Nathaniel Greene (1797–1877) was an American

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Biography

Nathaniel Greene was born in

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on May 20, 1797. He became an apprentice in the office of the '' New Hampshire Patriot'' in 1809 and in 1812 edited the

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''. In 1814 moved to

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, where he had charge of the ''New Hampshire Gazette''. After this he settled in

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, and for two years managed the ''

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''. In May, 1817, he founded and edited the ''Essex Patriot'', with which journal he remained connected until 1821, when he was invited to

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and there founded the ''

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'', a prominent Democratic organ. He was for 15 years

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of Boston. He published several translations: * Sforzosi's ''History of Italy'' (1836) * ''Tales from the German'' (1837) * ''Tales from the

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, and French'' (1843) * ''

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s and

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s'' (1852) From 1849 until 1861, he resided in

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, and on his return settled in Boston. He contributed more than two hundred

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s to various Boston journals, which appeared over the

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of "Boscawen". He died in Boston on November 29, 1877.

Family

His brother was

Charles Gordon Greene Charles Gordon Greene (July 1, 1804 – September 27, 1886) was an American journalist. Biography Greene was born at Boscawen, New Hampshire. He was the brother of Nathaniel Greene, in whose care he was placed on the death of his father in 1812 ...

, also a noted journalist. Nathaniel and his wife Susan Batchelder had a son,

William Batchelder Greene William Batchelder Greene (April 4, 1819 – May 30, 1878) was a 19th-century individualist anarchist, Unitarian minister, soldier, and promoter of free banking in the United States. Greene was a member of the First International. Biography ...

, who was a noted author and abolitionist.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Greene, Nathaniel American newspaper editors Writers from Boston 1797 births 1877 deaths People from Boscawen, New Hampshire 19th-century American translators Burials at Mount Auburn Cemetery