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William H Griffin
Birth: 1830
Death: 1885
Birth Date Prefix: about
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Biography
Likely Mentioned in 18630000CPUNDERWOOD_FMS Charlotte Platt Underwood, and Auburn woman who worked with Abolitionist movements and the Underground Railroad, writes to FMS about a slave named Eliza and her children in Maryland and their struggles. She writes: "Her children are in Baltimore in the possession of this Capt – Griffin, whose & he will not give them up till she pays him the $100 – He has brought them from Calvert Co. & has thence secreted in Baltimore, but where, she knows not..." William Griffin continually comes up listed as a captain from Maryland during the Civil War.
Letter References
Letter from Charlotte Platt Underwood to Frances Miller Seward, October 13, 1863
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Anna Wharton Seward, October 13, 1863
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Biography:
Likely Mentioned in 18630000CPUNDERWOOD_FMS
Charlotte Platt Underwood, and Auburn woman who worked with Abolitionist movements and the Underground Railroad, writes to FMS about a slave named Eliza and her children in Maryland and their struggles.
She writes: "Her children are in Baltimore in the possession of this Capt – Griffin, whose & he will not give them up till she pays him the $100 – He has brought them from Calvert Co. & has thence secreted in Baltimore, but where, she knows not..."
William Griffin continually comes up listed as a captain from Maryland during the Civil War.
Citation Type:
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title:
The Army of Northern Virginia: Organization, Strength, Casualties, 1861-1865
Publisher Location:
North Carolina
Publisher Name:
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Year:
2016
Start Page:
47
Citation Notes:
https://books.google.com/books?id=bmQuCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA132&lpg=PA132&dq=captain+griffin+1863+baltimore+maryland&source=bl&ots=JJg_CAY5I5&sig=PDJAuo0mncQ4LZNTiO2I1PvEO8Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwih87rF4ODUAhVDWT4KHeo7DSoQ6AEIMjAE#v=onepage&q=griffin&f=false
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Citation URL:
https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/family-tree/person/tree/17896708/person/20389091490/facts
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Ancestry
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Citation Type:
Website
Citation URL:
https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/family-tree/person/tree/17896708/person/20389091490/facts
Title of Webpage:
Ancestry
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