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Indenture, executors of the estate of the late Thomas Easson, Annapolis Royal, to Jesse Hoyt, Halifax, Telegraph operator
Conveying seven tracts of land belonging to said estate to Hoyt, for $4100; executors identified as Stephen Payson and Sarah Ann Easson.
Date: 12 February 1862
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/91
Indenture, Jesse Hoyt, Halifax, Superintendent of Telegraph Company, to the executors of the estate of the late Thomas Easson
Mortgage, $2800, for seven tracts of land in Annapolis Township.
Date: 12 February 1862
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/92
Letter, Duke of Newcastle, London, to the Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, the Earl of Mulgrave
Concerning memorials forwarded from Nova Scotia, requesting Imperial Government support for the Atlantic Telegraph Company. (Copy)
Date: 20 May 1862
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/93
Letter, George Saward, Secretary, Atlantic Telegraph Company, London, to Jesse Hoyt
Concerning the Imperial Government's reluctance to invest directly in the proposed Atlantic telegraph cable.
Date: 27 June 1862
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/94
Letter, Trustees of the Acadia Coal Company, New York, to Jesse Hoyt
Quoting company resolutions concerning Hoyt's appointment and responsibilities as "general agent," subordinate to his position as Superintendent of the American Telegraph Company. Signed by E.S. Sanford and Cyrus Field.
Date: 10 February 1865
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/95
Letter, Marshall Lefferts to Jesse Hoyt
From the American Telegraph Company, New York, stating the condition of his secondment to the Acadia Coal Company.
Date: 11 February 1865
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/96
Letter, Marshall Lefferts, President, Acadia Coal Company, New York, to Board of Directors
Presenting first Annual Report and Resolutions.
Date: 9 March 1866
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/97
Promissory note, James A. Hoyt, Stellarton, in favour of Jesse Hoyt
For $250.00.
Date: 7 January 1871
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/98
Indenture, Trustees of Pictou Academy to Jesse Hoyt, Acadia Mines, Stellarton, General Agent of the Acadia Coal Company
Conveying to the Acadia Coal Company 48 acres of land between the East and Middle Rivers, Pictou County; for $500.00.
Date: 14 January 1871
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/99
Indenture, Trustees of Pictou Academy to Jesse Hoyt
Draft description for lots included in the 48 acres conveyed to the Acadia Coal Company, between the East and Middle Rivers, Pictou County.
Date: 1871
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/100
Indenture, Jesse Hoyt and Clara Jane Hoyt, to the Nova Scotia Coal Company
Partial draft of conveyance regarding former Pictou Academy lands at Stellarton, NS.
Date: 1871
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/101
Promissory note, James A. Hoyt, Halifax, in favour of Jesse Hoyt
For $300.00.
Date: 1873
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/102
"Operations to establish a Meridian at Stellar Grove, Pictou County, NS"
Polar star observations by Jesse Hoyt.
Date: 30 July 1877
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/103
Certificate of Marriage, Ingles Johnston [sic] and Clara Cogswell Hoyt
Inglis Johnstone married Clara Hoyt at Trinity Parish, New-York; both were stated to be residents of New Glasgow, NS; witnesses were Benjamin F. Hoyt and Theodore E. Studley, both of New York City. [Clara was the widow of Jesse Hoyt, who died 30 April 1881.]
Date: 27 April 1885
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/104
Memorial, David Easson to Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, Thomas Carleton
Draft of petition for a grant of 10,000 acres of land for himself and his brother, William, adjacent to land alloted to the York volunteers. This appears to be an updated copy of his petition of 1784, now mentioning that he is petitioning for a new grant, having relinquished land purchased at Shepody, 1796, by his father; and claiming that he [David Easson] has "acted as Superintendant of Indians and otherwise been among them on the most trying of occasions for the good of His Majesty's service and the tranquillity of the province…." (Incomplete)
Date: n.d. but ca.1796
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/105