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Content summary: 18 September 1810 : Abraham Crocker to William Cunnington- thinks that Richard Colt Hoare's History of Ancient Wiltshire will become 'a standard of investigation to future generations and will ultimately be the means of exploring many of the other relics of the original inhabitants of England'. The book is dedicated to WmC. 'Nothing can be more handsome on his part than thus bestowing a tribute of praise on one to whom it is so manifestly due'.\n His son Philip has just received a letter to say that a Roman pavement has been recently discovered at Combe St. Nicholas near Chard and Roman coins at Martock.

Summary: 18 September 1810 : Abraham Crocker to William Cunnington- thinks that Richard Colt Hoare's History of Ancient Wiltshire will become 'a standard of investigation to future generations and will ultimately be the means of exploring many of the other relics of the original inhabitants of England'. The book is dedicated to WmC. 'Nothing can be more handsome on his part than thus bestowing a tribute of praise on one to whom it is so manifestly due'.\n His son Philip has just received a letter to say that a Roman pavement has been recently discovered at Combe St. Nicholas near Chard and Roman coins at Martock.