Nathaniel Greene (journalist)

Nathaniel Greene (1797–1877) was an American journalist.

Biography

He was born in Boscawen, New Hampshire, became an apprentice in the office of the New Hampshire Patriot in 1809 and in 1812 edited the Concord Portsmouth, where he had charge of the New Hampshire Gazette. After this he settled in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and for two years managed the Haverhill Gazette. In May, 1817, he founded and edited the Essex Patriot, with which journal he remained connected until 1821, when he was invited to Boston and there founded the Democratic organ. He was for 15 years postmaster of Boston.

He published several translations:

• Sforzosi's History of Italy (1836)
• Tales from the German (1837)
• Tales from the German, Italian, and French (1843)
• Improvisations and Translations (1852)

From 1849 until 1861, he resided in Paris, and on his return settled in Boston. He contributed more than two hundred poems to various Boston journals, which appeared over the pen name of “Boscawen.”

Family

His brother was Charles Gordon Greene, also a noted journalist. His son William Batchelder Greene was a noted author and abolitionist.

References

• This article incorporates text from an edition of the New International Encyclopedia that is in the public domain.
•  "Greene, Nathaniel". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900. 

External links

• Works by Nathaniel Greene at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Nathaniel Greene in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

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Name	Greene, Nathaniel
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Date of birth	1797
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Date of death	1877
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