Eldest son of William Dryden (b 1789?), lawyer of Kingston-upon-Hull, York. Wrote letters to his brother-in-law Sir John Hall from Hull in 1848-1856.
Dryden, William Ritson, 1815-1857
Correspondence
Date: Jul-Dec 1879
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-092
Description: Identified persons entered under Name below; also includes letter from William Lees Bell with sketches of changes to his church's interior; conveyance, Buccleugh district, Hall to Messrs Brown and Allen; proposal to form a sugar company; letter from D [?] Inwood, Christchurch; sale notice, Glendore Estate, near Coalgate and Homebush; introduction for [?] M M Page Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: Jul-Dec 1858
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-020
Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes price list for improved kitchener [sic]; hand-drawn sketch map of Alford Forest area showing property ownership in letter from T W Hall; letter from Robert [?] Gerrard; and marked report in `Wellington independent', Mr Sewell before the House of Commons', 25 Aug 1858 Other - See also diary MSX-2665 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: 1863
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-027
Description: Identified persons entered under Name; includes receipts which have not been indexed. Includes letters from the postmaster (? Wright), Lyttelton; John [?] Bonner; Maria [?] Pugh or Pym, of the Female Middle Class Emigration Society; an acknowledgement of Hall's resignation as magistrate; and H [?] Williams. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: Jan-Apr 1852
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-012
Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes letter from [?] Edm Garrell, Glasgow, and [?] H Hammock. Many are farewell letters to Hall who was on the point of leaving for New Zealand. Includes sailing ticket. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Plan of the ship `Persia'
Correspondence
Date: 1847-1848
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-008
Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes draft letters to the rector; formal farewell to Henry John Baddeley, citing consumption of `Potluck' labelled by Hall as `a curiosity' Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: 1861
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-024
Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes letters from George N [?] Paulson, Addington Reitz; Miss J [?] Vesey Hamilton of Little [?] Rectory; Capt [?] F D Stewart, RN, Sandwich, Kent and [?] N Crawford re Joseph Hurrell Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: 1862
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-025
Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes letters from [?] F B Harston, Christchurch; John [?] Marreson of London sent from Marseilles; [?] I Tucker Ford, Tresillian Station, Waimakariri; Albert [?] Ottyeall, London; [?] Robert Johnson, Lyttelton; and S [?] Squier, Horndon. Group of copied correspondence from and to William Dryden from Lees Bell, J S Neall and John Rodham. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: Jan-May 1877
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-083
Description: Most correspondents identified and entered under Name below; includes letters to Mrs Hall and some letters written in 1876 and 1887. Notes, including one re court sitting at Malvern. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: 1864
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-029
Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes letters from John [?] Blyth(e), Stanford le Hope; [?] Cotterill, Wakefield Trust Proeprties, Christchurch Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: Jan-Jun 1879
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-091
Description: Identified correspondents entered under Name below; also includes school report for Hall's son Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: Jun-Aug 1875
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-077
Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes letters from Mrs [?] I [?] Vrosser, Kensington; [?] J Larkworthy, BNZ London; [?] C H B Pateyu, GPO London; Elizaebth [?] Pryor, Brae Roy, Kingussie NB; and an international mail service timetable Language - Three letters in French Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: Jun-Sep 1880
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-095
Description: Identified persons entered under Name below; also includes letter from [?] J B Mackenzie, Wakefield, Nelson; [?] Harvell, Christchurch; letter regarding a Philosophical Institute subscription; list of subscribers to the Sir John Richardson Memorial University Scholarship; and telegram from J Robinson, Cheviot Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: 1856
From: Hall, John (Sir), 1824-1907 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1784-017
Description: Identified persons entered undere Name; also includes drat outward letters by Hall; letter from Capt Campbell, Auckland Other Titles - New Zealand Government gazette (n43, 24 Dec 1856) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level list available.