Author: METCALF, John
Title: The Life of John Metcalf, Blind Jack of Knaresborough, With many entertaining anecdotes of his exploits in hunting, card-playing, &c. Some particulars relating to the expedition against the rebels in 1746, in which he bore a personal share... his various contracts for making roads, erecting bridges...
Description: York: J. Kendrew, [1812] 5th. Edition. Small 8vo. pp. 72> portrait frontispiece. Modern half calf. Childhood blindness did not stop John Metcalf [1717 - 1810] from living a full, varied and interesting life.

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