Nathaniel Parker Willis [SEP] educated at
Louisa Harris (1807), Julia Dean (1809), Mary Perry (1813), Edward Payson (1816), and Ellen Holmes (1821).
In 1816, the family moved to Boston, where Willis's father established the "Boston Recorder" and, nine years later, the "Youth's Companion", the world's first newspaper for children. The elder Willis's emphasis on religious themes earned him the nickname "Deacon" Willis. After attending a Boston grammar school and Phillips Academy at Andover
of Edgar Poe" by Nathaniel Parker Willis. From the "Home Journal", October 20, 1849. Courtesy of The Edgar Allan Poe Society Online
- Summer cruise in the Mediterranean on board an American frigate by Nathaniel Parker Willis
- Nathaniel Parker Willis vs. Edwin Forrest from "The New York Times", May 2, 1852
- "Letter from Idlewild" from "Home Journal ", February 21, 1852