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ADVENTURES 0F JOHN METCALF* Sfjl
one hundred and forty men, out of whom the Captain
drafted sixty-four, the number of privates he wanted.
With this company, among whom was Metcalf as mu-
sician, Captain Thornton joined the army under Gene-
ral Wade. The first battle in which they were engaged,
twenty of the men, the lieutenant and ensign were made
prisoners, and Captain Thornton very narrowly escaped
by the kindness of the woman in whose house he had
taken refuse.
Metcalf, after a variety of adventures rejoined his pa ¬
tron, and was always in the field during the different en-
gagements which afterwards occurred, and after the bat-
tle of Culloden, returned to his family at Knaresborough,
Being again at liberty to chuse his occupation, he at-
tended Harrowgate as usual; and having, during his
Scotch expedition, become acquainted with the various
articles manufactured in that country, and judging that
he might dispose of some of them to advantage in Eng-
land, he repaired in the spring to Scotland, and fur-
nished himself with a variety of cotton and worsted arti-
cles, for which he found a ready sale in his native coun-
try. Among a thousand articles he knew what each cost
him, from a particular mode of marking them. He also
dealt in horses, directing his choice, by feeling the ani-
mals ; and engaged pretty deeply in the contraband
trade, the profits of which were at that time much more
considerable than the risk.
In the year 1751, he commenced a new employ, he
setup a stage-waggon between York and Knaresborough,
being the first on that road, and conducted it himself
twice a week in the summer, and once in winter ; and
this business, with the occasional conveyance of army
baggage, employed his attention till the period for his
first contracting for the making of roads; which suiting
him better, he relinquished every other pursuit.
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one hundred and forty men, out of whom the Captain
drafted sixty-four, the number of privates he wanted.
With this company, among whom was Metcalf as mu-
sician, Captain Thornton joined the army under Gene-
ral Wade. The first battle in which they were engaged,
twenty of the men, the lieutenant and ensign were made
prisoners, and Captain Thornton very narrowly escaped
by the kindness of the woman in whose house he had
taken refuse.
Metcalf, after a variety of adventures rejoined his pa ¬
tron, and was always in the field during the different en-
gagements which afterwards occurred, and after the bat-
tle of Culloden, returned to his family at Knaresborough,
Being again at liberty to chuse his occupation, he at-
tended Harrowgate as usual; and having, during his
Scotch expedition, become acquainted with the various
articles manufactured in that country, and judging that
he might dispose of some of them to advantage in Eng-
land, he repaired in the spring to Scotland, and fur-
nished himself with a variety of cotton and worsted arti-
cles, for which he found a ready sale in his native coun-
try. Among a thousand articles he knew what each cost
him, from a particular mode of marking them. He also
dealt in horses, directing his choice, by feeling the ani-
mals ; and engaged pretty deeply in the contraband
trade, the profits of which were at that time much more
considerable than the risk.
In the year 1751, he commenced a new employ, he
setup a stage-waggon between York and Knaresborough,
being the first on that road, and conducted it himself
twice a week in the summer, and once in winter ; and
this business, with the occasional conveyance of army
baggage, employed his attention till the period for his
first contracting for the making of roads; which suiting
him better, he relinquished every other pursuit.
Burins-