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Contract between David Easson and Captain David Adamson of the ship Brudenell of London

Easson to load vessel with pine and spruce not less than 10 inches square and 20 feet long, as soon as the vessel arrives at Sabing's [Sabean's?] Cove, Sissiboo, NS.

Date: 20 August 1771

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/78

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Receipt for Import Duty

Duties on 116 gallons of rum imported by John Easson from Jamaica on the schooner Peggy, Peter Dousett [Doucet], master; £3-19-10.5 by order of Andrew Ritchie and Stephen Jones, Deputy Collector of Import & Excise, District of Sissiboo.

Date: 28 June 1770

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 B/7


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

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