The file comprises letters by William Henry Griffith, 1816-1833, written to his father and brother, George, on his university days at Oxford including a smallpox epidemic and a fatal boating accident, a rainy horticultural show, a visit to Brighton, development of his career as a lawyer, election activities of his brother, George, 1831, illness of his brother, [Richard] Augustus, cholera epidemic, 1832, his joint involvement in a Chancery lawsuit of John Wynne Griffith, 1832, concerning the latter's entitlement to payment under the terms of Charlotte Botfield 's will, concern for his father's health.