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 CLAPP. CLAP P. n 9 bans, Vt., furnished him with his school education. At seventeen years of age he began to learn the trade of printer — three years at job printing, then foreman at Holliston, until and after the establishment was re- moved to Framingham, 1S71. In 1873 he was six months in partner- ship with J. C. Clark. In 1S74 the J. C. Clark Printing Company was formed. He was president two years. In 1S89 the name was changed to Lakeview Printing Company, of which he is manager. Mr. Clapp was married in Thomaston, Me., August 23, 1874, to Carrie C, daugh- ter of Edward and Almena (Drake) Hills. Of this union are three children : Florence A., Stanley E., and Grace L. Clapp. Mr. Clapp has been member of the Repub- lican town committee ; is a member of the Congregational church, and has been superintendent of the Sunday-school. He is always especially active in temperance work, and a prominent member of the " Temple of Honor." His present residence is South Framing- ham. CLAPP, Henry Austin, son of John Pierce and Mary Ann (Bragg) Clapp, was born in Dorchester, Norfolk county, July 17, 1841. He obtained his early educational train- ing in the public schools of Dorchester, in the high school of which town he fitted for college. He entered Harvard College in 1S56 and was graduated in 1S60. He taught school a few months after graduation, then studied law at the Har- vard law school, and took the degree of LL. B. He then studied in the Boston office of D. H. Mason, and of Hutchins & Wheeler ; was admitted to the bar in Boston, in 1865 ; in 1875 he was appointed assistant clerk of the supreme judicial court for the county of Suffolk : held this position till January, 1888, when he was appointed clerk of the supreme judicial court for the Commonwealth, which posi- tion he now holds. Mr. Clapp was married in Oswego, N. Y., June 23, 1869, to Florence, daughter of Edwin VV. and Charlotte (Ambler) Clarke. Of this union is one child : Roger Clapp. Mr. Clapp was a private in company F., 44th regiment Massachusetts volunteer soldiers, who enlisted for nine months, from August, 1862, to June, 1863. He served with his regiment a greater part of the time in eastern North Carolina. He was for many years dramatic and musical critic for the " Boston Daily Ad- vertiser," and is now the dramatic critic for the same paper. He has been a stu- dent of the drama and dramatic literature for many years, and in 1885 began giving public lectures on Shakespeare's plays. These have drawn the attention of many Shakespearean scholars, and have been re- ceived with great favor. CLAPP, William Warland, son of William Warland and Hannah Williams (Lane) Clapp, was born in Boston, April 1 1, 1826. His early education was obtained in Boston, supplemented by two years' school- ing in France. His father was editor of the " Saturday Evening Gazette," pub- lished in Boston, and his first venture in business was as associate editor with him. In 1S47 he became editor and proprie- tor. In 1865 he sold the "Gazette" and became connected with the "Boston Jour- nal," of which he is at present editor-in- chief and general manager. The proprietor and editor of a leading journal occupies a vantage ground which may make or mar a reputation, build up or tear down a cause worthy of public ap- proval and support. Not only the city of Boston, but the state at large, has reason for congratulation that the " Boston Jour- nal " has for so long a time remained in such safe, sagacious and thoroughly clean hands. It is considered one of the best general newspapers for the family pub- lished in the country. It is the acknowl- edged exponent of the best elements of the Republican party, and its able and conservative editorials have usually an- ticipated the text of the party platform, and outlined its successful policy. While its editor has at times succumbed to the imperative demands of his fellow-citizens, and reluctantly accepted office, yet his disposition and training cause him to shrink from such publicity. What few hours he can spare from the editorial sanctum are spent far more to his tastes among the flowers and in the garden which adorn his summer residence on the famous "Jerusalem Road" at Cohasset. His am- bition is still to maintain for his paper the reputation, so long enjoyed, of being pure in tone, fair in politics, and reliable in its news. Mr. Clapp was married in Boston, Sep- tember 30, 1850, to Caroline, daughter of George and Mary(Hastings) Dennie. Their children are : Mary, George and Mabel. Mr. Clapp in 1859 and '60 served as member of the Boston common council ; in 1864 and '65 he was a member of the