The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IV G Greene, Ray GREENE, Nathaniel, journalist, was born in Boscawen, N.H., May 20, 1797. He attended the common schools and in 1809 apprenticed himself to the proprietor of tire New Hampshire Patriot in Concord. Subsequently he became editor of the Concord Gazette, and in 1814 took the management of the New Hampshire Gazette at Portsmouth. He conducted the Haverhill, Mass., Gazette, 1815-17, and in May of the latter year established the Essex Patriot. In 1821 he removed to Boston, Mass., and there established the Boston Statesman which subsequently became the leading Democratic journal of the state. He was postmaster of Boston, 1829-40 and 1845-49. He then went to Paris, France, where he lived till 1861 engaging in literary work. On his return to the United States he made his residence in Boston. Besides numerous poems and other contributions to periodicals, mostly under the pen-name "Boscawen," he published a number of translations including: History of Italy, by G. Sforzosi (1836); Tales from the German (1837); Tales From the German. Italian and French (1843); and Improvisations (1852). He died in Boston, Mass., Nov. 29, 1877