Publications Established in 1827 - The Journal of Commerce, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, El Mercurio (Paperback)

Chapters: The Journal of Commerce, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, El Mercurio, the Youth's Companion, the Burlington Free Press, L'abeille de La Nouvelle-Orleans, the Keepsake, Freedom's Journal, Kjobenhavnsposten, the Courier, African Observer, El Mercurio de Valparaiso. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 43. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Journal of Commerce is a weekly magazine published in the United States that focuses on trade topics. First published in 1827, the Journal has a circulation of approximately 15,000. It provides editorial content to manage day-to-day international logistics and shipping need, covering the areas of cargo and freight transportation, export and import, global transport logistics and trade, international supply chain management and U.S. custom regulations. In 1827 when Arthur Tappan and Samuel Morse decided that New York needed another newspaper. The Journal of Commerce operated two deepwater schooners to intercept incoming vessels and get stories ahead of the competition. Following Morses invention of the telegraph, the JoC was a founding member of the Associated Press, now the worlds largest news-gathering organization. Publications in the 1800s took positions on political issues and were rarely concerned with being impartial. The JoC weighed in on the biggest issue of the day slavery. Gerard Hallock and David Hale, partners in the JoC, were fervent abolitionists, but also decried the tactics of the war wing of the Republican Party. After the American Civil War broke out in 1861, the postmaster general suspended the paper's mail privileges, effectively interrupting its publication, on grounds of disloyalty. Three years later, President Abraham Lincoln ordered the JoC closed after it was among New York papers victimized by ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2192410