Nathaniel Willis (1755–1831) was a publisher and editor in the late 18th century. He participated in the

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in 1773. He issued the ''

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'' (1776–1784) and the ''

American Herald The ''American Herald'' (1784-1790) was a newspaper in Boston and Worcester, Massachusetts, published by Edward Eveleth Powars and Nathaniel Willis (1755-1831), Nathaniel Willis.WorldCatNathaniel Willis/ref> Variant titles * ''The American Her ...

'' in

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, and worked for some years with

Edward Eveleth Powars Edward Eveleth Powars was a printer in Boston and Worcester, Massachusetts, in the late 18th century. He published the ''Independent Chronicle'' (1776–1779), the ''Boston Evening-Post'' (1781–1784), the ''American Herald The ''American H ...

as "Powars & Willis." "In 1784 he sold his interest in the "Independent Chronicle," and became one of the pioneer journalists of the unsettled West. He removed first to

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, where he published a paper for a short time; then to Shepardstown, where he also published a paper; and thence in 1790 to Martinsburg, Virginia, where he founded the ''Potomac Guardian'' and edited it till 1796. In that year he went to

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, and established the ''Scioto Gazette,'' the first newspaper in what was then known as the Northwestern Territory. He was printer to the government of the territory, and afterwards held an agency in the Post Office Department. He bought and cultivated a farm near Chillicothe, on which he ended his days April 1, 1831." Willis married "Lucy Douglas, of New London, Connecticut;"Beers. 1885 children included Nathaniel Willis, also a newspaperman.

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* WorldCat
Willis, Nathaniel 1755-1831
* http://www.boston-tea-party.org/participants/Nathaniel-Willis.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Willis, Nathaniel 1755 births 1831 deaths American publishers (people) Writers from Boston 18th century in Boston People from Chillicothe, Ohio People from Martinsburg, West Virginia People from Winchester, Virginia People from Shepherdstown, West Virginia Editors of West Virginia newspapers Farmers from Ohio People from colonial Massachusetts Journalists from Virginia Journalists from Ohio

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