​GREENE, Nathaniel, editor, b. in Boscawen,N. H., 20 May, 1797; d. in Boston, Mass., 29 Nov.,1877. He was left early in life dependent upon hisown resources, and in 1809 became an apprenticein the office of the “New Hampshire Patriot.”Three years later he became editor of the “ConcordGazette,” and in 1814 removed to Portsmouth,where he had charge of the “New HampshireGazette.” After this he settled in Haverhill, andfor two years managed the “Haverhill Gazette.”In May, 1817, he founded and edited the “EssexPatriot,” with which journal he remainedconnected until 1821, when he was invited to Boston,and there established the “Boston Statesman,”which first appeared as a semi-weekly and thenbecame the foremost daily Democratic journalof the state. He was postmaster of Boston in1829-'40, and again in 1845-'9. From 1849 till1861 he resided in Paris, and on his return settledin Boston. He contributed more than twohundred poems to various Boston journals, whichappeared over the pen-name of “Boscawen,” and hepublished a translation of G. Sforzosi's “Historyof Italy” (New York, 1856); “Tales from theGerman” (Boston, 1837); “Tales from the German,Italian, and French” (1843); and “Improvisationsand Translations” (1852). — His brother,CharlesGordon, journalist, b. in Boscawen, N. H., 1 July,1804; d. in Boston, Mass., 27 Sept., 1886, was sentto the Bradford academy by Nathaniel, in whosecare he was placed on the death of his father in1812. Subsequently he entered his brother's officein Haverhill, and, following him to Boston, becamehis assistant on the “Statesman.” In 1825 hemanaged and for a time edited the “Free Press”in Taunton, Mass., and after publishing the “BostonSpectator” in 1826, removed in 1827 toPhiladelphia, where, with James A. Jones, he boughtthe “National Palladium,” the first dailynewspaper in Pennsylvania, to advocate the candidacy ofAndrew Jackson. A year later he became connectedwith the “United States Telegraph” in Washington,and in 1820 he returned to Boston, succeedinghis brother as proprietor and editor of the “BostonStatesman.” He founded, in November, 1831, the“Boston Morning Post,” which he conducted untilhe sold it in 1875. Mr. Greene was on several occasionsa Democratic candidate for office, at one time amember of the state legislature, and naval officer ofthe port of Boston for two terms, having beenappointed in 1853 by Franklin Pierce, and reappointedby James Buchanan in 1857. — Nathaniel's son,William Batchelder, author, b. in Haverhill,Mass., 4 April, 1819; d. in Weston-Super-Mare,England, 30 May, 1878, was appointed to theU. S. military academy from Massachusetts in1835, but left before graduation. He was made 2dlieutenant in the 7th infantry in July, 1839, and,after serving through the Florida war, resigned inNovember, 1841. Subsequently he was connectedwith the Brook Farm movement, after which hestudied theology, and was graduated at theHarvard divinity-school in 1845. He then became aUnitarian clergyman, and for several years wassettled in Brookfield, Mass. Later he went toEurope, but returned in 1861. Although a Democrat,he was a strong abolitionist, and at thebeginning of the civil war became colonel of the14th Massachusetts infantry, afterward the 1stMassachusetts heavy artillery. In 1862, whilestationed with his regiment in Fairfax, Va., hewas recalled and assigned by Gen. McClellan tothe command of an artillery brigade in Gen.Whipple's division. He resigned his commissionin October, 1862, and returned to Boston. Mr.Greene was a member of the Massachusettsconstitutional convention in 1853, was active in allreform movements, and was specially zealous forperfect freedom of speech. He was a fine mathematician,and was versed in Hebrew literature and inHebrew and Egyptian antiquities. He publishednumerous pamphlets, including “Sovereignty ofthe People” (Boston, 1863); “Explanations of theTheory of the Calculus” (1870); “Transcendentalism”(1870); and “The Facts of Consciousnessand the Philosophy of Mr. Herbert Spencer”(1871); and in book-form, “Remarks on the Scienceof History, followed by an a priori Autobiography”(1849); “Theory of the Calculus” (1870);and “Socialistic, Communistic, Mutualistic, andFinancial Fragments” (1875).