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Letter, W. Bogdani, Tower of London, to John Easson
Regarding Easson's accounts and Ordnance business.
Date: 21 January 1743
Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/2
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
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, W. Ruggles to Alexander Easson
Requesting four or five loads of wood.
Date: 16 March 1829
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 B/243.8
Letter, William Easson, Jamaica, to John Easson
Personal letter to his father, asking for a response; he has been in Jamaica for nearly nine years but has never heard from his father.
Date: 13 June 1783
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/131
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, 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, William G. Bailey to Elizabeth Easson
Advising that the Court of Inquiry into Bath's [?] suit has been put off; he will consult with Mr. Haliburton when the latter arrives.
Date: 8 June 1816
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 B/99
Letter, William J. Almon, Surgeon to the Royal Artillery, Halifax
Certifying that Stephen Goldsmith has had a fever for three months, and recommending "a sea voyage to a warmer atmosphere."
Date: 13 March 1783
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/130
Letter, William Robertson to Elizabeth Easson
Requesting a discount for the bearer, A[u]gustus Grevoy.
Date: 3 September 1794
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 B/126
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
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
Letter, William Saunders, Placentia, to John Easson
Saunders arrived on 2 May after only 18 days and a fine passage. Letter sent to "John Easson at Boston" by way of the David, going to New York for a cargo of bread flour. Saunders suggests Easson get a doctor's certificate that he is not well and send it to Mr. Grossard, so Easson can get his leave.
Date: June 1774
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/90
Note, Alfred Whitman, Overseer of the Poor
For money due Hugh Lynch from the town of Annapolis, for the support and maintenance of a child, Mary Jane McDonald.
Date: 26 March 1835
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 B/260.4
Note, Benjamin Hardwick to David Easson
Requesting that Easson pay the $2 owed him, to Gideon Burell.
Date: 3 April 1872
Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 B/327