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 and Sketches, Translated from the Italian, French and German'' (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, also a noted journalist. Nathaniel and his wife Susan Batchelder had a son,

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, who was a noted author and abolitionist.

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