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The Eassons and the Hoyts
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Letter, Lane & Booth, London, to John Easson
Business and personal matters.
Date: 17 May 1757
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/16
Letter, Lane & Booth, London to John Easson
Concerning the widow of the late Lieutenant Bontien.
Date: 24 February 1761
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/17
Letter, W. Bogdani, Tower of London, to John Easson
Enclosing Easson's current account and a renewed warrant.
Date: 22 June 1762
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/18
Letter, Lane & Booth, London, to John Easson
Ordnance business and mercantile affairs.
Date: 15 February 1764
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/19
Letter, W. Bogdani, Tower of London, to John Easson
Announcing his [Bogdani's] retirement from the Board of Ordnance, on account of his poor health, and making arrangements for a successor to work with Easson.
Date: 15 March 1764
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/20
Bond, Isaac Caton and Benjamin Jacobs of Pennsylvania, to John Easson
A bond for £300, regarding the sale (by Easson, to Caton and Jacobs) of 500 acres at Chippoudy [Shepody] on the north shore of the Bay of Fundy, where they intend to settle.
Date: 11 September 1765
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/21
Bond, Isaac Caton and Benjamin Jacobs of Pennsylvania, Gentlemen, to John Easson
A further bond for £200, addressing issues regarding Easson's authority to sell the land at Chippoudy [Shepody].
Date: 11 September 1765
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/22
Letter, John Easson, Annapolis Royal, to Henry Monrow
Demanding payment on an overdue promissory note.
Date: 6 August 1767
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/23
Last will and testament of John Easson, Annapolis Royal
Drafted in London as Easson ("Merchant") was preparing to return to Annapolis Royal; signed 16 August 1771; proved 17 January 1795. (Copy)
Date: 16 August 1771
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/24
Letter, William Easson, London, to his father, John Easson
Family and business news; William is in London but not faring well; he has had to borrow money from a cousin. His father is in Boston and has been forced to remain there for the winter. William has heard that his father has purchased an expensive silver chocolate pot as a present for his [William's] brother, David Easson, and is upset: "as you are situated at this time Eleven pounds in money would be of more material use to you than a Silver Chocolate Pot in my Brother’s House where there is furniture enough & not much use for such as that…"
Date: 18 January 1772
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/25
Letter, John Easson, Boston, to his son David Easson
Criticizing David's handling of the timber biusiness.
Date: 26 January 1772
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/26
Letter, Isaac Ross, London, to David Easson
Disputing the satisfactory completion of a contract to supply timber carried on Ross's ship, Adamson master.
Date: 19 March 1772
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/27
Letter, William Easson, London, to his father, John Easson
Criticizing his brother David's handling of the timber business; news regarding financial affairs of his own and others in London; and more discussion of the silver chocolate pot.
Date: 13 July 1772
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/28
Letter, David Easson, Annapolis Royal, to his father, John Easson
Updating his father on local news and regarding his business and farm.
Date: 5 September 1772
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/29
Letter, John Easson, Placentia, to his son, David Easson
Life in Placentia [British military station, southeast coast of Newfoundland], and giving him advice not to run into debt.
Date: November 1772
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/30