Front matter
Reading edition
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John Metcalf Aged 78. Drawn by J.R. Smith. Published as the Act directs Augt. 31. 1795 by E & R Peck, York.
THE LIFE OF JOHN METCALF, COMMONLY CALLED Blind Jack of Knaresborough. WITH, Many Entertaining ANECDOTES of his EXPLOITS in Hunting, Card-Playing, &c. Some PARTICULARS relative to the Expedition against the Rebels in 1745, IN WHICH HE BORE A PERSONAL SHARE; AND ALSO A Succinct Account of his various Contracts for Making ROADS, Erecting BRIDGES, And other Undertakings, IN Yorkshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, and Cheshire; Which, for a Series of Years, have brought him into Public Notice, as a most EXTRAORDINARY CHARACTER.
EMBELLISHED WITH A STRIKING HALF-LENGTH PORTRAIT.
YORK:
PRINTED AND SOLD BY E. AND R. PECK.
1795.
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