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Letter from Joshua Mauger, Halifax

letter is fragile and has been fastened together in places. No image available for this item.

Date: 10 March 1752

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


Arbitration Bond, Joshua Mauger to Dyson & Co.

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


Letter to "Mr. Hallowell"

Refering to a wood contract and the need to procure a larger vessel capable of carrying 50 to 55 cords per voyage, between April and October.

Date: 24 September 1754

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/35

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Letter, Major Erasmus J. Philipps, Annapolis Royal, to Joshua Mauger

Regarding Capt. Mauger's failure to obtain insurance on the sloop Wren, and agreeing to accept £150 as a settlement from him. John Easson and Daniel Dyson signed their approval.

Date: 26 November 1754

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/37

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Copy of letter, Dyson & Easson to Mr. Hallowell

Asking for information about the sloop Dove which is feared lost after four days at anchor off Green Point. Dyson and Easson are concered about insurance on the vessel, for which Hallowell was responsible.

Date: 15 February 1756

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/47

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Copy of letter, John Easson to Francis Johonnot

Concerning Easson's unsettled account and the deaths of Major Phillips and Daniel Dyson. Account was sent to Halifax for attornies to settle. Easson offers £100 in full settlement.

Date: 8 July 1766

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/66

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Statement of Indebtedness, John Harris, Annapolis Royal, to John Easson

Harris is indebted to John Easson £150 Halifax currency; document also refers to dispute between Easson and Francis Johannot of Boston, going to arbitration by Archibald Hinchelwood & Francis White, merchants of Halifax; John Harris is attorney for Francis Johannot. Witness: William Nesbitt.

Date: 13 June 1767

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/68


Letter, John Easson, Annapolis Royal, to David Easson

Writing his 21-year-old son with fatherly advice and concerning business matters.

Date: 12 January 1769

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/69

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Letter, John Easson, Halifax, to David Easson

Business details, also comments on David's interest in Mrs. Mott, a widow with two children -- reminding him that if her married her, he would have to pay off her late husband's debts.

Date: 3 September 1770

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/72

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Letter, William Saunders, Placentia, to John Easson

Saunders, apparently a military friend, writes, "it would be the greatest cruelty to think of ordering you to this place. I have Mr. Pringle Wilson to be here to mark out a Battery. You may depend I shall speak to him about you." At the end, "I have sent you a quintal of our Best fish to the care of my Mother at Boston to find you the first opportunity."

Date: 11 September 1773

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/87

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Letter, William Saunders, Placentia, to John Easson

Asking Easson to help his brother find a good farm for £100 and wondering if "Mr. Butler at Halifax would be a safe place to lodge the money."

Date: 21 September 1773

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/88

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Promissory Note, David Gardner, Machias, to David Easson

For £8 Halifax currency in favour of David Easson.

Date: 22 September 1774

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/91


Letter, John Fillis, Halifax

Presumably written to John Easson, regarding articles ordered and shipped from Fillis's store: "as I had no Tea, I have sent you some more Coffee than what you wrote for…."

Date: 17 October 1774

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/92


Bill of Exchange, drawn by David Easson on Isaac Deschamps in favour of James Monk

For £6-19-1 in discharge of a Writ of Error prosecuted in the Supreme Court by John Payzant against Easson. Draft is endorsed.

Date: 5 July 1775

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/95


Letter, Robert Fletcher, Halifax, to John Easton

Regarding furs he has recently purchased from Easson, to be shipped on his [Fletcher's] vessel or by Captain John Johnston. John Johnston signed receipt on back on 9 July 1776.

Date: 1 July 1776

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/98


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