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Date: 10 March 1752

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/13

10 October 1751 to 3 February 1752 with balance due Easson of £133-10-5.

Date: 29 March 1752

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/14

Notes regarding insurance on the sloop Wren which was lost on a voyage to the West Indies. Joshua Mauger, the agent, failed to get both it and the cargo insured.

Date: 6 July 1752

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/15

Statement of sales regarding furs shipped from Annapolis by the schooner Success, Mackey, Commander.

Date: 5 October 1752

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/16

"... Relating to the Insurance of the sloop Wren and Cargo." Second copy of A/20, but unsigned and undated.

Date: [1753]

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/20.1

Giving an opinion regarding insurance liability on the sloop Wren and cargo, which was lost in 1751 and not properly insured. Easson was a partner in Dyson & Company, the company that owned the cargo. Avery concluded that "Captain Mauger" ought to share in the loss sustained by his failure to obtain insurance through the proper channels. Undated but ca.1753-54.

Date: ca.1753-54

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/21

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"I am sorry to find you have been so much harassed by the French this last Winter and that you are so great a sufferer by their depredations. However we Flatter our Selves you'l be Releived on the Arrival of Lord Loudon…". Partial letter, undated but ca.1753-54.

Date: ca.1753-54

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/22

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Charges include the hire of the sloop Neptune, and wages paid to William Mackay, Benjamin Delano, Amasa Delano, John Hughes, John Alexander and Patrick McVey.

Date: 1753

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/19

Replying to a letter from Easson dated 17 November, regarding trade and Easson's account with him; sent via Samuel Austin, Boston.

Date: 10 March 1753

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/17

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"... Relating to the Insurance of the sloop Wren and Cargo." Signed and attested to by William Davidson, bookeeper and clerk to Dyson & Company, 15 April 1754, before J. Handfield, J.P. Extracts are from letters to Major Philipps and cover period 16 March 1750 to 26 December 1753.

Date: 15 April 1754

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/20

With credit due John Easson of £82-17-10.

Date: 31 December 1753

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/18

Covers period 5 July 1753 to 26 March 1754

Date: 26 March 1754

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/23

Regarding the loss of the sloop Wren and the appointment of arbitrators in Boston. Partial letter.

Date: 1 April 1754

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/24

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Wherein he is to pay £500 to Daniel Dyson, Erasmus James Philipps and John Easson for insurance that was to have been placed on sloop Wren, lost on a voyage from Annapolis Royal to Antigua. Witnessed by Joseph Deschamps and Michael Francklin.

Date: 29 April 1754

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/25

Covering transactions 18 March 1750 to 11 April 1754 totalling £571-5. A "copie."

Date: 19 April 1754

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/26