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condition at the time was such as to render im- possible the purchase of necessary food and clothing, and his dire necessity led him to appeal to the government for aid. The appeal was un- heeded, and even the half pay allotted to all Con- tinental officers was denied him, as he had been a member of the Virginia militia and not of the Continental army. He lived in obscurity until 1785, when he was appointed a commissioner to treat with Indian tribes. In 1786 he again acted as U.S. commissioner, negotiating a treaty with the Shawnees. Later in that year lie commanded a campaign against the Indian tribes on the Wa- bash, but it proved a failure, and he was unjustly censured by Virginia and congress. Mortified by his treatment and neglect, General Clark ac- cepted a commission from the French govern- ment of " major-general in the armies of France and commander-in-chief of the French revolution- ary legion on the Mississippi river." He was to lead a force of two thousand men against New Orleans and the Spanish possessions on the lower Mississippi with a view to revolutionizing the Spanish control and government of that region. This plan was never carried out. In 1781 Gen- eral Clark was granted a tract of 8049 acres of land in Indiana for his services in reduc- ing the British posts. He resided in Clarks- ville many years, living alone in a log house, stricken with paralysis, ill, helpless and poor. The general assembly of Virginia, in a letter written by James Barbour, dated Richmond, Oct. 29, 1811, conveyed to him the intelligence that that body had voted him an annuity of §400, ten- dered him their earnest sympathy and notified him of the act of the assembly in causing to be made a sword with appropriate devices, emble- matic of his actions, which with the annuity would be dulj' forwarded to him. On receiving the letter he said: " I am too old and infirm to ever use a sword again, but I am glad that my old mother state has not entirely forgotten me, and I thank her for the honor." He died a few years later at the home of his sister, Mrs. Lucy Croghan. In 1869 his remains were removed to Cave Hill cemeterj-, Louisville, Ky., and his grave marked with a handsome monument. On Feb. 25, 1892, the anniversary of the capture of Fort Sackville, a movement was inaugurated in Indianapolis, Ind., to raise a suitable statue to his memory, and on Feb. 25, 1895, it was placed on its pedestal in Monument Place, Indianapolis. ^eQ Life of George liogers Clark in Conquest of the Country Xorthicest of the River Ohio, 1778-17S3 (2 vols., 1896), by William Haj'den English, presi- dent of the Indiana historical society. He died at Locust Grove, near Louisville, Ky., Feb. 13, 1818. CLARK, Qeorge Whitfield, clergyman, was born at South Orange, X.J., Feb. 15, 1831; son of

John B. and Rebecca (Ball) Clark. He was grad- uated at Amherst college in 1853 and at Roches- ter, N.Y., theological seminary, in 1855. He was ordained to the Bap- tist ministry and held pastorates at New Market. N. J., 1855- 59; Elizabeth, N. J., 1859 - 68; Ballston, N. Y., 1868-73; and Somerville, N. J., 1873-77. In 1880 he became agent and missionary of the American Baptist publication society. For many years he devoted considerable

time to literary work; ^^^.^.^^{j^laA^. and prepared an ex- ^^^^ '■^\^ haustive commentarj- on the New Testament. He received the honorary degree of M.A. from Amherst college in 1863, and that of D.D. from Rochester university in 1872. His publications include History of the First Baptist Church, Eliza- beth (1863); Xeio Harmony of the Four Gospels in. English (1870); Xotes on Matthev: (1870); Notes on Mark (1872); Xotes on Luke (1876); Xotes on John (1879); Brief Xotes on the Xeic Testament — the Gos])els (1884); Harmonic Arrangement of the Acts (1884); Xotes on the Acts (1892); and Commentary on Romans and Corinthians (1897).

CLARK, Henry James, naturalist, was bora at Easton, Mass., June 22, 1826. He was gradu- ated at the University of the city of New York in 1848 and began to study under Prof. Asa. Gray at the Cambridge botanical gardens in 1850, at the same time teaching at the Westfield, Mass., academy. He was graduated from the Lawrence scientific school at Harvard in 1854, and from 1854 to 1863 was private assistant to Professor Agassiz, whom he aided in the preparation of the- portions of his "Contributions to the Natural His- tory of the United States," relating to anatomy and embryology. Professor Agassiz said of him in 1857: " Clark has become the most accurate ob- server in the country." He was assistant profes- sor of zoology at the Lawrence scientific school, 1865-66. He delivered in 1864 a course of twelve lectures entitled, "Mind in Nature," at the Lowell institute. He held the chair of natural sciences at the Agricultural college of Pennsyl- vania in 1863-69; was professor of natural history at the University of Kentucky, 1869-72; and professor of veterinary science at the Massa- chusetts agricultural college, 1872-73. He was a» member of the National academy of sciences and of other learned societies. Besides valuable con-