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Title
Date(s)
- 1630-[?1877] (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
iii, 434 ff. with insertions.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Name of creator
Biographical history
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Sold to Edward Hall in late 1958 by [Gwladus] Ermine Dixon (1885-1975), Preston, grand-daughter of George Griffith (see f. iii).
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Edward Hall; Gravesend, Kent; Purchase; January 1959
Content and structure area
Scope and content
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).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged at NLW as follows: Griffith family correspondence; letters to Charlotte Griffith; letters to George Griffith; papers of George Griffith; miscellaneous papers.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Folio 3 fragile.
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 16632D.
Note
A list of contents (compiled at NLW) is included (ff. i-ii); although now (2015) obsolete it contains useful additional information.
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Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Griffith, Charlotte Maria, 1812?-1842 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Griffith, George, 1790-1877 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Brereton, Joseph, 1786 or 1787-1869 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Griffith family, of Garn -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Griffith, George, 1790-1877 -- Archives (Subject)
- Douglas, John Hargreave, 1808?-1841 -- Death and burial. (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
November 2006 and December 2015.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifan and revised by Rhys M. Jones.