Nathaniel Greene (journalist)

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Nathaniel Greene (May 20, 1797 – November 29, 1877) was an American journalist from New Hampshire. He was born in Boscawen, and began his journalism career as an apprentice at the New Hampshire Patriot in 1809. In 1812 he edited the Concord Gazette, and in 1814 he moved to Portsmouth to run the New Hampshire Gazette. He then settled in Haverhill, Massachusetts, where he managed the Haverhill Gazette for two years.

In May 1817 he founded and edited the Essex Patriot, staying with it until 1821, when he moved to Boston and started the Statesman, a prominent Democratic newspaper. He served as Boston postmaster for 15 years. Greene published several translations and, from 1849 to 1861, lived in Paris. After returning to Boston, he contributed more than 200 poems to Boston journals under the pen name "Boscawen."

He died in Boston and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery. He was a Democrat. He was married to Susan Batchelder, and they had a son, William Batchelder Greene, an author and abolitionist. His brother was Charles Gordon Greene, also a noted journalist.