Goldsmith. Life of Richard Nash, of Bath. London, 1762.
1764.
Gentleman's Magazine.
1767. "An officer of the customs seized nearly £400 worth of Flanders lace, artfully concealed in the hollow of a ship's buoy, on board a French trader, lying off Iron Gate."—Annual Register.
1772. "27,000 ells of French (Blois?) lace were seized in the port of Leigh alone."—Gentleman's Magazine.