The Life of John Metcalf, Commonly Called Blind Jack of Knaresborough. With many Entertaining Anecdotes of his Exploits in Hunting, Card-playing, and &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, and Other Undertakings, in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, and Cheshire.
The Life of John Metcalf, Commonly Called Blind Jack of Knaresborough. With many Entertaining Anecdotes of his Exploits in Hunting, Card-playing, and &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, and Other Undertakings, in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, and Cheshire. | Libri antichi e moderni | Metcalf (John)
Libri antichi e moderni
Metcalf (John)
York: Printed and Sold by E. and R. Peck, 1795.,
The Life of John Metcalf, Commonly Called Blind Jack of Knaresborough. With many Entertaining Anecdotes of his Exploits in Hunting, Card-playing, and &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, and Other Undertakings, in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, and Cheshire.
The Life of John Metcalf, Commonly Called Blind Jack of Knaresborough. With many Entertaining Anecdotes of his Exploits in Hunting, Card-playing, and &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, and Other Undertakings, in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, and Cheshire. | Libri antichi e moderni | Metcalf (John)
Libri antichi e moderni
Metcalf (John)
York: Printed and Sold by E. and R. Peck, 1795.,
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- York: Printed and Sold by E. and R. Peck, 1795.
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- YORKSHIRE BIOGRAPHY KNARESBOROUGH
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First edition, 12mo (171 x 96 mm), vi, 153, [1]pp., half-length engraved portrait of John Metcalf, some light browning, endpapers renewed, recent half calf, marbled boards, spine label lettered in gilt. An account of John Metcalf (1717-1810), a remarkable figure who, despite being blind since childhood, led an extraordinary life. This first edition details his adventures in hunting, card-playing, and even his involvement in the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. Metcalf later became a pioneering road builder, constructing around 180 miles of turnpike roads in northern England during the Industrial Revolution.
