| AdminHistory | Thomas Aris, a London stationer and printer, moved to Birmingham and issued the first edition of the paper on 16 November 1741. Thomas retired from the business at the end of 1760, only to die shortly after. He was succeeded by a partnership of Samuel Aris, his nephew, and Richard Pearson, his brother-in-law, which lasted until Richard’s death in 1768, when his share of the business was inherited by his widow Ann, Thomas’s sister. Samuel died in his turn in January 1775, whereupon Ann Pearson went into partnership with James Rollason, publishing as Pearson and Rollason. |