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convoyed by a ship-of-the-line, and several cruisers, and succeeded
in capturing eleven large ships, of seven to eight hundred tons,
three of which were re-taken; but seven of them, whose cargoes
were estimated to be worth $1,000,000, were brought safely into
Boston. All Boston was alarmed at the sight of the little continental
squadron and its prizes,-ten large ships standing directly into the
harbor, —believing them to be a British fleet. The buildings were
covered with spectators. The cargoes, consisting of rum, sugar,
logwood, pimento, &c., were delivered one half to the government
and one half to the captors.l
On his return from this successful cruise, Dr. Green resigned
his position as surgeon of the Ranger in favor of Dr. Parker, of
Exeter, and returned to Dover.
In 1780 he sailed on another cruise in the Alexander, Captain
IMitchell, 14 guns, but they accomplished nothing. In 1781, the vessel
having been fitted up as a letter of marque, under Captain Simpson,
he went in her to Fredericksburg, Virginia, and they took thence a
load of tobacco to l'Orient in France. He returned in the Alexander
to the United Statevs in the autumn of that year, which concluded
his revolutionary services.
I.
DR. GREEN'S PRIVATE LIFE AND CHARACTER.
By WALTER C. GREEN.
MY father, Dr. Ezra Green, was born in Malden, Mass., June
17, 1746, and, after he was graduated at Harvard College in 1765,
he commenced the study of medicine and surgery with Dr. Sprague,
of Malden, finishing his course with Dr. Fisher, of Nlewburyport.
He then went to Dover, New-Hampshire, to reside, in 1767, where
he was in successful practice up to his appointment as surgeon in the
army. Dr. Green's five years service in the army and navy I need
not describe, it having been already narrated by Commodore Preble.
About the same time that Dr. Green went to reside in Dover, his
friend the Rev. Jeremy Belknap, from Boston, was by unanimous
vote invited there and ordained minister of the Congregational Society
on a salary of ~1T50, payable semi-annually, and there he preached
for eighteen years. This small pittance being inadequate for the
support of himself, his wife, two sons and two daughters, he asked a
dismissal, and returning to Boston, he was soon settled as minister
over the Federal Street Society, and there remaineduntil his greatly
lamented death, June 20, 1798, at the early age of 55 years. Dr.
Belknap was my father's next-door neighbor, and the close intimacy
so early commenced between the two families, never abated during
their lives.
A The Rev. Dr. Lothrop's Centennial Sermon in Dover, N. H., June 28, 1846 (Appendix).