Nathaniel Parker Willis
1806 - 1867
General Information
Bio
(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).
Full Name
Nathaniel Parker Willis
Locations
Orange
Author's Timeline
1806
BIRTH
Nathaniel Parker Willis was born in Portland, Maine, in 1806.
1827
LITWORK
Sketches
Boston: S.G. Goodrich.
Collection of poetry.
Boston: S.G. Goodrich.
Collection of poetry.
1835
LITWORK
Pencillings by the Way
London: Macrone.
Collection of articles.
London: Macrone.
Collection of articles.
1836
LITWORK
Inklings of Adventure
London: Saunders & Otley.
Collection of articles.
London: Saunders & Otley.
Collection of articles.
1839
LITWORK
A L'Abri: Or, The Tent Pitched
New York: Samuel Coleman.
Collection of letters.
New York: Samuel Coleman.
Collection of letters.
1839
LITWORK
Bianca Visconti: Or, The Heart Overtasked. A Tragedy In Five Acts
New York: Samuel Coleman.
Play.
New York: Samuel Coleman.
Play.
1839
LITWORK
Tortesa: Or, The Usurer Matched. A Play.
New York: Samuel Coleman.
Play.
New York: Samuel Coleman.
Play.
1840
RESIDENCE
Nathaniel Willis lived in Owego, New York, in the late 1830s and early 1840s.
1840
LITWORK
Loiterings of Travel
London: Longmans.
Collection of travel sketches.
London: Longmans.
Collection of travel sketches.
1845
LITWORK
Dashes at Life with a Free Pencil
New York: Burgess, Stringer & Co.
Collection of stories.
New York: Burgess, Stringer & Co.
Collection of stories.
1846
RESIDENCE
Nathaniel Willis lived at his country estate, Idlewild, near Cornwall, New York, from 1846 until his death in 1867.
1857
LITWORK
Paul Fane: Or, Parts of a Life Else Untold. A Novel
New York: Charles Scribner.
Novel.
New York: Charles Scribner.
Novel.
1859
LITWORK
The Convalescent
New York: Charles Scribner.
New York: Charles Scribner.
1867
DEATH
Nathaniel Parker Willis died in at his country estate, Idlewild, near Cornwall, New York, in 1867.
1867
INTERMENT
Nathaniel Parker Willis was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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