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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.
Drawn by J.R. Smith.
Published as the Act directs Augt. 31. 1795 by E & R Peck, York.
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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 variousContracts 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.
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 variousContracts 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.
A STRIKING HALF-LENGTH PORTRAIT.
YORK:
PRINTED AND SOLD BY E. AND R. PECK.
1795.
[Entered at Stationers’ Hall.]
PRINTED AND SOLD BY E. AND R. PECK.
1795.
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ADVERTISEMENT.
TO a generous public little apologywill be necessary for offering totheir patronage the Story of an Individual,who, under circumstances themost depressing in their nature, hasbeen, for a considerable part of a longlif
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