The 1820 Settler Correspondence
as preserved in the National Archives, Kew
and edited by Sue Mackay

Correspondence 1821 to 1837.

Here only letters by known settlers or their families, or letters of great relevance to the 1820 settlers, have been transcribed, whereas ALL the 1819 correspondence was transcribed (see CO48/41 through CO48/46) whether or not the writers emigrated to the Cape.

Unless otherwise stated letters were written to either the Secretary of State for the Colonies or his deputy.The original correspondence is filed in order of receipt. Here it has been placed in alphabetical order according to the surname of the writer, with letters by the same writer in chronological order, for ease of reading. Original spelling has been maintained. Reference numbers, where given, refer to printed page numbers stamped on the letters and will enable visitors to the National Archives to locate the letter more easily.

EVANS, Charles (son of Charles EVANS), 1824

Written by Sue Mackay on 30 November 1999.

National Archives, Kew, CO48/67, 48

175 Shoreditch

Nov. 2^nd 1824

My Lord,

Permit me to solicit the favour of your Lordship's affording me instruction how I could obtain intelligence of my father Chas. EVANS, who having deserted his wife and family went in the year 1820 as a settler to Algoa Bay in the ship Weymouth, Capt. TURNER.

I have great reason to believe he is dead & a family estate having descended to him, I now crave your Lordship's assistance how to ascertain that fact.

I have the honour to be

Your Lordship's most obed't humble serv't

Chas. EVANS

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