The life of John Metcalf, commonly called Blind Jack of Knaresborough: with ... anecdotes of his exploits in hunting, card-playing, &c., some particulars relative to the expedition against the rebels in 1745 ...; and also a succinct account of his various contracts for making roads, erecting bridges ... in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, and Cheshire ...

Name: The life of John Metcalf, commonly called Blind Jack of Knaresborough: with ... anecdotes of his exploits in hunting, card-playing, &c., some particulars relative to the expedition against the rebels in 1745 ...; and also a succinct account of his various contracts for making roads, erecting bridges ... in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, and Cheshire ...
Author: Metcalf, John

Metcalf, John · 1810

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_.…

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