. Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians . ican FolkLore Society. He is also amember of the American Academy of Social and Political Science,the Civil Service Reform Association, the Athenaeum and severalother bodies. 1880. In 18S2 Judge F. Dver, then Secretary of the United StatesTreasury, appointed him Examiner of Customs, which position heheld and filled with ability and in a manner satisfactory to the mer-chants of the city and the department, and which was well attestedby the immense petition of the merchants of Philadelphia, in theirrecommendation to President Harrison for his appointme
. Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians . ican FolkLore Society. He is also amember of the American Academy of Social and Political Science,the Civil Service Reform Association, the Athenaeum and severalother bodies. 1880. In 18S2 Judge F. Dver, then Secretary of the United StatesTreasury, appointed him Examiner of Customs, which position heheld and filled with ability and in a manner satisfactory to the mer-chants of the city and the department, and which was well attestedby the immense petition of the merchants of Philadelphia, in theirrecommendation to President Harrison for his appointment asAppraiser of this Port. Mr. Clarke had become the Chief Examiner of the Customs atthe time of his appointment as Assistant Appraiser, and is regardedas one of the best posted men in the service, both in his generalknowledge and in his familiarity with the law and the decisions ofthe department. He was one of the early Republicans of Philadel-phia, and has been a steadfast supporter of his party. His residenceis in the Thirteenth DANIEL CLARKE Assistant Appraiser United States Customs, at Philadelphia,was born in Aunville, Lebanon county, Pa., in 1S35. He is of Scotch-Irish descent and his ancestors were among the first settlers of thePaxtong and Derry colony. His father, Walter Clarke, was twiceCommissioner of Lebanon county, and was Captain of the AunvilleGuards, a company celebrated in the military annals of the State. Mr. Clarke received his education in the public schools ofLebanon and in the Lebanon Valley Academy, after which hebecame the book-keeper for the Cornwall Iron Works, one of thelargest iron establishments in the State. After two years of servicehe resigned that position and coming to this city enlisted in theold house of Brooks & Fuller, dealers in fancy dry goods andnotions, on Third street, and on the retirement of this firm becametheir successor and owner of the business, which he successfullyconducted for twelve years. He represented the Thirtee
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