Aaron Smith Willington

Aaron Smith Willington (1781–1862)[1] was an American journalist.

Willington served as editor of the Charleston Courier, and under his leadership it became "one of the leading newspapers of the country".[1] He was noted for scooping the Treaty of Ghent, publishing news of the settlement before his competitors in the northern US.[2]

He wrote A Summer's Tour in Europe, in 1851: In a Series of Letters, Addressed to the Editors of the Charleston Courier, published in 1852.

References

Cuthbert, Robert, ed. (2016). Flat Rock of the Old Time. University of South Carolina Press. p. 254. ISBN 9781611176476.
Sloan, W. David; Parcell, Lisa Mullikin, eds. (2002). American journalism: history, principles, practices. McFarland. p. 35. ISBN 9780786413713.

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[rock-1] Cuthbert, Robert, ed. (2016). Flat Rock of the Old Time. University of South Carolina Press. p. 254. ISBN 9781611176476.

[2] Sloan, W. David; Parcell, Lisa Mullikin, eds. (2002). American journalism: history, principles, practices. McFarland. p. 35. ISBN 9780786413713.