The times., 1898-02-13

/ publication until his death, III 1342,
when ii was continued by his widow,
! Cornelia Bradford Mrs. Bradford pub
! lished the paper until the close of l146,
/ about which time it was discontinued.
/ In the same city, upon the death of Col.
/ EleaZer Oswald, the proprietor of the
Independent Gazetteer, or the Chroni-
/ Gle of Freedom, September 30, 1895, his
! widow continued the publication until
/ she sold it to Joseph Gales. Upon the
/ death Of Benjamin Franklin Bache, the
! nephew of Benjamin Franklin, and the
proprietor of the celebrated Democratic
| paper, the Aurora and General AdVer-
| tiser, on September 10, 1898. his widow
| whose maiden name was Margaret
Hartman Markoe, succeeded to the
publication.
Although at the period of the Revo-
| luton it was not customary to employ
females in printing offices, yet a wo-
man master printer" was not an un-
| common thing. Margaret Draper. the
widow of Richard, succeeded her hus-
| band in 1774, as publisher of the Bos-
| ton News Letter, and conducted its
concern herself for some time. When
| the British evacuated Boston, Mrs.
Draper. being a loyal woman. left with
the army and went to England. where
she received a pension from the gov
ernment.
Mrs Mary Holt, widow of John Holt,
and publisher of the New York Jour
nal, in 1893. was appointed printer TO
the State. The Journal did great ser
vice during the Revolution. Mrs. H.
Boyle published a paper at Williams
burg. Va, in 1574- 1t favored the Brit
| ish, and lived but short time. Glenn
entine Bird succeeded her husband in
the Virginia Gazette in 1TT2. and con-
tinued its publication until 1775. when
she died. Thomas jefferson was one of
| her contributors. Mrs. Elizabeth Tim
other. after the death of her husband,
in 1913, continued publishing the Ga
Zette, in Charleston, S. c. She contin-
ued its publication a few years until
she was succeeded by her son. Anne
Timother. the widow of this son. after
the Revolutionary war ceased, revived
the Gazette. which had been discontin-
ued while the British troops were in
possession of Charleston. She was ap
pointed printer to the State, and held
the Office until 1872.
The most distinguished example of
the woman in journalism" was Miss
Mary Katharine Goddard, who was an
actuality more than hundred years
before the recent employment of men,
bers of her sex as editors ard report
ers. Miss Goddard's family Was of the
upper colonial class. her father, Giles
Goddard a physician, having been
postmaster of New London. Conn,
where she was born. Her brother
William Goddard in February, 11I3
determined to start a newspaper in
Baltimore and on August 20 of the
same year he published in that city
the first number of The Maryland
Journal and Baltimore Advertiser"
the first newspaper published in Balti-
more. His sister, Mary Katharine
Goddard did a large share of the work
of the paper, and very often had entire
charge during the absence of her
brother. The paper and every work
which issued from the, press appeared
in her name.
During the period of the Revolution
William Goddard fell under the suspi-
cion of the Wings, and was engaged in
exciting controversies. and while he
was settling matters with his enemies
Miss Goddard conducted all the de-
partments of the Journal with rare fl
deity and ability.
Early on the morning of February,
10, 1888, a Baltimore clipper ship came
into the home port with the news that
Benjamin Franklin and Sias Deane
had signed the preliminary articles of
peace between the United States and
Great Britain, in conjunction with the
British minister at Paris. Miss God
dard quickly caught up the news. and
before it was three Eours old it was
announced in the extra issue of the
Journal, to which the felicitous title
of 1.-The Olive was given. 1t was an
other instance of the extreme clever
ness of a woman, who, if she had not
been born $50 years too soon, would
have filed a very conspicuous place in
journalism and literature
She continued in sole charge of the
Journal until January 1, 1889, when
William Goddard. on his return from
one of his long journeys formally re-
sumed his control of the paper. The
issue of January 2 bore the imprint of
William and Mary X. Goddard. Miss
Goddard was a remarkable woman in
many respects. The simple fact that
she conducted the Journal during the
most trying and critical periods of the
Revolution, and that size was intrusted
by her brother with the sole manage
ment of his business when the exigen-
cies of his occupation demanded his
presence elsewhere. proves that she
possessed extraordinary judgment, en-
ergy, nerve and strong good sense.