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James H. Griffith Records

Stewart Bell Jr. Archives
Handley Regional Library
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society
P.O. Box 58, Winchester, VA 22604
(540) 662-9041 ext. 17
archives@handleyregional.org
www.handleyregional.org

385 WFCHS

Inventory created by Archives Staff 12/84. Revised by staff 01/19.

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: Collection is open to all researchers.

USE RESTRICTIONS: Restrictions may apply concerning the use, photoduplication, or publication of items in this collection. Consult a member of the archives staff for information concerning these restrictions. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright.

EXTENT: 1 volume (var. pages) ; 30 cm

DATE:  1860-1862

SCOPE AND CONTENT:  This collection contains one account book kept by James H. Griffith (1812-1899) from the General Store in White Hall, Virginia.

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: James H Griffith was born on February 13, 1812 to John Griffith and Mary Faulkner. He married Jane R. Lupton and died in 1899. 

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Quarles, Garland R. Some Worthy Lives. Winchester, VA: Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society, 1988.

CITE AS: James H. Griffith Collection, 385 WFCHS, Stewart Bell, Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Acquired as a gift.

ORGANIZATION:

BOX 1 

Account book, 1860-1862