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Greene, Moses H

poet, was born March 10, 1843, in Chester, N. H. He has been principally engaged in mercantile pursuits. He has contributed both prose and verse to the periodical press, and some of his poems have been given a place in standard works.

Greene, Ray

United States senator, was born Feb. 2, 1765, in Warwick, R. I.

He was a senator in congress from Rhode Island from 1797 to 1801, when he resigned. He died Jan. 11, 1849, in Warwick, R. I.

Greene, Samuel Dana

naval officer, was born Feb. 11, 1839, in Cumberland, Md. He received a vote of thanks from the legislature of Rhode Island for his gallant services in the action between the Monitor ana Merrimac. He died Dec. 11, 1884, in Portsmouth, N. H.

Greene, Samuel Harrison

educator, clergyman, college president, was born Dec. 25, 1845, in Enosburgh, Vt. During 1894-95 he was president of the Columbian university.

Greene, Samuel Stillman

educator, author, was born May 3, 1810, in Belchertown, Mass. He was an educator of Providence, professor at Brown university in 1851-83, and published Analysis of the English Language; and several text-books on English Grammar. He died Jan. 24, 1883, in Providence, R. I.

Greene, Thomas M

congressman.

He was a delegate to congress from the territory of Mississippi from 1802 to

Greene, William

governor, was born March 16, 1695, in Warwick, R. I.

He became deputy governor of Rhode Island in 1740, and became governor in 1743. He died Feb. 22, 1758, in Providence, R. I.

Greene, William Houston

educator, chemist, author, was born Dec. 30, 1854, in Columbia, Pa. He is a Philadelphia chemist, professor in the Central high school from 1880, and the author of Medical Chemistry; and Lessons in Chemistry.

Greenleaf, James Edward

soldier, merchant, author, was born Aug. 2, 1832, in Portland, Maine. He was an organist for twenty-seven years, and a captain in the militia. He is the author of A Genealogy of the Greenleaf Family, with Historical Notes, of Newbury, Mass.

Greenleaf, Jeremiah

author, was born Dec. 7, 1791. He was the author of Greenleaf's Grammar, and devoted a large part of his life to study, authorship and instruction in this special branch of education. He was also the author of Greenleaf's Gazetteer and Greenleaf's Atlas.

Greenleaf, Jonathan

ship builder, legislator, congressman, was born in July, 1723. In 1774 he was unanimously chosen to represent the town of Newburyport in the general court. He was a member of the continental congress at the commencement of the war. He died May 24, 1807.

Greenleaf, Jonathan

clergyman, author, was born Sept. 4, 1785, ın Newburyport, Mass. He was a presbyterian clergyman of Brooklyn; and the author of Sketches and Ecclesiastical History of Maine; History of New York Churches; and Genealogy of the Greenleaf Family. He died April 24, 1865, in Brooklyn, N. Y.