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Papers, [1756]-1854, of the Evans family of Trefayog and Cilau-wen, Pembrokeshire, comprising largely of accounts and rentals relating to Cilau-wen and Trefayog estates and ship's accounts and log books kept by members of the Evans family who went to sea; together with a diary, sermons, exercise books, etc.

An arithmetic exercise book of John Evans, Trefayog, c. 1758-1783.

A notebook containing accounts with Mrs. Ann Evans, Glastyr [parish of Nevern, Pembrokeshire], and others, in respect of household requirements, 1816-1821 and undated; medical and other recipes; and particulars of sermons preached at Newport and St. Dogwells, Pembrokeshire, 1819.

Notes of sermons and/or lectures delivered [by Edward Harries] at Eggremont and Llandissilio, 1838-1845.

Account book of the family of Evans of Cilau-wen, 1811-1854. The majority of the accounts refer to agreements with, and payments to, servants and hired workers, while other sections of the volume refer to the payment of rates, taxes, and tithes, the purchase and/or sale of farm stock and produce, the repairing of the church of Great Treffgarn 1813-1815, etc.

A sale book of corn at [ ], undated [after 1825], and at Treveyog, 1827.

A collection of poetry and prose, and some miscellaneous documents, partly in the hand of John Jones (Tegid), vicar of Nevern, Pembrokeshire. Among them are elegies on the death of David Griffiths, vicar of Nevern; 'Pennillion a gyfansoddwyd i Mr. James Evans, o'r Cilau, ger Abergwaen, swydd Penfro, y dydd y canodd yn iach a Choleg Dewi Sant, Llanbedr Pont Stephan' by Tegid, 1844; an englyn by Tegid to Mary Evans, Ciliau-wen; 'Marwnad Morwr sef; mab Dafydd Salmon, o'r Llysdin, Nanhyfer'; verses written by 'Mr. Harries Landisilo' for B[ridget] Evans [Cilau-wen]; 'A Specimen of Welsh Preaching'; 'Prince Eugene's Prayer, which all the Officers of the Duke of Marlborough's Army knew by Heart or Memory'; press cuttings containing elegies on the death of Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Picton, etc.; Can, am hanes pechod, yr hwn yw colyn angau by Dafydd (David) William, Llandeilo-fach, Glamorgan; an account of monies paid to masons at Cilau-wen, 1840-1843; etc.

A sight book of the ship 'Mermaid', 1843-1845, kept by D. W. Evans, together with some miscellaneous memoranda and accounts (e.g. particulars of clothing washed at Bombay, Singapore, etc., 1848 and undated).

A sale book of Kille[wen], 25 September, 1833. Beginning at the end of the volume are particulars of disbursements by [ ] Evans, Cilau-wen, 1841-1843.

An account book of receipts and disbursements by John Evans, Cilau-wen, 1785-1795. The accounts consist largely of agreements with, and payments to, servants.

Receipts of rents by John Evans, Cilau-wen, and statements of accounts with individual tenants, 1805-1812.

Account book of John Evans and (later) David Evans, 1805-1825, recording receipts in respect of the tithes and glebe of Great Treffgarn, and disbursements by them on behalf of the rector, the Reverend Thomas Carmouls (Cormouls, Cormoulds, etc.).

A notebook containing medical, culinary, veterinary and other recipes, together with some farming memoranda of the period 1832-1833.

A notebook containing an 'Abstract of the Log of the Ship Robert Small 6th Voyage To Calcutta and the Cape' kept by D. Evans, midshipman, from 30 July, 1840 to 2 March, 1841. At the end of the volume are accounts of payments, 1845-1851, made by Bridget Evans, Ciliau Wen, for her son Edward Higgon Evans 'From the time I settled him as an Apprentice to George Phillips Esquire Surgeon now living in Dark Street, Haverfordwest ...'.

A volume recording the receipt of rents by the family of Evans of Cilau-wen, 1817-1848. Some of the accounts relate to Bulch-y-Groes [Calvinistic Methodist] meeting-house in the parish of Clydey.

A ledger, 1802-1831, largely recording receipts and/or disbursements by John Evans, Trefayog, in respect of farm stock and produce, lime, culm, timber, corn, tallow, rates, taxes, interest, etc. Some of the accounts refer to the building of the new [Baptist] meeting-house at Little Newcastle Bridge, 1808-1809, and to the repairing of Great Treffgarn Church, 1809-1811.

Arithmetic and mensuration exercise books of James Evans, Trefayog, c. 1791-1796.

The Daily Journal ..., 1800, with memoranda to 1806 in the hand of Jas. Evans, Trevayog.

An account book of James Evans, Trefayog, 1815-1824, with references to the brig 'Maria'. A few later accounts, 1841-1844, relate to agreements for passing through Scleddy gate.

Extracts on ancient and Welsh history, etc., partly in the hand of James Evans, Trefayog. Some of the extracts are dated at Bristol, 6 October, [17]97.