Clarence Augustus Walworth (May 30, 1820 – September 19, 1900) was an American attorney, writer, ordained Roman Catholic priest and missionary. Walworth was a well regarded writer who published numerous works related to the

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Life

Clarence A. Walworth, the fourth child and oldest son

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and Maria Ketchum (Averill) Walworth, was born on May 30, 1820, at

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. He was educated at

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, and graduated from

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in 1838. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in

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. After a few years he abandoned the law, and instead studied theology at the

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. Before he completed his studies there, he decided to become a Catholic priest, entered the

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, and continued his studies in

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. From 1866 to 1892 he was pastor of St. Mary's Church in Albany. Walworth’s 1888 '' Andiatorocté; or, The Eve of Lady Day on Lake George and Other, Hymns, and Meditations in Verse'' was reviewed by

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: “Andiatoroctè icis the title of a volume of poems by the Rev. Clarence Walworth, of Albany, N. Y. It is a word borrowed from the Indians, and should, we think, be returned to them as soon as possible….Poems of this kind were popular in the Middle Ages when the cathedrals of every Christian country served as its theaters. They are anachronisms now, and it is odd that they should come to us from the United States. In matters of this kind we should have some protection.” Walworth died September 19, 1900, in

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References

''The Rev. Clarence A. Walworth''
Obit in NYT on September 20, 1900

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