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Nathaniel Willis (1780–1870) was an editor and publisher in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, in the 19th century.〔Boston Directory. 1823〕〔WorldCat. (Willis, Nathaniel 1780-1870 )〕 He established the ''Eastern Argus'' and the ''Boston Recorder'' newspapers, and ''The Youth's Companion'' magazine. ==Biography== Willis was born in Boston in 1780 to newspaperman Nathaniel Willis (1755-1831). In 1787 he moved to "Winchester, (), and was employed in () newspaper office, and subsequently at Martinsburg, (), on the ''Potomac Guardian.''... Young Nathaniel was put to work at once in folding papers and setting types. At Martinsburg he used to ride post, with tin horn and saddle-bags, delivering papers to scattered subscribers in the thinly settled country. ... At the age of fifteen young Nathaniel returned to Boston and entered the office of ... the ''Independent Chronicle''. ... He also found time, while in Boston, to drill with the 'Fusiliers.' In 1803, invited by a Maine congressman and other gentlemen of the Republican party, he went to Portland, (), and established the ''Eastern Argus'' in opposition to the Federalists."〔Henry Augustin Beers, ''Nathaniel Parker Willis'', Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1885〕 He married Hannah Parker in 1803;〔Gazetteer (Boston); Date: 07-23-1803〕 children included Nathaniel Parker Willis, Sara Willis Parton (Fanny Fern), Richard Storrs Willis, Lucy Douglas (born 1804), Louisa Harris (1807), Julia Dean (1809), Mary Perry (1813), Edward Payson (1816) and Ellen Holmes (1821).〔Warren, Joyce W., ''Fanny Fern: An Independent Woman'', New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1992: 5. ISBN 0-8135-1763-X〕 Back in Boston in 1816, Willis established ''The Recorder'' newspaper, "published every Wednesday afternoon at no.76 State-Street, ... entrance through Mr. H. Messinger's Hat-Store or in the rear of the building from Wilson's Lane".〔Boston Recorder, Jan.3, 1816〕 Associates included Sidney E. Morse.〔New York Times, October 27, 1858〕 He later moved to Congress Square.〔A large fire in November 1818 damaged his office on Congress Square. The nearby Exchange Coffee House burnt down in the fire; cf. New England Palladium, Nov. 6, 1818〕 Willis sold the paper to Martin Moore in 1844.〔 In 1827 he established "a religious paper for children", ''The Youth's Companion'' (1827-1929). He served as editor "for about thirty years".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nathaniel Willis (1780–1870)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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