The Life of John Metcalf, commonly called Blind Jack of Knaresborough. With many entertaining anecodtes 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.

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1795
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York : Printed by E. and R. Peck, Low-ousegate, 1795.

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vi,153,[1]p.,plate : port. ; 120.

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