Person Detail: Nathaniel Parker Willis

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General Information:
Full Name: Nathaniel Parker Willis
Biography: (1806-1867) Editor, journalist, belles-lettrist. Nathaniel Parker Willis lived in Owego, New York, in the late 1830s and early 1840s and, also, lived in Orange County, New York. He wrote a series of "Letters from Under a Bridge" for the "New York Mirror," later collected in the volume "A l'Abri; or, The Tent Pitched" (1839).
Author's Timeline:
1846		Orange County Nathaniel Willis lived at his country estate, Idlewild, near Cornwall, New York, from 1846 until his death in 1867.
1840		Tioga County Nathaniel Willis lived in Owego, New York, in the late 1830s and early 1840s.
1806		(Unknown) County Nathaniel Parker Willis was born in Portland, Maine, in 1806.
1867		Orange County Nathaniel Parker Willis died in at his country estate, Idlewild, near Cornwall, New York, in 1867.
1839		(Unknown) County A L'Abri: Or, The Tent Pitched (Pub: New York: Samuel Coleman. ISBN: ) Collection of letters.
1839		(Unknown) County Bianca Visconti: Or, The Heart Overtasked. A Tragedy In Five Acts (Pub: New York: Samuel Coleman. ISBN: ) Play.
1839		(Unknown) County Tortesa: Or, The Usurer Matched. A Play. (Pub: New York: Samuel Coleman. ISBN: ) Play.
1835		(Unknown) County Pencillings by the Way (Pub: London: Macrone. ISBN: ) Collection of articles.
1836		(Unknown) County Inklings of Adventure (Pub: London: Saunders & Otley. ISBN: ) Collection of articles.
1845		(Unknown) County Dashes at Life with a Free Pencil (Pub: New York: Burgess, Stringer & Co. ISBN: ) Collection of stories.
1827		(Unknown) County Sketches (Pub: Boston: S.G. Goodrich. ISBN: ) Collection of poetry.
1840		(Unknown) County Loiterings of Travel (Pub: London: Longmans. ISBN: ) Collection of travel sketches.
1859		(Unknown) County The Convalescent (Pub: New York: Charles Scribner. ISBN: )
1857		(Unknown) County Paul Fane: Or, Parts of a Life Else Untold. A Novel (Pub: New York: Charles Scribner. ISBN: ) Novel.
1867		(Unknown) County Nathaniel Parker Willis was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.