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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


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


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, Duke of Newcastle, London, to the Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, the Earl of Mulgrave

Concerning memorials forwarded from Nova Scotia, requesting Imperial Government support for the Atlantic Telegraph Company. (Copy)

Date: 20 May 1862

Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/93


Letter, Marshall Lefferts to Jesse Hoyt

From the American Telegraph Company, New York, stating the condition of his secondment to the Acadia Coal Company.

Date: 11 February 1865

Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/96


Promissory note, James A. Hoyt, Halifax, in favour of Jesse Hoyt

For $300.00.

Date: 1873

Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/102


Partial letter, Bank of Nova Scotia, Halifax, to Inglis Johnstone, New York

Letter is torn and missing right side and signature.

Date: ca.1933

Reference: Easson-Hoyt Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 2166 H/110.1


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