zens of Philadelphia. The press commented favor- ably on Mr. Green's good sense and good nature during the discussion, and the three days' argu- ment was published in most of the newspapers and some of the periodicals of that date. He has pub- lished " Gambling Unmasked, an Autobiography " (Philadelphia, 1847), and " Secret Band of Broth- ers " (1847). He was living in Philadelphia in 1887.
GREEN, Joseph, poet, b. in Boston, Mass., in
1700 ; d. in London, England, 11 Dec, 1780. He
was graduated at Harvard in 1726, and espoused
the patriot cause ; in 1760 he was one of the fifty-
eight Boston memorialists who arrayed themselves
against the crown, and in 1764 a member of the com-
mittee with Samuel Adams to report instructions to
the Boston representatives. He changed his politi-
cal views, however, on the prospect of the war, and
was appointed in 1774, by Gov. Thomas Gage, one
of the " mandamus " council for remodelling the
government of Massachusetts in order to curtail
the rights of the colonists. He did not take the
oath of office, but signed the loyal address ap-
proving Gov. Hutchinson's political course, and in
1776 was proscribed and banished. Green was re-
garded as the wit of his day, and his political lam-
poons, in which he satirized first one and then the
other party, gave him a wide celebrity. His works
include " The Wonderful Lament of Old Mr. Ten-
or," written after the change in currency (Boston,
1744), and " Poems and Satires" (1780).
GREEN, Joseph F., admiral, b. in Maine, 24
Nov., 181 1 : d. in Brookline, Mass., 9 Dec, 1897. He
was appointed midshipman, 1 Nov., 1827, and pro-
moted, 10 .Tune, 1883. He was commissioned lieu-
tenant, 28 Feb., 1888. and throughout the Mexican
war was attached to the ship-of-line " Ohio," of the
Pacific squadron, and took part in all the impor-
tant actions on the Pacific coast. From 1850 till
1858 he served at the Boston navy-yard on ord-
nance duty, and at the naval academy. He was
commissioned commander, 14 Sept., 1855, captain
in 1862, commanded the steam sloop " Canan-
daigua," of the South Atlantic blockading squad-
ron, in 1862-'4, and participated in the bombard-
ment of Fort Wagner, 18 July, 1863. From 1866
till 1868 he was on ordnance duty at the Boston
navy-yard, and was commissioned as commodore,
24 July, 1867. He was assigned to special duty in
1869. commanded the southern squadron of the
Atlantic fleet in 1870, was commissioned rear-admi-
ral the same year, and retired 25 Nov., 1872.
GREEN, Louis Warner, educator, b. in Boyle
county, Ky., 28 Jan., 1806 ; d. in Danville, Ky., 26
March, 1863. He was graduated at Centre college,
Ky., in 1830, and at the Princeton theological
seminary in 1832. He was then licensed to preach
and appointed professor in Centre college, and,
after remaining there two years, went to Europe,
where he spent some months in study. On his re-
turn, Mr. Green was appointed vice-president of
Centre college, and professor of belles-lettres, and
at the same time was associate pastor of the Pres-
byterian church in Danville. He was afterward
elected to the chair of oriental literature in the
Western theological seminary at Alleghany, Pa.,
where he remained for seven yeai's. He then be-
came pastor of the 2d Presbyterian church in
Baltimore, and in 1848 was chosen president of
Hampden Sidney college, where he remained until
1856. In that year he removed to Kentucky, and
was president of the State normal school. He after-
ward accepted the presidency of Centre college,
and returned to Danville.
GREEN, Martin E., soldier, b. in Lewis county.
Mo., about 1825 ; d. in Vicksburg, Miss., 27 June,
1863. At the beginning of the civil war he or-
ganized a regiment near Paris, Mo., and, join-
ing Gen. Sterling Price, contributed largely to the
success of the Confederates in the capture of Lex-
ington, Mo., and the Union garrison commanded
by Col. James A. Mulligan. He ordered his men
to roll hemp-bales up the river-bank, which formed
movable breastworks. After this battle he was
appointed brigadier - general, served with Gen.
Price throughout the Missouri campaign, and was
conspicuous for bravery in the battles of Farming-
ton, luka, Corinth, and Baker's Creek.
GREEN, Norvin, capitalist, b. in New Albany,
Ind., 17 April, 1818; d. in Louisville, Ky., 12 Feb.,
1893. He was graduated in medicine in 1840,
and afterward served three terms in the Kentucky
legislature. He became president of the South-
western telegraph company about 1854, was after-
ward vice-jji'esident of the American and Western
union companies, and in 1878 succeeded William
Orton as president of the last-named corporation.
Dr. Green was also president of the Louisville,
Cincinnati, and Lexington railroad in 1869-'73.
GREEN, Samuel, printer, b. in England, in
1615 ; d. in Cambridge, Mass., 1 Jan., 1702. He was
one of the first printers in New England, being the
successor of Stephen Daye {q. v.). He printed the
" Cambridge Platform " in 1649, and a revised edi-
tion of the Psalms in 1650. In October, 1658,
Green was granted by act of legislature 300 acres
of land, " where it is to be found." It was subse-
quently laid out for him in flaverhill. In 1655 a
second press arrived from England, and in 1659
he printed a version of the Psalms in the Indian
tongue. In 1661 the New Testament was issued ;
and in 1663 the entire Old and New Testament, with
the New England Psalms in Indian verse, trans-
lated by Rev. John Eliot (q. v.), was published in
the dialect of the Nipmuck or Natick Indians. A
second edition of the Indian Bible was printed in
1685. Green continued printing to an advanced
age. He had nineteen children, and, although his
descendants were nearly all printers, there was no
printing done in Cambridge for many years after
his death. — His son. Bartlioloniew, printer, b. in
Cambridge, Mass., 12, Oct., 1666; d. in Boston,
Mass., 28 Dec, 1732, succeeded to his father's
business. He first set up his press in Cambridge,
and afterward at Boston, where it was destroyed
by fire, 16 Sept., 1690. In the winter of 1692-'3
he resumed business in Boston. On 24 April, 1704,
he issued the first number of the "Boston News
Letter," which was continued by him during his
life. It was printed weekly, and published " by au-
thority " of John Campbell, postmaster, who was
the proprietor. It became the property of Green
eighteen years afterwai'd, and for fifteen years was
the only newspaper in the colonies. The contents
of the first number, covering three pages of folio
post, were extremely meagre, and it contained but
one advertisement, that of the proprietor. Green
endeavored to avoid partisan discussions of the
religious and political quarrels of the times. " The
Design of this Paper " said his prospectus " is not
merely to Amuse the Reader, much less to Gratify
any ill tempers by Reproach or Ridicule, to Pro-
mote Contention, or Espouse any Party among
us." For about forty years Green was printer for
the government, and the foremost publisher in
Boston. It was said of him at his death that he "had much of that primitive Christianity which has always been the distinguishing glory of New England." After his death the "News Letter" was carried on by his son-in-law, John Draper, and then by the latter's son Richard {q. v.).
