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Griffith family, of Garn -- Correspondence.
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Griffith family of Garn papers

  • NLW MS 16632D.
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  • 1630-[?1877]

Papers, 1630-[?1877], of the Griffith family of Garn, Henllan, Denbighshire, mostly relating to George Griffith.
The papers comprise twenty-six letters, 1841-1865, to George Griffith (ff. 44-94), including ten from his wife Charlotte Griffith (née Douglas), March 1841, on the illness and death of her brother Hargreave (ff. 44-63), and ten from Joseph Brereton, Liverpool, 1861-1862 (ff. 69-79, 82-89); nine letters, 1833-1842, to Charlotte Griffith (ff. 22-43); and eleven letters, 1763-1848, addressed to other members of the family (ff. 1-21); together with other papers of George Griffith, [1850s]-[?1877] (some 100 items in total), which include draft and copy letters, newspaper correspondence, and drafts of articles and speeches, mostly by Griffith, on topics of both national interest, such as taxation, the Game Laws, the Reform Bill, etc, and local Denbighshire interest (ff. 95-415), some being written on the reverse of printed ephemera, dated 1859-1866 (ff. 95-108, 245-246, 306-307, 309-310). Also included are miscellaneous items including a receipt, dated 1 October 1630 (f. 416); part of a transcript, [?1690], of a valuation of the Lordship of Ruthin (ff. 417-418); draft answers, [c. 1705], to a bill of complaint of Richard Griffith, relating to the 1686 marriage agreement of Grace Williams, Coedmawr, and John Williams, Caerberllan (ff. 419-423); notes, [c. 1816], on Napoleon and recent European military matters (ff. 424-430); and a letter, 30 October 1853, from [the Deputy Assistant Adjutant General], Scutari, [Istanbul], to the Commanding Officer of the troops at Kulali, [Istanbul] (f. 431). A letter, 4 November 1958, from Ermine Dixon, Preston, to Edward Hall is included (f. iii), together with a few notes on specific items, apparently in the hand of Edward Hall (ff. 2a, 3a, 7a, 13a, 16a, 21b, 416a, 423a).

Griffith, George, 1790-1877

Letters (Griffith family)

The group comprises letters written by members of the Griffith family of Garn, mainly the family of John Wynne Griffith, and close relatives, 1724, 1783-1876, with many details of family life, social activities, travel abroad, the children's school and university days, the progression of John Wynne Griffith's sons in their careers and assistance to their father in managing the estate, and acquaintance with other well-known families in north-east Wales, such as Clough, Kirkwall, Shipley, Jones of Llysmeirchion and Wynne of Plasnewydd, and letters from other correspondents addressed to various members of the Griffith family, 1733-1943, on many different subjects, the most frequently recurrent being estate business, particularly disputes over enclosures and encroachments, rights on crown lands, purchase of property and questions of title, legal and financial complications of the Plasnewydd estate trust, Denbigh borough and parliamentary elections, contemporary national and local events during the Napoleonic Wars, and public duties of individuals.