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 GREEN". GREEN". 263 service. He was promoted to the sur- geoncy of the 24th Massachusetts regiment on September 2, 186 1, where he remained until November 2, 1S64, serving in the meanwhile on the staff of various general officers He had charge of the hospital ship " Recruit " in the Burnside expedition to Roanoke Island, of the hospital ship "Cosmopolitan" on the coast of South Carolina, and during the siege of Fort SAMUEL A. GREEN. Wagner was chief medical officer on Morris Island. For gallant and distinguished ser- vices in the field in 1864, he was breveted lieutenant - colonel of volunteers. Dr. Green organized "Roanoke Cemetery " in the winter of 1862, which was one of the first regular burial-places for national sol- diers established during the rebellion. After the close of the war Dr. Green was from 1865 until '72 superintendent of the Boston dispensary; a member of the Boston school board, iS6o-'62 and 1866 -'72; trustee of the public library, 1868 -'78, and acting librarian from October, 1877, to October, 1878. In 1S70 Governor Claflin appointed him one of a commission to care for disabled soldiers. In 1S71 he became city phy- sician of Boston, and retained the office till 1882. He was chosen a member of the board of experts authorized by Con- gress in 187S to investigate the yellow fever, and in 1882 was mayor of Boston. In 1883 he was elected a trustee of the Peabody education fund, as well as the secretary of the board, and from 1885 to '88 was the acting general agent. Dr. Green has for twenty-one years been librarian of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Among his publications may be mentioned "My Campaigns in America,'' translated from the French of Count Wm. de Deux Ponts (Boston, 186S); " Epitaphs from the Old Burying Ground in Gro- ton " (1878); "The Early Records of Groton, 1662-1707 " (iSSc) ; "History of Medicine in Massachusetts " (Boston, 1SS1); "Groton during the Indian Wais" (Groton, 1S83) ; "Groton during the Witchcraft Times" (1883); "The Bound- ary Lines of Old Groton" (1885); "The Geography of Groton," prepared for the use of the Appalachian Mountain Club (1886), and "Groton Historical Scries" (32 numbers, i883-'9). GREEN, SAMUEL SweTT, son of fames and Elizabeth (Swett) Green, was born in Worcester, February 20, 1837. He was first made acquainted with books in private schools ; afterwards attended the public common schools, and prepared himself for college work in the Worcester high school. He entered Harvard College, and was graduated in the class of 185S. He then entered the divinity school of Harvard University ( 1861), and was gradu- ated therefrom in 1864. He then became book-keeper in the Mechanics' National Bank, Worcester, and a few months later became teller in the Worcester National Bank January 15, 1871, he became librarian of the free public library, Worcester, a po- sition he still holds. He received the degree of A. M. from Harvard University, 1870 ; was chosen an honorary member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society by the chapter of the same university, June 2.S, 1^77; was director of the free public library, Worcester, 1867 to '71 ; was chosen fust vice-president of the American Library Association, in September, 1887 ; was dele- gate of the some association to the Inter- national Congress of Librarians, held in London, October, 1877, and member of the council of that body ; was chosen honorary member of the Library Asso- ciation of the United Kingdom in July, 1878 ; for many years has been mem- ber of a committee to examine the library of Harvard University ; lecturer on " Pub- lic Libraries as Popular Educational Insti-