From Charles Roach Smith   1 December 1855

My Dear Sir,

I can assure you time does not lessen my interest in your Derly urns. This will make you smile. A discussion may yet be raised on them. From further evidence I am more disposed to think them earlier than I did sometime since.

Faussett’s book is valuable for the vast collection of facts it contains; but it does not directly illuminate the Derly urns & those found by M. ^r Neville & others.

Cockneydom will not have a free library. Gin and porter carried the day.

Your’s very truly |C R Smith