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The file includes poems in memory of Grace Williams of Tuynyllan by Ellis Roberts [?'Elis y Cowper'], [pre-1789], and in praise of Madam [Mary] Wynne of Plasnewydd and Denbigh by T.E. [?Thomas Edwards, 'Twm o'r Nant'] [pre-1810] and Robert Davies [?'Bardd Nantglyn], [pre-1814], and an address by George Griffith to his tenants after the death of his father, [1834].

The file comprises suggestions for English, Latin and Welsh inscriptions, with sketches, for a commemorative vase to be presented to Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn for service to his country in Ireland and France, dated 1815.

The file comprises a commonplace book of Hugh Hughes of Trinity College, Cambridge [and Weeg], 1734, containing original and translated extracts from and comments on Greek and Latin literature, ancient history, philosophy, astronomy, meteorology, book lists, physics and physical chemistry, including the theories of Sir Isaac Newton.

The file comprises a notebook of William Henry Griffith containing extracts from Middleton's Life of Cicero, 1820, and loose notes on Cheops pyramid, 1841, old stone crosses in Denbighshire, 1925, and temperature conversions.

The file comprises letters by George Griffith, 1801-1842, to his father, mother, aunt, Elizabeth Williams, brothers, Edward and Thomas, John Copes and [sister-in-law?], Mrs Griffith, on his schooldays, the Denbigh, Flint and London elections, 1807, his training as a solicitor, 1817, news of the families of Rutter, Clough, Lloyd of Tros y Park, Sir Watkin [Williams Wynn], Price, Kenrick of Nantclwyd, 1817-1823, a visit to Holland and Belgium, 1819, his father's election as MP, 1820, fashions, institutions and social conditions in Paris, 1820, 1833, complaints about reduction in his allowance, his father's dispute with Philip Chambres regarding encroachment, 1822, death of his wife, Charlotte, 1842.

The file comprises letters from Elizabeth Griffith, 1808, to her mother and father on family news, friendship with the Penson family and an order for clothes.

The file comprises a letter by Reginald Charles Heaton to his aunt, Jessy Griffith, regarding pedigrees and arms of Heaton and Griffith.

The file comprises letters to Jane Griffith, 1761-1805, from such individuals as Lady Kirkwall, 1804-1805, Lady Orkney [c. 1798], and Hugh Williams of Conwy, 1804. The letters discuss the suitability of Jane's marriage, a visit to Porkington, the interior and grounds of Hardwick [home of Kynaston], the will of Mrs Wynne of Plasnewydd, a financial dispute with Jane's son, John Wynne Griffith, 1799-1801, repairs to Cae'r berllan malt house, and her request for a clerk's post for her grandson, Robert Griffith, 1804.

The file comprises letters to John Hughes of Weeg, his wife, Mary, and his sister, also Mary, concerning a will, financial and domestic matters.

The file comprises letters to Catherine Roberts, her son, John, and her grand-daughter, Mary, concerning family, alleged mishandling of goods, and the death of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn in 1749.

The file comprises letters to Humphrey Roberts from correspondents who include his wife, Dorothy, on domestic and farm tasks, Robert Wynne of Garthewin, 1721-1736, on topics such as the trial of the Sheriff of Denbigh, alterations to Newtown and other churches. Subjects of other letters include payment of debts after the deaths of Robert and Bridgett Coytmore, and removal of goods and deeds from Thomas Wynne's house.

The series comprises letters to Mrs [Mary] Wynne, 1793-1794, Robert Watkin Wynne and his wife, Anna Sobieski, 1806-1809, and C.W.W. Wynne, 1831.

The group comprises personal diaries, 1793-1839, small pocket notebooks and almanacks, 1701-1853, of the Hughes family of Gwydir, Llwyn Gronw and Cae'r berllan, and of the Griffith family of Garn, containing memoranda and personal notes of social and work engagements, accounts, family life, health problems, snippets of local and national news, poetry, recipes, household and estate management, weather conditions, journeys, hunting, shooting and fishing, useful addresses, sketches. The memorandum books are more sporadic and miscellaneous in nature than the diaries, where the format is comparatively regular. Many of the volumes contain loose enclosures of various types.