During the Revolution he passed in and out of Paris as an infant in a nurse's arms, thus carrying dispatches memorized which might have proved dangerous to carry in any other manner.
At St.Philip's, Birmingham, there is the following inscription on a tomb: "In memory of Mannetta Stocker, who quitted this life on the 4th day of May, 1819, at the age of thirty-nine years, the smallest woman in the kingdom, and one of the most accomplished." She was born in Krauma, in the north of Austria, under normal conditions.

Her growth stopped at the age of four, when she was 33 inches tall.

She was shown in many villages and cities over Europe and Great Britain; she was very gay, played well on the piano, and had divers other accomplishments.
In 1742 there was shown in London a dwarf by the name of Robert Skinner, .63 meters in height, and his wife, Judith, who was a little larger.

Their exhibition was a great success and they amassed a small fortune; during twenty-three years they had 14 robust and well-formed children.

Judith died in 1763, and Robert grieved so much after her that he himself expired two years later.
Figure 161 shows a female dwarf with her husband and child, all of whom were exhibited some years since in the Eastern United States.