Concerning her late husband's accounts and her situation as a widow: "I am very sorry to say it, but I find by all accounts that he died in Debt greatly…nor is there any precendent for a pension to an Engineer's Widow."

Date: 4 May 1755

Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/13

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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

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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

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Regarding Easson's accounts and Ordnance business.

Date: 21 January 1743

Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/2

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Requesting four or five loads of wood.

Date: 16 March 1829

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 B/243.8

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Placing an order for lathe boards to be sent today or tomorrow.

Date: 11 November 1836

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/248

Commenting on Easson's "hard Case with Capt. Adamson and his Owner Mr. Ross, the more so since there is no probability of your recovering a Sixpence from either…."

Date: 25 February 1773

Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/31

Congratulating David on secuirng land on the St. John River for the timber trade, but warning him to be careful in chartering vessels. Comments on the fact that their father has sold his house in town, and that William is doing well in his business.

Date: 10 August 1784

Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/43

Expressing concern about whether their father is still alive; he has received no letters from home in two years.

Date: 8 August 1786

Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/49

Partial letter, asking about his father and other family.

Date: n.d. but ca.1786

Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/108

Mentioning the possibility of his father wintering in Jamaica.

Date: 16 July 1788

Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/51

Describing his pleasure at seeing his brother David and nephew John.

Date: 26 March 1789

Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/53

Partial letter, informing his father of family matters and imploring him to consider coming to Jamaica.

Date: n.d. but ca.1788

Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/107

Complaining of business and poor health, and sending her sugar, rum and tamarinds.

Date: 6 June 1810

Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/66

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

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