Company director and accountant of Wellington. (Husband of Emma Griffin; d. ca. 1965). See New Zealand Biographies Index (1971, Vol. 4, p. 5)
Griffin, John Leslie, 1892-1971
Maori notebook (vol 31)
Date: [1955-1956]
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Ethnological notebooks
Reference: MS-Papers-6061-32
Description: Comprises reports on limestone adze from Kapowairua Stream, Hooper Point, Spirits Bay; adze, Whangape; skull, L Horowhenua; stone disc, nr Castlepoint and notes and map on others; Maori place-names of Heretaunga and vicinity, Hawke's Bay with map (1860); slab of rhyolite, Poor Knights; sketch plan of Taylor's Hill, Tamaki River; disc form stone net sinker, Bethune's sale; and banded and spotted stones Arrangement: Notebook no 32 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (volume).
Correspondence - J G Coates
Date: 1933-1963
From: Campbell, Richard Mitchelson, 1897-1974 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1900-10
Domett, Alfred 1811-1887 : Flotsam and jetsam; rhymes old and new - London; Smith, Elde...
Date: 1877
By: Domett, Alfred (Hon), 1811-1887
Reference: MS-0690
Description: Collected verse; this copy, with minor emendation and letter by Domett, formerly owned by W T Harden, John Drinkwater, and J L Griffin (of Wellington); with note by Harden on Charles Kingsley, and letter from Sir Alister McIntosh regarding purchase record Literary and political figure in New Zealand 1842-1871 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (vii, 167 pages). Physical Description: Printed matter (ms annotations) (20 cm; green buckram box)