Griffin, Samuel, 1746-1810

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Samuel Griffin was a lawyer, soldier and politician originally from Richmond County, Virginia. He served as a colonel in the Revolution and was wounded at the battle at Harlem Heights on October 12, 1776. He served as mayor of Williamsburg, 1779-1780 and as a member of the House of Delegates from 1787-1788. He served in Congress from 1789 to 1795. He died in New York in 1810. John Ambler was the son of Edward Ambler of Jamestown, Virginia. In 1782 he inherited Jamestown Island and many other estates of his wealthy parents. He served in both the Revolution and the War of 1812.

From the description of Samuel Griffin letter to John Ambler, 1802 April 4. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 654860933
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referencedIn Adams family. Papers, 1672-1792. Section 17. Virginia Historical Society Library
creatorOf Barron, James, 1740-1787,. Virginia Revolutionary war correspondence, 1778-1779. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Harvard University Archives Visual Collections - Locations File, Chronological, ca.1650- (inclusive), 1752- (bulk). Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn United States Sanitary Commission records. Army and Navy Claim Agency archives, 1861-1870 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Harvard University. Autograph File, G. 1641-2009. Houghton Library
creatorOf Adams, John, 1735-1826. Letter to Hon. Samuel Griffin, Esq. : Philadelphia : ALS, 1797 Jan. 19. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn W. A. Currier Daybooks MS 213., 1865-1869 Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries
creatorOf Griffin, Samuel, 1746-1810. Samuel Griffin letter to John Ambler, 1802 April 4. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
referencedIn Currier, W. A. W.A. Currier daybooks, 1865-1869. University of Massachusetts Amherst, W.E.B. Du Bois Library
referencedIn Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, oversize, ca. 1829-1985 Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Salmon family papers, 1856-1973. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
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associatedWith Adams, John, 1735-1826. person
correspondedWith Ambler, John, 1762-1836 person
associatedWith Bowden, John, d. ca. 1817. person
associatedWith Currier, W. A. person
associatedWith Salmon, Kathryn Terry, person
associatedWith Tazewell, Littleton Waller, 1774-1860. person
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associatedWith William Byrd III House (Williamsburg, Va.) corporateBody
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Death 1810-11-03

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