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	Henry Clay Work Information
		Henry Clay Work (October 1, 1832 - June 8, 1884) was an American composer and songwriter.
		It was said that he composed in his head as he worked, without the assistance of a piano, using the noises of the machinery as inspiration.
		Henry Clay Work died in Hartford, and was inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame in 1970.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Henry_Clay_Work (474 words)

	Henry Clay Work Biography - AOL Music
		Work was a composer of popular songs as well as a painter and editor.
		Cady, who published some of these songs in his magazine "The Song Messenger" admonished Work to compose after an extended hiatus.
		In 1876, Work's "Grandfather's Clock" appeared in print and subsequently became his most famous non-war song.
	music.aol.com /artist/henry-clay-work/164766/biography (93 words)

	Henry Clay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Clay stoutly opposed the concession to the British of the right of navigating the Mississippi and of meddling with the Indians on territory of the United States, a treaty of peace was signed, 24 December, 1814.
		Clay, in December, 1833, introduced resolutions in the senate censuring the president for having "assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the constitution and laws." The resolutions were adopted, and President Jackson sent to the senate an earnest protest against them, which was severely denounced by Clay.
		Clay was unquestionably one of the greatest orators that America ever produced; a man of incorruptible personal integrity ; of very great natural ability, but little study; of free and convivial habits ; of singularly winning address and manners; not a cautious and safe political leader, but a splendid party chief, idolized by his followers.
	www.famousamericans.net /henryclay (4432 words)

	RPO -- Selected Poetry of Henry Clay Work (1832-1884)
		Henry Clay Work, born on October 1, 1832, grew up in Middletown, Connecticut, the son of an active opponent of slavery, who helped thousands of slaves to escape north.
		Work took employment as a printer in Chicago in 1854, but in 1853, 1876-77, and 1882-83, Work wrote 75 songs, at first encouraged by the minstrel E. Christy, and then under contract to Root and Cady, music publishers.
		Work died on June 8, 1884, and was buried in Spring Grove cemetery, Hartford, beside his wife.
	eir.library.utoronto.ca /rpo/display/poet364.html (316 words)

	Songwriters Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		enry Clay Work was born in Middletown, Connecticut on October 1, 1932 the son of an abolitionist.
		Work’s nephew wrote in the biography of his uncle, Songs of Henry Clay Work: “Know the songs of a country, and you will know its history for the true feeling of a people speaks through what they sing.
		Work was a slow, pains-taking writer, being from one to three weeks upon a song; but when the work was done it was like a piece of fine mosaic, especially in the fitting of words to music.
	www.songwritershalloffame.org /exhibit_home_page.asp?exhibitId=198 (751 words)

	Lincoln's Eulogy on Henry Clay
		Clay, it is less necessary than most others; for his biography has been written and re-written, and read, and re-read, for the last twenty-five years; so that, with the exception of a few of the latest incidents of his life, all is as well known, as it can be.
		Clay's official life, in 1803, to the end of it in 1852, is but one year short of half a century; and that the sum of all the intervals in it, will not amount to ten years.
		Clay, though not unknown, was still a young man. Whether we should go to war with Great Britain, being the question of the day, a minority opposed the declaration of war by Congress, while the majority, though apparently inclining to war, had, for years, wavered, and hesitated to act decisively.
	showcase.netins.net /web/creative/lincoln/speeches/clay.htm (4157 words)

	Henry Clay Frick biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Henry Clay Frick (December 19, 1849-December 2, 1919) was an American industrialist, philanthropist, and art patron.
		His lover Emma Goldman decided to prostitute herself to earn the money needed to arm him, but was sent home untouched by her first client with the $10 that was used to purchase the gun.
		The Frick Collection is housed in his former mansion at 70th Street and Fifth Avenue, built in 1914, and left (on Frick's death in New York) as a public gallery which opened in 1935.
	henry-clay-frick.biography.ms (391 words)

	Ashland: The Henry Clay Estate, Lexington, KY
		Henry Clay began his political career in 1803 when he was elected to the Kentucky General Assembly.
		Clay’s was to be a major voice in the troubled years in American-British relations from 1808-1814.
		Perhaps Henry Clay’s greatest honor was the post mortem one he received when a great majority of American historians honored him as having been one of the greatest United States Senators.
	www.henryclay.org /hc.htm (1029 words)

	The Story of "Grandfather's Clock" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Before Henry Clay Work named the tall standing clock in his song Grandfather's Clock, those types of clocks were known as case clocks, coffin clocks, standing clocks, upright clock, long clocks, etc. It was only after the tune was written that they became known as Grandfather Clocks.
		Henry Clay Work was born in Middletown, Connecticut on October 1, 1832.
		The Kingston Trio borrowed the tune by Work and added a melodic bridge in a further re-working of the original idea of "The Ship That Never Returned" which was called "The MTA Song." This song tells the story of Charley who rides a non-stop subway and just keeps on going round and round the system.
	www.fiddlerwoman.com /id71.htm (493 words)

	Henry Clay Frick - People of Pennsylvania
		By the age of 30, Henry Frick was a millionaire.
		Shortly after the turbulent strike, Henry Clay Frick was attacked in his office by a man who shot and stabbed him.
		Henry Clay Frick : An Intimate Portrait is a huge work, a detailed biography luxuriously produced on heavy stock paper, full of marvelous illustrations and photographs.
	www.netstate.com /states/peop/people/pa_hcf.htm (713 words)

	Henry Clay Dale
		Professor Dale was born on a farm in Jasper County, Missouri, August 30, 1882, and is a son of Henry Clay and Emma J. (Barker) Dale.
		Henry Clay; Gordon Alfred, born December 30, 1884, who is manager at Yale, Oklahoma, for the general merchandise house of his brother, Oliver C.; and Willie Anna, born November 3, 1886, who is the wife of Morris Peteet, engaged in the general merchandise business at Yale, Oklahoma.
		Henry Clay Dale, the younger, received his early education in the public schools of Galena, Kansas, and in 1905 was graduated from the academy at Ottawa, this state.
	skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/archives/1918ks/biod/dalehc.html (795 words)

	RPO -- Selected Poetry of Henry Clay Work (1832-1884)
		Henry Clay Work, born on October 1, 1832, grew up in Middletown, Connecticut, the son of an active opponent of slavery, who helped thousands of slaves to escape north.
		Work took employment as a printer in Chicago in 1854, but in 1853, 1876-77, and 1882-83, Work wrote 75 songs, at first encouraged by the minstrel E. Christy, and then under contract to Root and Cady, music publishers.
		Work died on June 8, 1884, and was buried in Spring Grove cemetery, Hartford, beside his wife.
	rpo.library.utoronto.ca /poet/364.html (316 words)

	The Grandfather Clock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Henry Clay Work (1832-1884) was born in Middletown, Connecticut, the son of Alanson and Aurelia Work.
		Henry Work, after being educated in the public schools of Middletown and Hartford, became a printer's apprentice.
		The miniature grandpa clock, is advertised at www.wooddesigntripod.com/grandpapage.htm (November 30, 2001); the biographical sketch of Henry Clay Work is from the Dictionary of American Biography.
	www.grandfatherinresidence.com /id29.html (1842 words)

	Henry Clay Work (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		WORK, Henry Clay, song-writer, born in Middletown, Connecticut, 1 October, 1832; died in Hartford, Connecticut, 8 June, 1884.
		He was the son of Alanson Work, who was sentenced to twelve years' imprisonment in 1841 in Missouri for assisting fugitive slaves to escape.
		Work was also an inventor, and patented a knitting-machine, a walking doll, and a, rotary engine.
	www.famousamericans.net /henryclaywork (322 words)

	Tear Jerkers in American Song, part 1
		Later, the overly melodramatic tone of the work was viewed as almost comedic and the song became the brunt of countless parodies.
		Work was a staunch supporter of temperance and wrote the song as a statement to help the cause.
		Henry Clay Work was born in 1832 in Middletown, CT and died in 1884 in Hartford.
	parlorsongs.com /issues/2001-10/thismonth/featurea.asp (2456 words)

	Composer's tribute poorly received - The Washington Times: Civil War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Work's output was fairly modest, and the majority of his works (but certainly not "Grandfather's Clock") have been forgotten.
		Work continued to write songs while supporting himself as a printer, but it wasn't until 1862 that he had a breakthrough with two hit songs in a single year.
		Published by Root & Cady of Chicago (Work had been encouraged by George F. Root), the songs were "Grafted Into the Army," in which a "lone widder" bewailed the enforced enlistment of her son in language reminiscent of Mrs.
	www.washtimes.com /civilwar/20040123-083748-7333r.htm (675 words)

	Henry Clay
		She never quit work but three days on account of a baby, and when she got back in the field she carry the baby in a red blanket tied to her back.
		Clay's trip to Africa has not been corroborated in other sources, but there were many back-to-Africa movements in the United States in the late 19th century, and early 20th century.
		Clay states that Oklahoma was a state when he returned that that he was away for 2-3 years.
	www.african-nativeamerican.com /henry_clay.htm (2538 words)

	Henry Clay Work - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Henry Clay Work (October 1, 1832 - June 8, 1884) was an American composer.
		He was born in Middletown, Connecticut, the son of a prominent opponent of slavery, and died in Hartford, Connecticut.
		Representative Poetry On-line - "Selected Poetry of Henry Clay Work"
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_Clay_Work (104 words)

	'W' ENTRIES - Page 11 on the COMPOSERS - LYRICISTS DATABASE
		When he was 23 years of age, he was working as a printer in Chicago, and had already begun to write songs, both the music and the lyric.
		Henry Clay Work died in 1984, in Hartford, CT., at age 52.
		In 1996, he worked both on the film 'The Grave' and on the TV show 'In der glanzvollen Welt des Hotel Adlon' (aka: Hotel Adlon).
	nfo.net /cal/tw11.html (1162 words)

	U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Paintings > Henry Clay by Allyn Cox
		A committee chaired by Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts was formed to choose the five outstanding members; Henry Clay, Daniel Webster of Massachusetts, and John C. Calhoun of South Carolina were easily selected.
		Healy found that Clay, with his quickly changing moods and expressions, was a challenge to capture on canvas.
		Clay was delighted with the result, however, stating: “You are a capital portrait painter, Mr.
	www.senate.gov /artandhistory/art/artifact/Painting_32_00007.htm (564 words)

	HENRY CLAY HARGROVE
		Henry Clay Hargrove, one of the leading of the younger professional men of the race in the prosperous little mountain city of Beckley, the county seat of Raleigh County, W. Va., is a native of Virginia.
		While at Institute he decided upon medicine as a career, and when ready for his course matriculated at the School of Medicine of Howard University from which he was graduated with the M.D. degree in 1908.
		Few men have the opportunity to study conditions more intimately than the physician, and Dr. Hargrove has concluded from his observations that the great need of the race is practical cooperation and a spirit of unity.
	www.wvculture.org /history/histamne/hargrove.html (392 words)

	Poet: Henry Clay Work - All poems of Henry Clay Work
		Poet: Henry Clay Work - All poems of Henry Clay Work
		Poet: Henry Clay Work - All poems of Henry Clay Wo
		Work took employment as a printer in Chicago in 1854.
	www.poemhunter.com /henry-clay-work/poet-6857 (229 words)

	§13. Sherman; The Fall of Richmond. II. Poets of the Civil War I. Vol. 16. Early National Literature, Part II; ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In the fourth year of the war the note of triumph passed from the Southern to the Northern poets.
		Byers’s Sherman’s March to the Sea and Halpine’s The Song of Sherman’s Army are almost gay, and Henry Clay Work’s Marching Through Georgia if not gay is nothing else.
		Henry Clay Work’s The Year of Jubilee, supposed to be written by a slave full of delight in the coming freedom, is too amusing and racy to need to have its poetical merits estimated.
	www.bonus.com /contour/bartlettqu/http@@/www.bartleby.com/226/1713.html (373 words)

	Sage Arts/Ed Littlefield
		GH - Written by Henry Clay Work (1862) and is in the public domain by virtue of age.
		While a graduate student, Alan had the good fortune to befriend and study with a gentleman from West Virginia, Henry Reed, who was in his eighties.
		Henry was the last musician to know this regional tune, which may have been lost forever if Alan hadn't learned it.
	www.sagearts.com /ed.html (1974 words)

	Henry Clay Latham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		HENRY C., President of the Abstract and title Guarantee Company at Springfield, and Secretary of the Sangamon Loan and Trust Company, occupies an important position in the business world as represented in this part of the country.
		He is a native of Elkhart, and is a descendant of one of the early pioneer families of this State.
		Henry C. Latham came to Springfield in 1853, and engaged his services as a dry-goods clerk.
	home.fgi.net /~lstevens/history/hcl.htm (795 words)

	Henry Clay Timeline
		Dr. Maddox was inspired because Collodion plates were expensive, difficult to work with, and emitted unhealthy fumes.
		The Henry Clay Camera, No.4 Folding Kodak, Blair Folding Hawkeye, Rochester Premier, and the Folding Rochester represent the earliest folding camera designs that contributed to the increased popularity of dry plate photography during the 1890s.
		In 1892, American Optical made modifications to the Henry Clay Camera allowing it to accept glass plates and a rollfilm carrier.
	www.antiquewoodcameras.com /timeline.htm (568 words)

	Henry Clay Jones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Henry Clay Jones, of Madison, Indiana, is the son of Joshua E. and Rachel (Coons) Jones, natives of Ross and Hamilton Counties, Ohio.
		He has furnished large lots of lumber for the Government work upon the Ohio and Kentucky Rivers.
		Kirk, took the contact and built the rising Sun Dike, and he was one of the contractors to furnish the lumber for Dam No. 1, on the Kentucky River, and for the Portland Dike at Louisville, Kentucky.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/in/state/jefferson_co/jones_henry_clay.htm (258 words)

	History Magazine - The National Road
		In 1803 an Act of Congress allocated a part of the revenues from the sale of land in Ohio to the building of a proper road from Cumberland in Maryland (on the Potomac) to Wheeling in what is now West Virginia (on the Ohio).
		The moving force behind the road was Senator Henry Clay, whose contribution was commemorated by a monument near Wheeling.
		Clay or General Jackson made an appearance, and answered with stately cordiality the familiar greetings of the other passers-by.
	www.history-magazine.com /natroad.html (888 words)

	The American Experience \| John Brown's Holy War \| Enhanced Transcript
		If I care for my family, work for my family, then I will not be able to serve my God and answer His calling to free these people in bondage.
		He was able to work in a very active way for the overthrow of slavery.
		In the afternoon Governor Henry Wise of Virginia arrived to interrogate the prize prisoner.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/brown/filmmore/transcript/transcript1.html (7141 words)

	Children's Records 3: Teddy Bears' Picnic
		The tune of the song by American composer and actorv John W Bratton (1867 - 1947), dates from 1907, while the words were added in 1932 by Omagh-born librettist Jimmy Kennedy (1902 - 1984).
		The songwritter Henry Clay Work, born in Connecticut (1932), began life as an apprentice composer in a local printing shop.
		Picking type of a case, just one letter at a time was boring, so he made up ditties and lyrics for songs to suit the clicking sound of placing the type..
	www.sterlingtimes.org /children3.htm (396 words)

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