Author: Joseph Hunter

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2019-01-08

Total Pages: 490

ISBN-13: 9780365134381

Excerpt from The Diary of Ralph Thoresby, F. R. S., Author of the Topography of Leeds, (1677-1724), Vol. 1 of 2: Now First Published From the Original Manuscript John Thoresby was the son of a Leeds merchant, who was a member of the Corporation, and was a native of that town. At the commencement of the civil wars, his father would have sent him to Hol land, but he preferred to remain in England, and to serve in the Parliament army. He was an officer under Fairfax, with whom he coincided in principle, both religious and political. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.