Clarke, Mary H. G
author, poet, was born March 28, 1835, in Bristol, R. I.
Some of her books are: Effie; Fairy Queen of Dolls; Prince Puss-in-Boots; Golden Hair and Her Knight of the Bean Stalk in the Enchanted Forest; and numerous others. She died May 31, 1892, in Cambridge, Mass.
CLARKE, MATTHEW ST. CLAIR, journalist, state legislator, was born in Pennsylvania. In 1843 he was appointed sixth auditor of the treasury, and held that office two years. He was the publisher of the great work called the American Archives, edited by Peter Force, who was also directly interested in its publication. He died in Washington, D. C. CLARKE, NATHAN DANE APPLE- TON, lawyer, was born April 15, 1852, in Alfred, Maine. He graduated from the Bowdoin college, and has attained prominence as one of the foremost lawyers of Massachusetts, and practices his profession in Lynn.