The house of Harrison; being an account of the family and firm of Harrison and sons, printers to the King . THE LONDON GAZETTE IN four page issue printed by Thomas Harrison. 7\> /ace J>. 11 THE LONDON GAZETTE If there is one branch of the Firms work in the past which hasachieved a world-wide reputation it is the branch connected with theprinting and pubHshing of the Lofidon Gazette. We go back upwards of a century and a half and we find that in1756 T. Harrison was associated with E, Owen in the production of thisGovernment publication, and for some years after 1770 T. Harrisonsnam
The house of Harrison; being an account of the family and firm of Harrison and sons, printers to the King . THE LONDON GAZETTE IN four page issue printed by Thomas Harrison. 7\> /ace J>. 11 THE LONDON GAZETTE If there is one branch of the Firms work in the past which hasachieved a world-wide reputation it is the branch connected with theprinting and pubHshing of the Lofidon Gazette. We go back upwards of a century and a half and we find that in1756 T. Harrison was associated with E, Owen in the production of thisGovernment publication, and for some years after 1770 T. Harrisonsname appears as the sole printer. Government offices and methods,like everything else, change with the times. At one time a Superin-tendent or Editor was appointed by the Government and received fromeight to twelve hundred pounds a year, and the appointment wasregarded as belonging to the spoils of office, and awarded usually forparty services in the Press. In 1847 the Editor, Mr. Watts (one of theGentlemen-at-Arms), was quartered in rooms at St. Martins Lane—justpreviously the Gazette had been printed
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