Susan Gunnell, one of the maidservants, stated at the trial that there were two consignments of pebbles from Scotland; one "in a large box of table linen," which came "early in the spring," and another in "a small box," some three months before her master's death.
"Trial-of-Mary-Blandy"
Roughead, William
My father's business was mainly the manufacture of certain mechanical implements for which he and his brother held the patents, and in the spring and autumn he was accustomed to carry the consignments of them to his customers in New York.
"The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I"
William James Stillman
He assured me he had sent large consignments to America, and with the exception of some losses by shipwreck all the pates had arrived in excellent condition.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt