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742. Here they suffered greatly from want of provisions, and were finally forced to live on boiled strips of seal-skin, lichens, and shrimps. Sixteen of the party died of starvation, one was drowned, and one. Private Henry, was shot by Lieut. Greely's orders, on the ground that he repeatedly stole food. The seven survivors were rescued by the third relief expedition, under Capt. Winfield Schley, on 33 June, 1884, in so exhausted a condition that fortyeight hours' delay would have been fatal. In the winter of 1896-'7 Peary discovered a case of medical instruments and other relics in the deserted camp, but he failed to find, as expected, the records of the expedition. Lieut. Greely was promoted to captain, 11 June, 1886, and in 1887. after the death of Gen. William B. Hazen, was appointed by President Cleveland to succeed that officer as chief of the signal-service corps, with the rank of brigadier-general. In 1885 he was given the queen's gold medal Ijy the Royal geographical society of London, and he has also received a gold medal from the Paris geopraphical society. He has published "Three Years of Arctic Service "(New York, 1886). See also " The Rescue of Greely," by Capt. Winfield S. Schley, U. S. N. (1885).

GREEN, Alexander Little Page, clergyman, b. in Sevier county, Tenn., 6 June, 1806; d. in Nashville, 15 July, 1874. He received an academic education, was ordained elder in the Tennessee conference of the Methodist Episcopal church in 1837, and, besides performing missionary abor, filled several pastorates. In 1844 he was a delegate to the general conference which met in New York city to adopt measures tor the organization of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, and was one of the commissioners in the adjustment of the church property question consequent on the division. He was the principal oi'ganizer of the publishing-house at Nashville, and chairman of the book committee. Mr. Green was a trustee of Vanderbilt and Nashville universities, and was an authority in Indian lore. He published " Church in the Wilderness " (Nashville, 1840), and was preparing a work on " The Fishes of North America."

GREEN, Anna Katharine, author, b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., 11 Nov., 1846. She was graduated at Ripley female college, Poultney, Vt., in 1867, and in 1857-60 lived in Buffalo. In November, 1884, she married Charles Rohlfs, of Brooklyn. Her novels, all of which are detective stories, include "The Leavenworth Case " (New York, 1878); "A Strange Disappearance " (1879); " The Sword of Damocles " (1881); " X. Y. Z." (1883); " Hand and Ring " (1888); " The Mill Mystery " (1886); and "7 to 13" (1887). She has also published "The Defence of the Bride, and other Poems " (1883), and "Risifi's Daughter," a dramatic poem (1886).

GREEN, Beriah, reformer, b. in New York state in 1794; d. in Whitestown, N. Y., 4 May, 1874. He was graduated at Middlebury college in 1819, and studied theology with the intention of becoming a Presbyterian minister, but formed a creed of his own, which did not admit of his joining any denomination. He removed to Kennebunk. Me., in 1830, and the following year to Ohio, and was professor of sacred literature in the Western Reserve college. His determined opposition to slavery shortened his stay in this community, and three years later he became president of the Oneida institute, Ohio. Throughout his life he was the earnest friend of Gerrit Smith and other abolitionists, and in 1834, having taken an active part in the formation of the American anti-slavery society, was chosen its president. j\Ir. Green was also a temperance advocate and promoter of public education. In 1845 he founded the Manual labor school in Whitestown, N. Y. He had just addressed the board of excise in the town-hall of Whitestown, urging the prohibition of intoxicating liquors, and was waiting at the head of a line of citizens to place his vote in the ballot-box, when he fell dead. He published "History of the Quakers" (Albany, 1833) and "Sermons and Discourses, with a Few Essays and Addresses " (Utica, N. Y., 1833).

GREEN, Charles, naval officer, b. in Connecticut in 1814; d. in Providence. R. L, 7 April, 1887. He entered the U. S. navy, 1 May. 1836, became passed midshipman, 38 April, 1833. lieutenant, 8 March, 1837, commander, 14 Sept., 1855, captain, 16 July, 1863, and commodore, 4 April. 1867. On account of incapacity resulting from long and faithful service he was placed on the retired list, 15 Nov., 1863. When commanding the " Jamestown " in 1861-3, and on blockade duty off Savannah, Ga., Fernandina, Fla., and Wilmington, N. C, he took six prizes. While on the coast of Florida he sent out a boat-expedition and destroyed the bark " Alvarado " under the guns of the fort at Fernandina.

GREEN, Duff, politician, b. in Kentucky, 15 Aug., 1791; d. in Dalton. Ga.. 10 June, 1875.' He studied law in early life, and was admitted to practice. From 1835 to 1839. during the administration of John Quincy Adams, he edited the opposition journal at Washington. During Jackson's first terra he conducted the administration organ, " The United States Telegram." Mr. Green was credited with immense party power, and it was believed that he influenced the policy of the executive; but in 1830, on the alienation of John C. Calhoun, he took sides with the vice-president. He supported Henry Clay for the presidency in 1833, and j\Ir. Calhoun in 1836, and for many years was a political power in his section of the country. His later life was devoted to the advancement of the industrial interests of the south. He was the author of " Facts and Suggestions " (New York, 1866).

GREEN, Ezra, physician, b. in Maiden, Mass., 17 June, 1746; d. in Dover, N. IL, 35 July, 1847. He was graduated at Harvard in 1765, and began the practice of medicine in 1768. In June, 1775, he joined the continental army as surgeon, was on the Canada expedition, and in the sloop-of-war " Ranger," under Paul Jones, in 1777. He remained in the service until 1781, when he resigned and engaged in trade. Dr. Green was a Federalist in polities, and a delegate to the New Hampshire constitutional convention of 1830.

GREEN, Francis, merchant, b. in Boston, 1 Sept., 1743; d. in Medford, Mass., 31 April, 1809. His father, Benjamin, was president of the council and commander-in-chief of Nova Scotia. Francis was graduated at Harvard in 1760; joined the array as an ensign after the beginning of the French war, was present at the siege of Louisburg in 1758, at that of Martinique, and in 1763 at the capture of Havana. In 1765 he went to England, and on his return sold his commission and settled in business in Boston. At the beginning of the Revolution, although he declared that he was the friend of liberty, he adhered to the crown. In 1776 he went to Halifax, where he was appointed a magistrate, returned to New York in 1777, and the next year was proscribed and banished. He remained in England till 1784, when he returned to Nova Scotia, and was sheriff of the county of Halifax and senior judge of the court of common pleas. He returned to Massachusetts in 1797, and settled in Medford. He published "The Art of Impairing Speech" (London, 1783). and a translation of the "Letters of Abbé de l'Epée" (Boston, 1803).