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3 unusual facts about Nathaniel Parker Willis


Astor House

The couple, who renewed their friendship with fellow patron Fanny Kemble, also dined there with Nathaniel Parker Willis and his wife during their stay.

Shepherdstown Historic District

The newspaper was operated by Nathaniel Willis, grandfather of Nathaniel Parker Willis and a participant in the Boston Tea Party.

Sir William Don, 7th Baronet

Nathaniel Parker Willis, who shortly afterwards saw him in the character of Sir Charles Coldstream in the comedy of Used Up, gives a very favourable opinion of his acting in the character of a gentleman.


Eliza Leslie

For a time, she edited an annual gift book called The Gift, which included contributions from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Nathaniel Parker Willis, Elizabeth F. Ellet, Lydia Sigourney, Charles Fenno Hoffman, and others.


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