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The file comprises letters to George Griffith, 1813-1870. Subjects not previously described include George's recovery from cholera, 1846, financial responsibilities concerning the marriage settlement of Edward Edwards of Clywedog and London, 1822-1823, visits of foreign royalty to London, 1814, a family settlement, 1832, candidature of Townshend Mainwaring in the Denbigh borough elections [c. 1844], county elections, 1852, church endowments, 1837, financial matters and family trusts. Draft or copy letters by George Griffith on additional subjects concern entitlement to the rents of the Llwyn estate and family scandal of Robert and Lewis Nanney, 1816-1819; robbery of his personal possessions near Naples, 1820; succession to his father's post as recorder of Denbigh [1834]; disagreement with John Heaton over water rights at Hafod Mill, 1835; disputes over a pew in Llanrwst church, 1847, and shooting, 1862; and numerous letters to newspapers on matters of national and local concern, such as the Corn Laws, industrialisation, taxation on landowners, free trade and poaching.

The series comprises a copy of a Chichester MP's letter, 1814, draft petitions to the House of Commons, draft minutes of a meeting convened by the High Sheriff of Denbigh, draft speeches and press cuttings, [c. 1826]-1897, concerning the Corn Laws, changes to the judicial system in Wales, heavy taxation on country landowners and the consequent decline in agricultural communities, the increase in manufacturing industries and competition from abroad; typed extracts from a newspaper, mainly concerning the General Strike, 1926.