The file comprises letters by Edward Humphrey Griffith, 1806-1842, to his father, mother, brother, George, and wife, Maria, on his school work, requests for clothing, death of Conway Shipley, 1808, work as an apprentice in the import and wholesale business and bankruptcy of the company, Patterson and Malonek, Liverpool, 1810-1811, friendship with Philip Jones of Llysmeirchion, a riot at the theatre, 1810, news of the French defeat by Wellington, 1815, management of Denbighshire estate, particularly arrears of rents and difficulty of selling livestock, with accounts to his father, 1820-1822, an accident while travelling by boat, news of the Chambres and Heaton families, enclosures, 1822, lameness of his brother, William, 1824, and the death of George's wife [1842].

The file comprises letters by by John Wynne Griffith, 1783-1832, to his mother, Jane, his wife, Jane, son, George, and various acquaintances, on the subjects of social contact with Miss Wynne (presumably Jane), processions in London for proclamation of peace, 1783, botany and introduction to Sir Joseph Banks, 1783, 1806, fortifications at Portsmouth, request for a letter of introduction for his son, Thomas, outings to the theatre in London, 1807, enclosure and encroachments, 1807, [1818]- 1822, trusteeship of Plasnewydd estate, 1822-1823, financial burdens on his own estate, 1822, riotous elections, 1826, spa treatment for ill health; and a letter by John Griffith to an Oswestry lawyer, 1799, on financial problems.