Call Number:

RG5.052

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Extent:

0.5 linear ft. (1 box)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item or series here], Griffith Family Papers, RG5/052, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Date:

1754-1890 (inclusive)

Creator:

Griffith family, Dannett, Sylvia G. L, -1909, and Griffith, Aaron H. , 1802-1877

Abstract:

The Griffith family were Quakers involved in the textile industry in the area of Winchester, Virginia before the Civil War. Aaron H. Griffith was active in the Orthodox branch of Hopewell Monthly Meeting and was an Elder and Clerk of that Meeting. The collection includes family correspondence and miscellaneous manuscripts of the Griffith family, as assembled by Sylvia Dannett who was writing a novel about Aaron H. Griffith's daughter, Harriet Griffith Ellis. Of particular interest are the letters and journal of the latter while she was attending Westtown School in the mid-1850's. Also includes some typescript copies of the same.

The Griffith family were Quakers involved in the textile industry in the area of Winchester, Virginia before the Civil War. Aaron H. Griffith was the son of John Griffith of Frederick County; he married Mary P. Hollingsworth in 1830, and they had seven children who survived to adulthood. Aaron H. Griffith was active in the Orthodox branch of Hopewell Monthly Meeting and was an Elder and Clerk of that Meeting.

The collection includes family correspondence and miscellaneous manuscripts of the Griffith family, as assembled by Sylvia Dannett who was writing a novel about Aaron H. Griffith's daughter, Harriet Griffith Ellis. Of particular interest are the letters and journal of the latter while she was attending Westtown School in the mid-1850's. Also includes some typescript copies of the same.

The collection is divided into six series:

1. Biographical and genealogical
2. Correspondence
3. Financial and legal
4. Poetry and writing
5. Diaries
6. Manuscript