Shaw & Blaylock [Cover]
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Shaw & Blaylock [Cover]Description
Cover from "SHAW & BLAYLOCK, / PUBLISHERS / Texas Christian Advocate, / Cor. Main and Sycamore Sts, / DALLAS, TEXAS" addressed to "Rev Warren A. Caudler / Christian Advocate Officer / Nashville / Tenn." Postmarked "DALLAS / NOV 2 / 1887 / TEX."Context
In 1861, Louis Blaylock, only twelve years old, dropped out of school to be a printer’s devil at the Austin Weekly Gazette. After the Civil War, the Blaylock family moved to the state’s largest city, Galveston, where seventeen-year-old Louis went to work as a printer for the Methodist Church’s statewide publication, the Texas Christian Advocate. Blaylock and his half-brother William Shaw founded their own printing firm of Shaw & Blaylock and eventually became publishers of the Advocate. Under their leadership the paper's circulation expanded, and its influence against saloons and gambling increased. By 1884 it was the state's most prominent religious publication, with 10,500 subscribers. In March 1887 the paper, with a circulation of 18,000, was moved to Dallas. This cover, mailed to the Christian Advocate headquarters in Nashville, Tennesse, was mailed in that year.Category
The Handbook of Texas