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Samuel A. (Samuel Abbott) Green
1830–1918
A Civil War surgeon, Boston mayor, and devoted local historian, this Massachusetts doctor brought the same careful eye to public service that he brought to medicine. His writing preserved the stories of New England towns, people, and institutions with a scholar’s patience and a citizen’s pride.
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Piracy off the Florida Coast and Elsewhere
by Samuel A. (Samuel Abbott) Green
About the author
Trained at Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, he built an early career in medicine and public health. During the American Civil War he served as a medical officer, and later became closely tied to Boston civic life as superintendent of the Boston Dispensary, City Physician, and mayor of Boston in 1882.
Alongside his medical and public work, he became a prolific historian and antiquarian. He wrote extensively on Groton, Cambridge, and other corners of Massachusetts history, and was especially valued for preserving documents, local records, and small details that might otherwise have been lost.
That mix of doctor, public servant, and careful chronicler gives his work a distinctive character. Readers coming to him today will find not only historical facts, but the steady voice of someone deeply committed to memory, community, and the everyday texture of New England life.