Clews, Henry

a native of England, came to New York and accepted a clerkship on a salary of $200 a year. Became member of the firm of Stout, Clews and Mason, 1858, and developed so much financial ability that at the beginning of the Civil War he was invited by fhe Secretary of the Treasury to become financial agent to sell the government i ues of bonds, The firm of Henry Clews & Co. was organized 1877, and has been one of the leading financial concerns of America. Mr. Clews is a man of very great wealth, and he has used much of it for charitable purposes. He is author of ‘‘ Twenty-eight Years in Wall Street.” 160