Goodrich, Samuel Griswold

Samuel Griswold (1793-1860), an American writer, long known by the name of "Peter Parley." He was born at Ridgefield, Connecticut. He became a publisher in Boston, edited several periodicals, and wrote many juvenile books on a variety of subjects. The "Peter Parley" books, as they were called, included geographies, histories, stories, and articles on various arts and sciences. Two popular periodicals for young people which Goodrich conducted were Peter Parley's Magazine and Merry's Museum. During the presidency of Millard Fillmore Goodrich acted as American consul in Paris. He there published a French treatise on American Geography and History.