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Samuel A. (Samuel Abbott) Green
1830–1918
A Boston physician, Civil War medical officer, and longtime student of New England history, he brought a scholar’s curiosity to everything he did. He is remembered both for public service and for the many historical works he produced on towns, families, and early colonial life in Massachusetts.
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Piracy off the Florida Coast and Elsewhere
by Samuel A. (Samuel Abbott) Green
About the author
Born in Groton, Massachusetts, in 1830, Samuel Abbott Green studied at Harvard and Harvard Medical School before building a career in medicine. During the Civil War, he served as a medical officer for the Union, and afterward he continued in public life in Boston, eventually serving as the city’s mayor in 1882.
Alongside medicine and politics, he devoted much of his life to historical research and writing. He became especially known for his work on the history of Groton and for books and essays on early New England, colonial records, local institutions, and family history.
Green was also active in learned societies, including the Massachusetts Historical Society and the American Antiquarian Society, reflecting how seriously he took the work of preserving the past. For readers interested in regional history, genealogy, and the texture of early Massachusetts life, his writing offers the careful eye of someone who was both a practicing professional and a committed historian.