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Promissory note, James Easson in favour of Jesse Hoyt
For £s;20 Halifax currency, with interest.
Date: 7 May 1858
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/84
Account, David Easson with Charles Hoyt, Bridgetown
For cotton, tobacco, molasses.
Date: 1 January 1859
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 B/333
Account, Alexander Easson with James A. Hoyt
For tea, candles, tobacco, molasses, etc., with credit for corn, oats and wood.
Date: 11 February 1859
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 B/213
Account, Alexander Easson with A. Hoyt
For flour and molasses.
Date: 7 February 1859 - 4 November 1860
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 B/214
Draft letter, Jesse Hoyt to Lieutenant-Governor Sir William Fenwick Williams
Letter of thanks for cheque and appreciation shown by Williams. (Written on stationery of the "Nova Scotia Electric Telegraph Company's Office".)
Date: 22 July 1859
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/85
Letter, G. Van Felson to Jesse Hoyt
From Clerk to the Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly, Quebec, investigating the recent loss of the vessels Indian and Hungarian, thanking Hoyt in Halifax for a letter enclosing newspaper coverage of the disasters.
Date: 9 April 1860
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/86
Testimonial letter to the Board of Directors of the American Telegraph Company, New York, on behalf of Jesse Hoyt
Testimonial for Jesse Hoyt, manager of the former Nova Scotia Electric Telegraph Company, signed by the Bishop of Nova Scotia and 206 others; recommending Hoyt as superintendent for Nova Scotia, "in preference to a stranger," now that the NS Company has been absorbed by the American Telegraph Company.
Date: 8 May 1860
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/87
Memorial, Legislative Council of Nova Scotia, in favour of Jesse Hoyt
Recommending that Jesse Hoyt remain as superintendent for Nova Scotia, now that the Nova Scotia Electric Telegraph Company has been absorbed by the American Telegraph Company; signed by Edward Kenny and 16 others.
Date: 8 May 1860
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/88
Memorial, Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, in favour of Jesse Hoyt
Recommending that Jesse Hoyt remain as superintendent of Nova Scotia operations, now that the Nova Scotia Electric Telegraph Company has been absorbed by the American Telegraph Company; signed by Stewart Campbell, Speaker and 46 others.
Date: 8 May 1860
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/89
Letter, Lord John Russell, Foreign Office, London, to Jesse Hoyt
Thanking him on behalf of Lord John for sending a duplicate copy of a telegram sent by HM Minister at Washington.
Date: 5 April 1861
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/90
Account, David Easson with Charles Hoyt, Bridgetown
For cotton, tobacco, molasses.
Date: 4 December 1861
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 B/333.1
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, 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