Clews
HENRY, an American financier; born in Staffordshire, England, Aug. 14, 1840; studied for the ministry, but left school to embark on a mercantile career in New York, where his father had taken him on a visit. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was appointed by Secretary of the Treasury Chase government financial agent to continue the sale of bond issues to finance the war.
In 1877 he organized and has since been the head of the firm of Henry Clews & Co. In recognition of his service during the war, he was chosen by President Grant fiscal agent of the United States for all toreign nations. He twice declined the portfolio of Secretary of the Treasury. Among other works he wrote "Twenty-eight Years in Wall Street" (1885); "The Wall Street Point of View" (1900); "Speeches and Essays" (1910).
CLICHÉ (klē-shā), an electrotype or a stereotype cast from an engraving, especially from a wood-cut.