. Leading American soldiers. as brought up to work in a mill and forge belonging tothe familv. The forge was a considerable one for thosedays, making a specialty of ships anchor^ Young Nathan-iel soon showed his remarkable powers. He had an insa-tiable thirst for books and learning, attaining great pro-ficiency in mathematics, and, later in life, reading manymilitary books. His business capacity was quickly recog-nized; his affairs prospered; he was looked up to by hisneighbors as a man of good counsel. Thus it came aboutthat when the Revolution broke out Greene quickly cameto the front as one
. Leading American soldiers. as brought up to work in a mill and forge belonging tothe familv. The forge was a considerable one for thosedays, making a specialty of ships anchor^ Young Nathan-iel soon showed his remarkable powers. He had an insa-tiable thirst for books and learning, attaining great pro-ficiency in mathematics, and, later in life, reading manymilitary books. His business capacity was quickly recog-nized; his affairs prospered; he was looked up to by hisneighbors as a man of good counsel. Thus it came aboutthat when the Revolution broke out Greene quickly cameto the front as one of the leaders of Rhode Island. In the year 1775. being then 33 years old, Greene joined,as a private, a military company organized because of thetrouble between the colonies and the mother country.\lthoush he onlv shouldered a musket, vet he was one ofthe most prominent citizens thus enrolled, and one of themost useful, for he had journeyed as far as Boston to pur-chase his musket, and there had fallen in with a British 66.
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