Cyrus Griffin
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Cyrus Griffin was an American lawyer and politician, who served as the final President of the Congress of the Confederation and first United States district judge of the United States District Court f
1799 portrait
Samuel Griffin
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Samuel Griffin was an American lawyer, soldier, politician, and slave trader from Virginia. Following his service during the American Revolutionary War as a Continental Army officer, Griffin served as
Cyrus Griffin
…grandfather's and uncles estates, Belle Isle in Lancaster County and also served as the Lancaster County clerk 1770-1777. Another slightly older brother Samuel Griffin also became a Virginia lawyer, and Continental Army officer before beginning a political career that included service in the U.S. House of Representatives…
Portrait by Cosmo Alexander, c. 1770
Portrait by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1800