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the "Vermont
Historical Gazetteer" his age is given as 59. If so, he would have been born in 1781 or 1782. The Vermont Death Record for Augustine Clarke gives his age as 60. If so, he would have been born in 1780 or 1781.
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attorney, banker and politician who was a leader of the
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