Victoria County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 86,793. Its county seat is Victoria. Victoria County is included in the Victoria, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Sumer, an ancient civilization of southern Mesopotamia, is believed to be the place where written language was first invented around 3200 BC. Limestone Kish tablet from Sumer with pictographic writing; may be the earliest known writing, 3500 BC.
1 Pellegrine Tarri made an early typewriter that worked in 1801 and invented carbon paper in 1808. 2  In 1829, William Austin Burt invents the typographer, a predecessor to the typewriter. 3  Mark Twain enjoyed and made use of new inventions, he was the first author to submit a typewritten manuscript to his publisher.