Note 144 — Chapter XXXII

Nathaniel Willis, the grandfather of the poet by that name, was a printer, who prided himself on having been a participant in the Boston Tea-party. During the Revolution, he was proprietor of the Boston Independent Chronicle. On peace being declared, he went to Virginia, and at Martinsburg published for a few years the Potomac Guardian. Tempted by reports from the new territory, he once more removed and established (probably in 1800) the Scioto Gazette at Chillicothe, the third newspaper of the state. He was also, for a time, state printer, and as Cuming informs us connected with the forwarding of the mail.—Ed.