The house of Harrison; being an account of the family and firm of Harrison and sons, printers to the King . cost a guinea a quarter. The Nottinghamshirerector was extravagant on occasions, ordering in 1802 a gown and cassockat the cost of £6 15^-. od., and buying two yards of superfine cloth at aguinea a yard ; we wonder whether he had been appointed Chaplain tothe High Sheriff. His special collections, , to (then at SpringGardens), or subscriptions {, to the Fund for the Scottish EpiscopalClergy) were paid through the London brother. One or two of theentries remind us that a ce
The house of Harrison; being an account of the family and firm of Harrison and sons, printers to the King . cost a guinea a quarter. The Nottinghamshirerector was extravagant on occasions, ordering in 1802 a gown and cassockat the cost of £6 15^-. od., and buying two yards of superfine cloth at aguinea a yard ; we wonder whether he had been appointed Chaplain tothe High Sheriff. His special collections, , to (then at SpringGardens), or subscriptions {, to the Fund for the Scottish EpiscopalClergy) were paid through the London brother. One or two of theentries remind us that a century ago instead of the Entente Cordialethere was war with our neighbours across the channel. In April, 1808,^7 /s. od. was paid at Lloyds as a subscription for the relief of Britishprisoners in France; in 1812 the sum of £^ was remitted for JohnAnderson of Eakring now prisoner of war in the citadel of Arras, anentry for £$ remitted in 1813 shows that this Anderson had been onboard the Mary Galliot of London—Captain Thomas Young. Two or three pages are given up to an account which Dr. Browne had. THOMAS HARRISON (1827—1896).From a Bronze Bust by T. Erat Harrison, 1879. To fixce /• 91- PERSONALIA 91 with Mrs. Harrison, his wifes sister; we note the following: (1) BlackLace Sweepstakes* to be returned 2s. (2) Lent Mr. H. 2s. 6d. the eveningwe went to the New Jerusalem out of which I had to pay9<^/. (3) Borrowedof Mrs. B. at Newgate Market is. (4) Re-binding Bolingbrook is. 6d.,Gilding Burke on Sublime id. A propos of borrowing and repayingthe Doctor seems to have been very punctilious himself, keepinga memorandum for sums of money borrowed with the dates ofrepayment :— Thursday, 8 Sep., 1796.—Borrowed of J. H. £2 2s. Wednesday, 8 Nov. Wednesday, 2i£t Sep^—Borrowed of W. W. £1 is. Sunday, 20 Nov. Sometimes the debt was remitted, as against the entry of Sunday30 July, 97—Borrowed of W. W. £2 2s. od. there is added a freegift, Aug., 1
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