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, William (brother of Charles EVANS), 1825

Written by Sue Mackay on 30 November 1999.

National Archives, Kew, CO48/74, 175

Presteigne

Radnorshire

South Wales

March 14^th 1825

My Lord,

About the beginning of the year [1820] my brother Charles EVANS went out to the Cape of Good Hope as a settler there, since which [period] I have heard no tidings of him whether he be alive or dead. If you have it in your power to give me any information respecting him I shall esteem it a great favour if your Lordship will be pleased to direct one of your clerks to drop me a few lines to satisfy the enquiries of his anxious relatives.

My Lord, your Lordship's most obed't serv't

Wm. EVANS

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