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The series comprises letters to John Wynne Griffith of Garn, 1784-1833, many of them from creditors, lawyers and the family of Robert Watkin Wynne concerning legal and financial problems of the Plasnewydd estate trust, 1805-1822. Other, numerous correspondents include: [Sir] John Bayley, 1830, Robert and Charlotte Myddelton Biddulph, 1802-1811, 1820, William Cleaver, Bishop of Bangor, 1806, John Heaton, 1809-1822, Dr David Hughes of Jesus College, Oxford, 1806-1815, Lord Kirkwall, 1805-1813, John Moore, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1791, Robert Myddleton, 1815, Lord Orkney, 1810, on the following recurrent topics: business of the Denbigh burgesses; commons and enclosures; the Western Denbighshire Local Militia, especially the court martial of Captain John Davies in 1813, and non-payment of the Denbigh Foresters Yeoman Cavalry; presentation of an inscribed silver vase to Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 1815-1816; military career of Thomas Griffith in India and the East Indies, and recovery of Java prize money after his death; careers of J.W.G.'s other sons; Denbigh borough and parliamentary elections; estate business and land conveyances; the contemporary political and social scene. Further correspondents are: Charlotte and Beriah Botfield, 1819-1822, on natural history, high society gossip and schooldays at Harrow; Lord Dinorben, 1832-1833, arranging a civic dinner and ceremony to enter the Duke of Sussex's name in the Denbigh Corporation books; John Lloyd of Glyn Nannau, 1808-1815, regarding the Garthmeilio estate; William Davies Shipley, Dean of St Asaph, 1803-1820, concerning application of the Poor Law in St Asaph and Rhuddlan, rights of common and enclosures on Rhuddlan Marsh, death of Conway Shipley; S. Thompson, 1822, reporting on Mrs Botfield's health; John Wilkin, 1822-1828, on crown rents; John Copner Williams, regarding elections and alterations to the jurisdiction of the Court of Great Sessions, 1806-1829; Sir Watkin and Charles Williams Wynn, 1815-1833, mainly on property tax and shooting rights. -- The series also contains several letters of significant botanical and horticultural importance from [Heneage Finch], Earl of Aylesford, 1799, [Sir] Joseph Banks, 1794, William Bingley, 1798, Hugh Davies, 1801, James Dickson, 1796, John Fenton, 1830, Edward Hasell, 1794, James Hunter, 1797-1820, Jonathan Stokes, 1788, Robert Teesdale, 1798, Dawson Turner, 1802-c. 1824, James Watt, 1807, and William Withering, senior and junior, 1796-1821.

The series comprises letters to Jane Griffith (nee Wynne), 1789-1813, John Wynne Griffith the younger, 1804, Thomas Griffith, 1804-1815, George Griffith, 1813-1870, Frederick Griffith, 1824, William Henry Griffith, 1827-1828, 1835, Charlotte Maria Griffith, 1833-1836, William Douglas Wynne Griffith, 1861-1916, and John Douglas Wynne Griffith, 1942-1943. Recurrent subjects include the military career of Thomas Griffith and his death in India, condolences on the deaths of other family members, taxation, crown rents, public appointments and duties of individuals in addition to their regular careers.

The file comprises letters to Thomas Griffith, 1804-1815, including compliments of the Bishop of St Asaph, 1804, for his voyage to India, and requests for payment of interest on a bond, some of them written after his death.