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In today’s talk, Emma gives us a front-seat view of a family empire during the 19th century, a period of extraordinary growth in the global publishing industry. By the time his first newspaper, the “Somerset County Gazette,” was published in 1836, printing technology had benefited from the Industrial Revolution. Edward William Cox’s first publication, tailored to the “Nobility, Gentry and inhabitants of Somerset,” also coincided perfectly with a reduction in the stamp tax on newspapers. The result was a burst of new publications.
Emma’s talk takes us through this creative entrepreneur’s success in this period, with his many publications from the “Law Times” and the “County Courts Chronicle” to “The Field.” Each of these publications revealed his entrepreneurial knack for recognizing markets and opportunities for advertising revenue.
Emma then takes us through her family tree to explore how family members were involved in the businesses and how the businesses' inheritances flowed into future businesses.
In each of these programs, Emma generously shares both her slides and the resources she used to compile the presentation.
Resources
You’ll find these links in the slides above, but since links in PDF can be troublesome, they’re reproduced below:
* 31 Dec 1836: His first newspaper was the “Somerset County
Gazette” published in Taunton, Bridgwater and Wells.
* The Law Times also led to The Critic
Publications by descendants and relations
* Crockford’s Clerical Directory published by Horace Cox
* 1868, a weekly paper, Exchange & Mart, was printed by Horace Cox (still published today)
* L Upcott Gill, a late 19th / early 20th century publisher, producing predominantly nature works, including
* Seaside Watering Places – The Isle of Man
Used in this presentation:
* Family wills (E W Cox’s from the London Metropolitan Archives)
* Dictionary of National Biography & entry for William Edward Cox
* JSTOR.org – articles on E W Cox
* Stella and Rose Rare Books stellabooks.com/publisher/l-upcott-gill
* Scoop for biographies of journalists (£5 for a day subscription)
Journeys into Genealogy
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Finally, with the American Thanksgiving holiday coming up next week, we’ll skip the week for programming and follow it on Sunday, November 30th in the Atlantic-friendly hours with a preview of Kathy’s Corner. Kathy Stone will share a little of the very special Kathy’s Corner program she has planned for December 4 with a series of guests talking about postcards in their family story.
