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"Division, Easson and Bunells Boards"

Document appears to list miscellaneous accounts, mostly tallies of lumber and shipments of boards sold by Bunell; names include Lt. Moncreif, Dan Long, W. Kennada, Old Pewter, Col. Delancey, Capt. Craig, Slocum and Capt. Parker.

Date: 27 September 1751 to 9 December 1751

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/10


"Sundry Paragraphs out of Mr Mauger's Letters"

Notes regarding insurance on the sloop Wren which was lost on a voyage to the West Indies. Joshua Mauger, the agent, failed to get both it and the cargo insured.

Date: 6 July 1752

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/15


"Sundry Paragraphs out of Mr. Joshua Mauger's Letters ..."

"... Relating to the Insurance of the sloop Wren and Cargo." Signed and attested to by William Davidson, bookeeper and clerk to Dyson & Company, 15 April 1754, before J. Handfield, J.P. Extracts are from letters to Major Philipps and cover period 16 March 1750 to 26 December 1753.

Date: 15 April 1754

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/20


"Sundry Paragraphs out of Capt. Joshua Mauger's Letters ..."

"... Relating to the Insurance of the sloop Wren and Cargo." Second copy of A/20, but unsigned and undated.

Date: [1753]

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/20.1


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, 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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Letter, Thomas Lane, London, to John Easson

A lengthy letter regarding Easson's charge against Joshua Mauger for failing to take out £400 insurance on the sloop Wren and its cargo, as Easson had requested.

Date: 15 May 1754

Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/10

Transcript available


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