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Indenture between His Grace John, Duke of Argyll & Greenwich, Master-General of HM Ordance, and John Easson, Carpenter

Providing supplies to Easson "for his use in his Passage & at Annapolis Royal: "Flock Bedd and Bolster, Blankett, Sheets and Coverlett."

Date: 28 May 1734

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


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

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"Mr. John Easson's Account Current with William Bogdani"

Recording pay to Easson at rate of £13-16 every three months and "agency" charge by Bogdani at £6-10 per quarter.

Date: 18 April 1746 to 30 May 1748

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/3


"A Plan of the Piece of Meadow"

"...being the Westerly Corner of Ronsetforshoe Middow [Meadow] taken June 23rd, 1747 by C.M."

Date: 23 June 1747

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/285


Letter, Joshua Peirce, Portsmouth, to John Easson

Regarding mill stones to be shipped from Portsmouth to Boston by Captain George Janvering [Janverin], care of John West, for shipment to Annapolis; and bill for £172-14-0.

Date: 9 October 1749

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/5

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Miscellaneous List of Three Names

Unidentified and undated [very early] scrap of paper containing names Lieut. Dodd, Commander of the Diligent, Mr. Harris, Purser of the Albany, and Mr. Sugar, Purser of the Vulture.

Date: n.d.

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


Miscellaneous Account

Listing goods purchased (mostly foodstuffs) and some payments; many names, including Abraham Wheelock, William Winniett, Edward Calnek, etc.

Date: N.d.

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 B/2.2


Miscellaneous Account

Sales to various customers, including Captain Rudyard, Pol Melanson, Hibbard Newton, etc. Document torn and incomplete.

Date: November 1751

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 B/2.1


Account, John Easson, Annapolis Royal, with Thomas Lane, London

Records a charge to Easson of £271-0-9 "shipd of the Lark and cargo for Boston consigned Messrs Box & Austin" and £81 to B. Hallowell.

Date: 31 December 1751

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/11


List of items sold to Major Philips and others

Including items to George Cotner "on account of the Anson's Port Bill", totalling £9-6-8; also "I pair stockings" to Felix Doucett.

Date: 26 February 1752

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/12


Account, Francis Johannot, Boston, with Daniel Dyson & Company, Annapolis Royal

Statement of sales regarding furs shipped from Annapolis by the schooner Success, Mackey, Commander.

Date: 5 October 1752

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/16


Account, Messrs Daniel Dyson & Company

Charges include the hire of the sloop Neptune, and wages paid to William Mackay, Benjamin Delano, Amasa Delano, John Hughes, John Alexander and Patrick McVey.

Date: 1753

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/19


Letter, Lane & Booth to John Easson

"I am sorry to find you have been so much harassed by the French this last Winter and that you are so great a sufferer by their depredations. However we Flatter our Selves you'l be Releived on the Arrival of Lord Loudon…". Partial letter, undated but ca.1753-54.

Date: ca.1753-54

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/22

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Letter, Thomas Lane, London, to John Easson

Replying to a letter from Easson dated 17 November, regarding trade and Easson's account with him; sent via Samuel Austin, Boston.

Date: 10 March 1753

Reference: Easson family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 vol. 3478 A/17

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"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


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