866, iji Lowell, Mass. Since 1886 he has been an instructor of theoretical physics; and since 1904 has Clifford,

tist,

that professorship in the setts institute of technology. He held

Massachu-

is a member of the American association for the advancement of science. Clifford, John Henry, lawyer, railroad president, governor, was born Jan, 16, 1809, in Providence, E.I. He was a member of the legislature in 1835; and attorney-general of Massachusetts in 1849-53 and 1854-58. He was the twentieth governor of the state in 1853-54; and president of the state senate in 1862. He died Jan. 3, 1876, in New Bedford, Mass. Clifford, Mrs. Mary Scofield, educator, artist, poet, was born July 19, 1846, in Columbia, S.C. She is principal of Clifford seminary of Union, S.C. She has contributed to the Youth's Companion and other promi-

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Clifford, Nathan, lawyer, jurist, diplomat, congressman, author, was born on Aug. 18, 1803, in Rumney, N.H. He was a member of the legislature in 1830-33; and in 1834 was appointed attorney-general for the state of Maine. In 1839-43 he was a representative to the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh congresses; and in 1846-48 he was attorney general of the United States. In 1847 he was appointed commissioner to Mexico; and when peace was declared between this country and Mexico he was appointed minister to that republic. In 1858-81 he was an as-

sociate justice of the supreme court of the United States. He published United States Court Reports. He died July 25, 1881, in Cornish, Maine. Clift, Joseph Wales, physician, surgeon, congressman, was born Sept. 1, 1836, in Marshfield, Mass. During the civil war He was surgeon in charge of artillery brigade; and in 1862-65 was in charge of the United States army hospital at Savannah, Ga. In 1867 he was appointed register of Savannah, Ga.; and in 1868-69 he was a representative from Georgia to the fortieth congress. In 1871 he was appointed internal revenue collector for Georgia. Clifton, Josephine, actress, was born in 1813 in New York City. She was the first American actress to visit England as a star. In 1837 N. P. Willis wrote for her the tragedy Bianca Viscante, which was first produced at the Park theater of New York City, She died Nov, 22, 1847, in New Orleans, La' Clifton, William, author, poet, was born in 1773 in Philadelphia, Pa, During the excitement produced by Jay's treaty, Clifton used his pen in support of the administration, contributing to the newspapers many satires in prose and verse. His poems were collected and published after his ^eath with Introductory Notes of His Life and Character, He died in December, 1799, Clinch, Charles Powell, author, poet, was born Oct. 20, 1797, in New York City. For many years he was a literary and dramatic critic. In 1835 he was elected a member of the state legislature. He wrote numerous poems, theatrical addresses, and plays, including The Spy; The Expelled Collegians; and The First of May. He died Dec. 16, 1880, in New York City. Clinch, Duncan Lamont, soldier, legislator, congressman, was born April 6, 1787, in Edgecomb county, N.C. He was a general in

the United States army. In 1843-45 he was a representative from Georgia to the twenty-eighth congress. He died Oct. 27, 1849, in Macon, Ga. Cline, Cyrus, congressman. In 1909-11 he was a representative from Indiana to the sixty-first congress as a democrat, Clinedinst,

Benjamin West, painter,

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was born in 1860 in Woodstock, Va, He is a member of the national academy of design. He has been awarded many prizes; ist,

and one at the Buffalo exposition of

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