Chapter 2

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THELIFEOFJOHN METCALF,COMMONLY CALLEDBlind Jack of Knaresborough.WITH,Many Entertaining ANECDOTES of his EXPLOITS inHunting,Card-Playing,&c.SomePARTICULARSrelative to theExpedition against theRebelsin 1745,IN WHICH HE BORE A PERSONAL SHARE;AND ALSOA SuccinctAccountof his variousContractsforMaking ROADS, Erecting BRIDGES,And other Undertakings,INYorkshire,Lancashire,Derbyshire,and Cheshire;Which, for a Series of Years, have brought him intoPublic Notice, as a mostEXTRAORDINARY CHARACTER.

Title Decorated Rule.

EMBELLISHED WITHA STRIKING HALF-LENGTH PORTRAIT.

YORK:PRINTED AND SOLD BY E. AND R. PECK.1795.Title Short Rule.[Entered at Stationers’ Hall.]

Title Short Rule.


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