WILLIS, PARKER

WILLIS, PARKER
   American writer and journalist; had travelled much abroad, and published his experiences; among his writings "Pencillings by the Way," "Inklings of Adventure," "People I have Met," &c. (1806-1867)

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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