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Additional letters, 1840-1898.

Deeds and documents deposited by Messrs Eaton Evans & Williams of Haverfordwest, relating mainly to co. Pembroke; including records of the estates of the families of Phillips of Trelewelyn, Harry of Cwmwdig, Elliot of Earwere, Wogan of Wiston, Barlow of Slebech, Symmons of Llanstinan, Warren of Trewern, Laugharne of St. Brides, Harries of Tregwynt, Tancred of Dudwell, and Bowen of Upton; records of the manors of Manorbier, Penely, and Prendergast, 1618-1850. Deposited by Messrs Eaton Evans & Williams, Solicitors, Haverfordwest (NLW Annual report 1937-8, p. 58). Schedule (1957), 928 pp. in two vols. Note: Unless otherwise stated all the place names in this group refer to places in Pembrokeshire. See also Eaton Evans & Williams (Solicitors) Records (Group I), to which archives these are a supplement, and Eaton Evans & Morris (Solicitors) Records, part of the same archive. See also Williams & Williams (Solicitors) Records and NLW MSS 2921-3018. Other records are in Carmarthenshire Record Office.

Records, mostly deeds, from the office of Eaton Evans & Williams, Haverfordwest. Arranged into Pembrokeshire deeds (1-282), papers and letters relating to Sir Hugh Owen (283-375), Cardiganshire deeds (376-430), Carmarthenshire deeds (431-626), Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire deeds, 1777 (627), London deeds, 1822-1870 (628-630), marriage settlements, 1637-1850 (631-672), law suits etc., 1777-1831 (673-1580), undated lawsuits (1581-1735a), and wills, administrations and accounts, 1696-1866 (1736-1881). Schedule [c.1920], 83 pp., an outsize manuscript volume, shelved under 'Haverfordwest (Eaton Evans & Williams)'. See also Eaton Evans & Williams (Solicitors) Records (Group II), and Eaton Evans & Morris (Solicitors) Records, which are parts of the same archive. See also Williams & Williams (Solicitors) Records, and NLW MSS 2921-3018. Other records are in Carmarthenshire Record Office.

After E. T. John's death, this small group of papers remained at the office of his solicitor, T. Ivor Jones of T. D. Jones & Co., 167-168 Fleet Street, London. Mr Jones died in 197[-], and, in accordance with the wishes of his widow, J. G. Ivor Jones, Solway, Siliwen Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, the papers were transferred to the National Library of Wales by Albert C. Merry, 36 Aldersbrook Lane, Manor Park, London E12, in February 1977.

Arranged chronologically, 1886-1931 (1-5207), with a few additional letters, 1911-1921, at the end of the group (5208-5214). The paper copy of the schedule includes an index to the correspondents. Nine persons have more than fifty letters each to their name, as either writer or recipient): Beriah Evans (361 letters), D. Rhys Phillips (304), D. Arthen Evans (224), Hubert Alexander (215), Agnes O'Farrelly (162), Lachlan Macbean (71), William Bayley (62), Gordon Lang (60) and Herbert Dunnico (58). The descriptions of these nine people's letters include a code giving the reference of the previous and the next item in E. T. John's correspondence with that person. For example, the description of no. 3992 (from D. Arthen Evans, 26 Sept. 1923) includes the code (3986:4009). The symbol / instead of a number indicates that there is no earlier or later item, as appropriate.